PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES:

At the end of the programme, participants will be able to demonstrate:

  1. Practical understanding of the essential components of business management, the pathway of influence and the concept of Business as Missions (BAM).
  2. Enhanced capacity to understand, design and analyze winning business strategies within industry, national and international contexts.
  3. Capacity to execute organisational strategic road maps and business development initiatives.
  4. Business finance proficiency with particular focus on risk equity financing, debt management and business deal structuring.
  5. Leadership and team work proficiency for attaining strategic objectives and effective organisational culture.
  6. Excellence in business communications: increased capacity for oral and written communications.
  7. 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.

EMERGING MANAGERS' PROGRAMME PARTICIPATION

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Participation is scholarship-based; admitted participants would be required to complete the course modules and the accompanying assignments to be able to receive certification. Participants would be required to participate in HAAF’s Give Back programme as a means of sustaining the course for future participants.