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Soft Skills Training for Business Analysis

Evaluating the Performance and Potential of Your Operations

Course Introduction

In a landscape of constant transition, businesses face increasingly complex and risky decisions. To sustain profitable growth and navigate the shifting dynamics of markets, competition, technology, and business models, leaders and managers must grasp the major forces driving change and their implications for organizational development.

This popular online training course is designed to help you understand these forces and how they shape international business. It will guide you in developing strategic and operational plans that lay the groundwork for competitive performance and future success as your organization evolves from its current state to meet tomorrow’s challenges.

This online training course will feature:

  • Guidelines on best practice in business analysis
  • Identification of the main forces for change in your business
  • Dealing with choice and complexity in business decisions
  • Assessment of risk in business development programmes
  • Devising innovative ideas for participating organisations

Training Objectives

By the end of this online training course, participants will be able to:

  • Identify the main trends in your business as it develops
  • Evaluate the performance of your organisation up to now
  • Introduce innovative and differentiating activities in your business model
  • Align and coordinate strategic and operational programmes and projects
  • Apply leading-edge tools and techniques of business planning

Training Methodology

This online training course will utilize a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of this information presented.  The emphasis will be on studying real organisations making major decisions. Above all, the principles and approaches to business analysis will be illustrated by reference to real-life situations in which the course leader has been personally involved.  This includes presentations by the course leader, discussion of case examples, group work on case studies based on analysis, interaction & discussion, video presentations by subject experts on aspects of these subjects and decision analysis in different strategic and competitive conditions.

Who should Attend?

This online training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

  • Experienced business analysts and strategic planners
  • Specialists in financial management
  • Managers in organisational and human resource development
  • Specialists in operational management
  • Marketing and commercial staff

Course Outline

Day One: The Fundamentals of Business Analysis
  • The major global forces affecting business
  • What is a business strategy?
  • Why does business strategy matter?
  • The concept of strategic alignment
  • How to align strategic and operational plans
  • The basic framework of an effective strategy
Day Two: Financial and Non-Financial Dimensions of Business
  • Financial evaluation of a business
  • The financial “anatomy” of an organisation
  • Balancing profitability, liquidity and gearing
  • Non-financial evaluation of a business
  • Framework for non-financial analysis
  • Application of the ‘Balanced Scorecard’
Day Three: Assessing the Future Potential of a Business
  • Tools and techniques of market analysis
  • Understanding changing customer requirements
  • Assessing the impact of the product life-cycle
  • Forecasting the future potential of a business
  • International and global business development
  • Identifying future organisational development priorities
Day Four: Innovation and Risk in Business Development
  • Developing innovative offerings and business models
  • Evolutionary and revolutionary innovation
  • The impact of disruptive innovation
  • Risk analysis in business decisions
  • Identifying the right risk to take
  • Tools and techniques of risk management
Day Five: Value Migration and Developing People for the Future
  • What is the significance of value migration?
  • Internal and external value migration
  • The impact of value migration on strategy and structure
  • Developing human capability for the future of the company
  • The challenge of managing the agile organisation
  • People development in a rapidly changing world

Certificates

  • A COPEX e-Certificate will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the online training course

Frequently Asked Questions

This FAQ section provides quick answers to the most common questions about our services, procedures, and policies. We aim to make your experience with us as straightforward as possible. For further assistance, our support team is ready to help.

How can I register?

There are several ways to register in our public training courses:
Online – Browse the Training Plan, select the course of choice, click on the button
“Register Now” inside the course outline page.
E-mail – Send the details (name, company name, email address and training course of
choice) of your nomination to [email protected]
Telephone – +971 4 368 6886 or +971 50 106 2750

When will I receive the confirmation for my registration/s?

Upon successful registration, processing window will take not more than 24 hours from the time of registration. An email including the registration confirmation, invoice and joining instructions will be sent to the provided email address.

What is included in the training fee?

Published training course fees are inclusive of the training venue, training manual, writing materials, lunch and coffee breaks with refreshments over the entire duration of the training course.

What are the available payment methods?

The training course fee can be settled by either:

  • Bank transfer
  • Credit Card

How many hours per day, and what are the timings of your training courses?

Our training courses will run for 5 hours per day. The standard daily timing is from 8:30 am – 3:30 pm including the coffee/tea breaks and lunch.

Where do you usually hold your training courses?

Our training courses courses are being held at five-star hotels in prime and iconic destinations across the globe. Cities such as Amsterdam, Barcelona, Dubai, Geneva, Istanbul, Kuala Lumpur, London, Houston, New York, Paris, Vienna, Zurich, etc.

Do you provide hotel booking assistance to your delegates?

Once officially registered, we can assist by providing the corporate rates provided by the hotel where the training course will be conducted. Early confirmation will enable us to secure the room at reduced rates

In case of failure to attend, what is your cancellation policy?

Our cancellation policy varies depending on the circumstances presented. Generally, cancellations must be initiated in formal writing at least 14 days prior to the commencement date of the training course. Further, the option to shift an existing registration to another training course on a later date is possible. Otherwise, a full refund will be initiated.

What will I receive after the training course?

Delegates who will attend and successfully complete the training course will earn a COPEX Certificate of Completion. This certification is designed to validate the successful knowledge transfer, and that the desired learning objectives and outcomes to further advance your professional competency are achieved.

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