EBS

Executive Education

Management Excellence Program (MEX) AlFaisal University - EBS Executive Education - Horváth Academy Collaboration

For enquiries and registration, please contact: Alfaisal University College of Business Email: [email protected] Tel: +966 11 2157709 http://cob.alfaisal.edu/programs/mex

Why MEX?

• A program that covers all the topics that a successful leader needs, from the basics to the specializations • Practice orientations: the program is provided by an international team with relevant practical and educational expertise • International certificate: trainees get an AlFaisal certificate jointly registered at the European Business School.

Our mission:

Overall program structure: The MEX program modules Alfaisal University, Riyadh Saudi Arabia

EBS

Executive Education

The three compulsory training blocks are to develop the basics and opportunity for specialization.

• To enhance the management capabilities and leadership network in Saudi Arabia • To support the Kingdom’s international competitiveness with leaders who have best-in-class knowledge and practical experience

Target Group:

• The program is specially designed and suitable for middle managers from the business and public sectors organizations

Duration:

• The program includes six modules with five training days each. The modules will take place every eight weeks during the one-year duration of the program.

Assesment:

• Case study solution and presentation • Overall presentation at the end of the program.

Qualification:

The participants can get two types of joint Alfaisal-EBS-Certificates • Certification of Attendance (after each module) • Certification of Competence (after successful completion of program).

The participants choose and complete two from the possible three elective courses based on their specialization and focus

Objective and main agenda I. General Management and Leadership

To introduce the roles of management and leadership from a contingency perspective and develop key managerial leadership competencies. • • •

Understanding management roles assessing managerial leadership competence Key principles and techniques applied in: Emotional Intelligence; Critical Thinking; Presentations; and Coaching.

II. Strategy and Performance Management

III. Communication and Change Management

To discuss the importance and challenges of communication and change management in organizations, as well as gain practical experience in different communication-intensive leadership situations. • • • • •

Communication as a key component of leadership Change management Negotiation techniques Conflict management Moderation and Feedback in organizations.

IV. Finance and Management Control

To give an overview on best in class strategy management and execution, as well as performance management tools and practice.

To introduce and illustrate the key functions, tools and structure of a management control system in organizations, as well as its connection to managerial decision-making.

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Strategy analysis and formulation Strategy implementation and balanced scorecards Creating transparency in strategy execution Strategy reviews and reporting Strategic performance management and objectives on an individual level.

Finance fundamentals The CFO agenda and perspective in organization Modern budgeting Management accounting and cost analysis Investment controll and value based management.

V. People Management

Dates:

To develop key skills in people management for line managers that can align with formal human capital mechanisms and effective interpersonal and group performance principles. • • •

Managing the implications of the organizational view of people Key elements of strategic human capital planning aligned with organizational objectives Job design principles.



Starts on Fall 2016



Timings: From 08:00 am to 04:00 pm Sunday to Thursday.

VI. Project Management

To align projects effectively align projects with business objectives and to plan, organize and manage the execution of projects to meet stakeholder expectations. • • • •

Key project management principles and challenges Stakeholder identification and management Applying project selection and evaluation tools Managing the project life cycle and risks.

Fees: • • •

Per week : USD 2,500 For the whole program (6 modules/weeks): USD 12,500 Special discount applies for early registration and groups.

MEX Partners

Alfaisal University, Riyadh Saudi Arabia

Alfaisal University was founded by the highly reputed King Faisal Foundation in 2002 as one of the first private non-profit, research and teaching universities in the Kingdom committed to achieving international standards of excellence. It has the support of national and international co-founders and distinguished Board Members that have continually supported the university in its mission to remain a student –centred institution committed to research. Alfaisal University is made up of four faculties, spanning Business, Engineering, Medicine, Science and General Studies and offering world-class marketable undergraduate and graduate programs to the finest male and female students in the Kingdom and the Region. Located in the heart of Riyadh, the centre for commerce, industry and research, Alfaisal offers students opportunities to develop their full potential with outstanding facilities, inspirational academics and research-led teaching. Our students leave us as highly skilled, well-developed individuals able to make the transition into the workplace easily.

EBS University for Business and Law is one of Germany’s leading business and law schools for the last 40 years. It is ranked amongst the world’s leading business universities and sets benchmark standards in the education of management and legal professionals. The EBS strategy covers the highest international standards in research, education and academic consulting services, such as integration between academic excellence and thought leadership. The EBS campus is located in Oestrich-Winkel, near Frankfurt one of the main business centers in Germany, where EBS can host any of its 270 partner universities worldwide.

Horváth & Partners is an international management consulting firm with its headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany and more than 650 employees worldwide. Its special focus is on strategy development and execution, planning, budgeting, reporting and performance management as well as performance optimization. The company was established in 1981 and has offices in six different European and two Middle East countries - Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates - providing the firm with global delivery capability. It serves its medium and large-sized clients from industries such as automotive, financial, chemicals, oil and pharma, retail, telecommunications, utilities, public and governmental organizations. With its close connections to research and science, Horvath & Partners has founded Horváth Academy to provide best-in-class seminars, conferences and in-house training programs and further develop thought leadership.