Lectures, trainings, workshops

Offer characteristics

“mini MBA” is a unique training program addressed to the middle and senior management in business. It provides sought-after knowledge and practical management skills that are necessary to effectively run and develop business in the conditions of global standardization of economic processes, growing competition and intensifying crisis phenomena. In a concise educational formula, it offers a rich package of competences necessary for every manager who wants to run a modern company professionally. 

Training of managerial competences is an attractive alternative to expensive, stationary academic programs such as Master of Business Administration (MBA). The topics and structure of the trainings that make up the “mini MBA” program have been developed on the basis of its author’s experience gained from many years of professional practice in modern, international business and consulting. The value of the offered program has been proven in numerous open and closed trainings organized for small, medium and large enterprises. In each case, it received the highest ratings from participants recruited from among the management staff of private and state-owned companies. It was also offered as an academic subject in study programs implemented in cooperation with the University of Wales and the University of Wisconsin.

Structure of the training program

The training program under the general name of “mini MBA” consists of three extensive modules that can be offered individually or in combination – as a scalable program for building managerial competences spread over time. The division of the program into three modules, with varying degrees of detail of the presented topics, allows for flexible adjustment of the content and form of training to the individual needs of the participants.

Training program

A detailed training program in individual modules is presented in the brochure prepared for download. The first and second training modules can be extended by an additional workshop day, aimed at consolidating the presented knowledge and skills. In the case of closed training, an additional day may be dedicated to individual consultations devoted for analysis of problems occurring in the company using the training.

Training objectives

Lectures and workshops should allow you to understand the connections between numerous managerial functions performed at the strategic, tactical and operational levels of a company. After completing the training, participants will gain knowledge and skills that will allow them to:

• Understanding what an “autonomous economic unit” is;
• Learning and distinguishing different types of strategies in business;
• Learning methods for effective planning and implementation of strategies;
• Identification of standard elements of the strategic management process;
• Assimilating the roles of leaders in the process of strategy planning and implementation;
• Identification of company stakeholder groups and their impact on the company;
• Identification of elements of the company’s business model;
• Identification of the company’s process structure;
• Understanding the practical importance of the company’s value chain;
• Practical use of the product and industry life cycle model;
• Practical use of the portfolio analysis model;
• Assimilation of analytical methods used to study the company’s environment;
• Strategy mapping and construction of operational metrics;
• Constructing balanced scorecards;
• Formulating strategic action plans and strategy budgeting;
• Efficient project management based on the PMBOK and Prince2 methodologies;
• Designing and optimizing business processes and procedures;
• Designing and optimizing organizational structures;
• Professional change planning and change management;
• Conscious shaping of corporate governance;
• Understanding the importance of strategic thinking.

The program is an extended version of the “Strategic management in business” training. The closed training formula allows you to adapt its content to the specificity of the industry in which the company operates and its business model. An important advantage of this formula is also the possibility for the company to obtain free consultations related to the issues covered by the training.

The working methods used during the training allow for easy assimilation of both theoretical content and practical skills. Lectures are clear and richly illustrated with multimedia presentations. Workshops are conducted with the help of case studies, outlines, forms and spreadsheets. Professional terminology is presented in Polish and English. The optimal size of the group of participants, allowing for comfortable and effective conduct of workshops, is 10-15 people. This reservation is irrelevant if the training is limited to the lecture part only. 

Cooperation objectives 

Providing practical skills in organizing, planning, implementing and closing a project, allowing to minimize project failures, in particular:

• Presenting the project as a tool for implementing strategic action plans,
• Presentation of the key elements of the popular Prince2 and PMI-BOK methodologies,
• Detailed presentation of project management processes and sub-processes,
• Providing practical skills in the field of:
  • Organizing the project and the project team,
  • Calculating the profitability of the project,
  • Product-based planning,
  • Project budgeting,
  • Project risk management,
  • Project quality management,
  • Analysis of project stakeholders and the project’s relationship with the environment,
  • Project communication,
  • Keeping project documentation.
• Presentation of the tasks, organization and tools of the project office,
• Discussion of the main causes of project failures.

Training program

The training program includes six extensive thematic blocks and workshops, which are described in detail in the brochure presented here. The framework scope of the training covers the following issues:

• An outline of the history of project management
• The concept of project and project management
• Basic dimensions and project features
• Project life cycle vs. Product lifetime
• The main elements of the PM-BOK and Prince2 methodology
• Organization of the project team
• Process model of project management
• Project products
• Quality management in the project
• Business justification for the project
• New product – Profit and loss account
• Profitability of operating activities – ratios
• Project payback period – loss of value of money over time
• Project risk management
• Controlling project implementation stages
• Task groups and work packages
• Product follow-up diagram vs. Project network diagram
• Project tasks schedule
• Principles of project budgeting
• Organization and archiving of project documentation
• Project supervision and support
• Project Management Office (PMO)

Effects of the training

• Acquisition of basic definitions, concepts and concepts relevant to technology audit
• Getting to know the structure of the technological audit process
• Distinguishing the division of roles and responsibilities in the process of technological audit
• Acquisition of the ability to cooperate with the management staff of the audited company
• Assimilation of the rules of documenting and reporting the course of a technological audit
• Identifying key functional areas of the company and the principles of assessing their efficiency
• Identifying the company’s primary stakeholder groups and understanding their impact on management decisions
• Identifying elements of the company’s business model and the basic process structure of operational activities
• Ability to use the concepts of the value chain, product life cycle and portfolio analysis in practice
• Acquisition of methods for studying the macroeconomic and competitive environment of the company
• Acquisition of the ability to set strategic goals, map strategies, describe goals with measures and their cascading
• Acquisition of the ability to design strategic action plans, budgeting and monitoring the strategy
• The ability to identify strategies at the corporate level of autonomous economic units and at the functional level of the company
• Acquisition of knowledge and skills in the field of project management based on the PM-BOK and PRINCE2 methodologies
• Learning the principles and tools for managing change
• Getting to know the roles of managers in shaping the organizational order and corporate culture of the company in the period of transformation

Cooperation objectives 

Introduction to the issue of technological audit, which is the basic stage of the process of strategic company management, and presentation of the concepts, methods and tools appropriate for this field. Acquisition of the ability to identify negative phenomena and their causes within the company and in its environment, limiting the possibilities of its development and building a strong competitive position on the market. The training is addressed to middle and senior management of enterprises, as well as to other organizations.

Training program

Technological audit in the process of strategic management

• Basic definitions and terminology
• Technological audit as an element of the company’s strategic management process
• Characteristics of the strategy at the functional level of the company
• Defining the company’s business model
• The concept of the value chain and its practical use
• Business process and process management
• Mapping of business processes and operating procedures
• Basics of the analysis of the organizational structure of the company

Technological audit implementation methods and tools

• Management by objectives and the measures of strategy
• Analyzing the company’s competitive environment (CSF, PEST, 5Forces)
• Portfolio analysis and product life cycle analysis (BCG, PLC)
• Developing a new product for the company’s competitive advantage
• Analyzing cause and effect relationships (SWOT, 5M)

Technological audit in the context of organizational change management

• Project management – PMI BOK vs. Prince2
• Designing organizational structures and restructuring
• Basic change management models
• Resistance and methods of eliminating resistance
• The roles of leaders and managers in change management
• Communication and shaping corporate governance

Expected effects of the training

• Acquisition of basic definitions, terms and concepts relevant to technology audit
• Getting to know the structure of the technological audit process
• Distinguishing the division of roles and responsibilities in the process of technological audit
• Acquisition of the ability to cooperate with the management staff of the audited company
• Assimilation of the rules of documenting and reporting the course of the technological audit
• Identifying key functional areas of the company and the principles of assessing their efficiency
• Identifying the company’s primary stakeholder groups and understanding their impact on management decisions
• Identifying elements of the company’s business model and the basic process structure of operational activities
• Ability to use the concepts of the Value chain, Product life cycle and
• Portfolio analysis in practice
• Acquisition of methods for studying the macroeconomic and competitive environment of the company
• Acquisition of the ability to set strategic goals, map strategies, describe goals with measures and their cascading
• Acquisition of the ability to design strategic action plans, budgeting and monitoring the strategy
• The ability to identify strategies at the corporate level of strategic business units and at the functional level of the company
• Acquisition of knowledge and skills in the field of project management based on the PM-BOK and PRINCE2 methodologies
• Learning the principles and tools for managing change
• Getting to know the roles of managers in shaping the organizational order and corporate culture of the company in the period of transformation

Cooperation goals

Presentation of the basic concepts, terms and methods of organizational change management, with particular emphasis on its psychological and emotional side. Presentation of professional methods of planning organizational change, ways of coordinating it and overcoming the natural resistance of employees. The training is addressed to everyone who intends to acquire practical knowledge and skills in the field of managing a modern company, and in particular to:

• Middle and senior management of enterprises,
• Managers of projects of strategic importance to the company,
• Employees of strategy and marketing departments,
• Reserve management staff.

Training program

• The importance of organizational changes (transformation and restructuring of the company)
• Relationship between the strategic plan and planning organizational change
• Basic concepts of organizational change management
• Basic types of restructuring processes
• Distinguishing between technical and psychological aspects of change management
• Organizational change management process structure
• Organizational change plan – content and planning principles
• Change management team vs. project teams
• Participants of the changeŁ sponsor, change agent, managers, employees
• A capital resource plan in the change management process
• Passive attitudes in the change management process and their causes
• Psychological reactions of employees to changes
• Individual approach to employee change plan
• Achieving awareness, understanding, acceptance and commitment to change
• Social engineering in the process of managing organizational change
• Ten strategies for effectively engaging in change
• Communication in change management – principles, methods and goals
• The roles of leaders and managers in the change management process
• Principles of shaping the right corporate culture
• Key success factors in the change management process
• Common causes of change failure

Workshop part

• Identifying key strategic projects
• Organizational change planning
• Communication planning in the process of change
• Setting the organizational change management team

Expected effects of the training

• Acquisition of basic concepts and terms related to change management
• Acquiring the ability to distinguish between the technical and emotional side of change
• Acquisition of the ability to identify the sources of employees’ resistance to changes
• Getting to know the methods of analyzing the degree of employees’ readiness for changes
• Getting to know the methods of motivating and engaging employees in changes
• Learning how to avoid failures in implementing changes
• Understanding the roles of leaders and managers in the change process
• Understanding the role and assimilating the tasks and working methods of the change agent
• Learning the principles of effective communication in the process of introducing changes

Cooperation objectives

Transfer of practical knowledge and professional experience in the field of strategic management, in the mode of direct cooperation with company employees, consisting in solving real tasks related to their professional practice. Developing employees’ competences in the field of strategic analysis and planning, management by objectives, process management, planning and project management as well as planning and managing organizational change. 

Scope and forms of cooperation

Consultation meetings are held at the client’s premises, in accordance with the agreed schedule and work plan. The culmination of the program is the final report, specifying the assumed goals and achieved effects, a description of the program implementation, an opinion on the student and recommendations on the directions of his further education. 

Stages of cooperation

• Signing a confidentiality agreement
• Defining educational needs and the scope of counseling assistance
• Agreeing on the agenda of consultation meetings and the work plan
• Setting the meeting schedule
• Agreeing the rules of communication and terms of cooperation
• Implementation of the program as agreed
• Controlling program effects
• Preparation of the final report