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AAU 113 - Strategic Planning, Management Control and Effective Budgeting
| Code | Start Date | Duration | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAU 113 | 21 October 2024 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| AAU 113 | 25 November 2024 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| AAU 113 | 30 December 2024 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| AAU 113 | 10 February 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| AAU 113 | 07 April 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| AAU 113 | 16 June 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| AAU 113 | 28 July 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| AAU 113 | 22 September 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| AAU 113 | 17 November 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| AAU 113 | 22 December 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
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Course Description
Developing Strategies, Risk Analysis, Negotiating, Budgeting and Cost Control are the essential skills for those who are dedicated to maximizing their performance and value-added contribution - and that of the people who work for them. As the business environment becomes ever more uncertain and turbulent, the requirement for professional leadership and management throughout organizations is at a premium. Hence, these skills learned in this course provide a structured and coherent framework for addressing the challenges which professionals face in respect of both their day-to-day and longer-term responsibilities.
Course Objectives
- Develop an appreciation & understanding of each of the elements of the course.
- Understand how skills interact creating a systemic approach to mastering the essential tasks of any leader.
- Develop the skills and applications needed to master and integrate each individual element
- Utilize the elements in achieving individual, team and high organizational results
- Identify priorities for continued professional development
Who Should Attend?
- Senior managers
- Financial Professionals
- General Accounting Professionals
- Project Managers
Course Details/Schedule
Day 1
- Introduction to strategy - background, historical developments, major theories
- Strategic Management – a practical approach for every leader
- The relationships between vision, mission and strategy
- Identifying the risks in a given strategy
- Prioritizing risks
- Risk mitigation strategies
- Negotiation skills and tactics
Day 2
- Innovative Leadership skills
- Maximizing the performance of each team member
- Motivating the 'average' employee
- Leadership and The Challenge of Change
- Developing a personal action plan for further self-development
- Intrapersonal vs. interpersonal leadership styles and communication skills
Day 3
- Introduction: Building a Common Financial Language
- The key role of budgeting and cost control in contemporary organizations
- Financial vs. Managerial accounting (for decision making)
- Understand your processes: integrating financial and non-financial aspects
- The budgeting process
Day 4
- The key features of budgeting
- Zero-based budgeting
- Budgeting and cost control
- Fixed vs. Variable costs
- The Cost-Volume-Profit analysis model
- Contribution Margin analysis
Day 5
- Under-costing and over-costing: the consequences for profitability
- Indirect (OH) vs. Direct costs:
- Traditional Cost Allocations systems vs. Activity-Based Costing (ABC)
- Variance analysis
- Beyond the Budgets: Balanced scorecards and Six-sigma
