PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the programme, participants will be able to demonstrate:
- Practical understanding of the essential components of business management, the pathway of influence and the concept of Business as Missions (BAM).
- Enhanced capacity to understand, design and analyze winning business strategies within industry, national and international contexts.
- Capacity to execute organisational strategic road maps and business development initiatives.
- Business finance proficiency with particular focus on risk equity financing, debt management and business deal structuring.
- Leadership and team work proficiency for attaining strategic objectives and effective organisational culture.
- Excellence in business communications: increased capacity for oral and written communications.
- Understanding of business law and technology, innovation management and financing.
PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
S/N | Course | Curriculum |
1 | Business as Missions 1. | The concept of Business as Missions. Introduction to the Bible MBA. The Kingdom of God and the Goal of Enterprise; Value Creation; Stewardship. |
2 | Personal Development | Conceptual 7 – Conceptual Skills for the Modern Workplace, Introduction to Knowledge Work. |
3 | Introduction to Business Structures | Legal Forms of Business. |
4 | Design Thinking | Essentials of Design Thinking |
5 | Markets | Essentials of Industry Classifications. Market Size Analysis |
6 | Competitiveness | Theories of Competitiveness – Firm, Industry, Regional, Supply Chain and National Competitiveness. |
7 | Business Law | Law of Contracts, Intellectual Property Protection and Management. |
8 | Business Accounting | Profit and Loss accounts, Cash-Flow Statements and Break- Even Calculations. Contributions, Ratios, balance sheets. Financial Modelling. |
9 | Business Finance | Introduction to Money – Time value of money, Interests, Compound Interests, Mortgages. Investment Decision: ROI Calculation, NPV calculation, Loan vs. Equity Decisions, Loan Financing. |
10 | Venture Financing | Introduction to risk-equity financing, business angels, venture capitalist structures and management. BAM culture in risk-equity financing. |
11 | Branding and Marketing Development | Marketing Plan Development. The Art of Selling |
12 | Strategy and Structure | Strategy development and Organizational Structure. Communicating the strategic plan, |
13 | Organizational Development | Organizational culture and structure, team building, leadership development, organizational analysis, change management, essentials of human resource management. Biblical Models of Organizational Development. |
14 | International Trade | MNCs and Global Value Chains. FDIs, FPI, International financing structures. Global Trade Institutions |
15 | Development Communications | The Art of Advocacy and Lobbying in Public Sector Engagements. Communications for Change |
16 | Leadership and Public Sector Engagement | Leadership in Business. Public Sector Business Engagement |
17 | Essentials of Business Communications | Business writing – proposal development, strategy documents, concept notes, investment documents, memos and advocacy tools. |
18 | Business Technology | Essential Marketplace tools and evolving technology. Leveraging technology for enhanced business performance; industry by industry analysis. |
19 | Business as Missions 2 | Mere Christianity; Engaging the Kingdom in a Plural Society; In the Defense of the Kingdom. The Holy Spirit and Business Leadership. Prayer and Worship. |
20 | Business as Missions 3 | HAAF, The EMP Give Back Programme. Innovate Africa Project. Patterns for Nation Building. The Abrahamic and Joseph Postures. The Daniel Challenge. |