Irish Times Training

Module 1 - Creating the Future
•Auditing and assessing organisational competence
•Change Leadership
•Assessing the current environment, forecasting and scenario planning

Module 2 - Leadership for the Future
•Exploring the IQ and EQ components of leadership
•Assessing individual leadership capability
•Creating and implementing a personal leadership agenda

Module 3 - Business Excellence and Organisational Development
•Business process improvement
•Business excellence models and methodologies
•Organisation development and innovation

Module 4 - Best Practice Study Visit, Boston College, USA
•Leading-edge management and leadership theory and practice
•Marketing and customer relationship management
•Company visits hosted by senior executives from leading organisations
•International networking at the highest business levels

Module 5 - Coaching and Mentoring
•The principles of coaching
•The context of coaching
•History of mentoring
•Coaching and practice

Module 6 - Corporate Governance and Business Ethics
•The roles and responsibilities of the Board and the Executive
•Legal structures and values-based principles for good corporate governance
•Ethical approaches to conducting business
•Corporate social responsibility

Module 7 - Strategic Financial Management
•Identifying and achieving financial objectives
•Analysing, appraising and interpreting financial reports
•Management accounting
•Performance measurement frameworks

Module 8 - Research Methods
•Defining the business improvement research agenda
•Evaluating a range of research methodologies and problem solving techniques
•Conducting a literature review and executing an empirical research study

Dissertation - Major In-Company Management Project
•Applying knowledge and skills acquired during the course
•Initiating and assessing the impact of an applied organisational development strategy