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When making the transition to general management roles, managers need to be acutely aware of how their behaviours and decisions have an impact on key stakeholders.

The NUS Business School General Management Program is designed to offer problem-solving toolkits for all functional areas, such as corporate strategy, marketing, human resources, finance, accounting, and operations. Specially designed within the Asian business context, the program sharpens analytical skills with a powerful suite of analytical tools that will enhance the effectiveness of decision-making and optimize the use of resources in all managerial areas.

Dates and Fees 

  • 4 to 15 June 2012
  • 10 to 21 September 2012
  • 19 to 30 November 2012 
  • 3 to 14 December 2012
  • Fees: SGD 9,980 (exc. GST) 
  • Enjoy a 10% early payment benefit if you register more than 45 days before the start of a program.

For enquiries, please contact Amanda Vanderput at 6516 7872 or bizav@nus.edu.sg 
 

想要了解我们以中文授课的相应管理课程？请查看《全方位管理课程》

Core Focus

STRATEGIC FRAMEWORKS AND THINKING

  • Key drivers of organizational performance and their inter-dependence
  • Building capabilities to enhance and protect competitive advantage

MARKETING IN ASIA

  • Understanding the Asian consumer
  • Strategic marketing management
  • Pricing and channel strategies

STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

  • Organizational strategy
  • Leading organizational change
  • Managing diversity

STRATEGIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

  • Accounting and control
  • Financial decision-making and resource allocation

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

  • Linking operational processes to strategy
  • Managing supply chain for competitive advantage

DECISION ANALYTICS

  • Decision analytics
  • Resource optimization

Who Should Attend

Managers and executives who hold senior positions in functional areas, or who have recently been promoted to general management responsibilities.

How you will Benefit

In this two-week program, you will:

  • Understand how company strategy drives important functional choices
  • Acquire problem-solving toolkits across all functional areas
  • Develop a shared understanding of the Asian business context
  • Develop networks and share in the experience of fellow participants from diverse industries and countries

Application Deadline

One month before commencement of program.

Participants are strongly advised to apply at least 2 months in advance. Applications received after the deadline will be considered based on space availability.

 


When making the transition to general management role, managers need to be acutely aware of how their behaviours and decisions have an impact on key stakeholders. This program is designed to address the issue by offering problem-solving toolkits for all functional areas, such as corporate strategy, marketing, human resources, finance, accounting, and operations. Specially designed within the Asian business context, the program sharpens analytical skills with a powerful suite of analytical tools that will enhance the effectiveness of decision-making and optimise the use of resources in all managerial responsibilities.

Program Director

Dr Sum Chee Chuong
Associate Professor, NUS Business School
PhD, University of Minnesota

He is currently Area-Coordinator of the Operations and Supply Chain Management Group in the Decision Sciences Department. He was formerly Co-Academic Director of the NUS MBA program. An active consultant and executive trainer, he has serviced private and public organisations such as SIA, IBM, Shell, IKEA, Kaifa (Shenzhen), APP (Indonesia), Singapore Confederation of Industries, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Defence, Chartered Institute of Transport (Singapore), and Singapore Technologies Logistics. 

His current research interests are in the development of operations and supply chain capabilities, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), operations strategy, and global operations management. His research has appeared in leading international journals such as Decision Sciences, Journal of Operations Management, IIE (Trans), European Journal of Operational Research, and Omega.

Before joining academia, he worked as an information systems officer in a computer organization and an engineer in an aerospace company.

View CV

Program Instructors

Dr Chu-Chun-Lin Singfat

Associate Professor
PhD,University of British Columbia
View CV

Mr Lowe Joo Yong 

Lecturer
MBA, Finance, National University of
Singapore
View CV

Dr Allaudeen Hameed 

Professor 
PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
View CV

Dr Chng Chee Kiong
 
Associate Professor 
PhD, University of Queensland 
View CV

Dr Audrey Chia

Associate Professor 
PhD, University of Texas at Austin
View CV

Dr Nitin Pangarkar

Associate Professor 
PhD, University of Michigan
View CV

Dr Cheng Peng Sim

Senior Lecturer 
PhD, National University of Singapore
View CV

   Dr Wong Poh Kam 

Professor 
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
View CV

What our past participants say:

"Thank you very much for making the General Management Program an interesting, interactive and relevant program. Much of the content offered me insights into how I can do my job better, and to understand and appreciate better why and how the executive management team in my company makes certain decisions."

Ms Koh Lee Huang
Head, Resources
SPRING
Singapore


"All aspects covered right through the program were useful. The case studies and the explanations given by the facilitators were relevant to the current day."

Mr Dilhan Jayawardena
Operations Director
Fonterra Brands Lanka
Sri Lanka


"The topics covered are useful in equipping a non-financially trained managers with the skills and knowledge to assess a company's financial health."

Ms Choo Eng Geok
Deputy Director, Roads Construction
Land Transport Authority
Singapore


"The program covered the major aspects of what management is all about and addressed my need for an understanding of certain core issues in my professional development."

Ms Padma Muralidharan
Senior Accounts Manager
Account Development
Reed Elsevier
India


"Great illustrations on the financial statement. Applications and examples on personal financial statements are very effective to demonstrate the concepts."

Ms Ho Pui Ming
Deputy Director, Design Developments
Land Transport Authority
Singapore


"The concepts behind each module gave us a perspective and the examples used to explain. The tools and methodology will be useful in work. The comprehensive coverage of different topics important in management."

Mr Daniel Ang Tai Pheng
Head, Incentives Management Division
SPRING
Singapore

General Management


When making the transition to general management roles, managers need to be acutely aware of how their behaviours and decisions have an impact on key stakeholders.

The NUS Business School General Management Program is designed to offer problem-solving toolkits for all functional areas, such as corporate strategy, marketing, human resources, finance, accounting, and operations. Specially designed within the Asian business context, the program sharpens analytical skills with a powerful suite of analytical tools that will enhance the effectiveness of decision-making and optimize the use of resources in all managerial areas.

Dates and Fees 

  • 4 to 15 June 2012
  • 10 to 21 September 2012
  • 19 to 30 November 2012 
  • 3 to 14 December 2012
  • Fees: SGD 9,980 (exc. GST) 
  • Enjoy a 10% early payment benefit if you register more than 45 days before the start of a program.

For enquiries, please contact Amanda Vanderput at 6516 7872 or bizav@nus.edu.sg 
 

想要了解我们以中文授课的相应管理课程？请查看《全方位管理课程》

Core Focus

STRATEGIC FRAMEWORKS AND THINKING

  • Key drivers of organizational performance and their inter-dependence
  • Building capabilities to enhance and protect competitive advantage

MARKETING IN ASIA

  • Understanding the Asian consumer
  • Strategic marketing management
  • Pricing and channel strategies

STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

  • Organizational strategy
  • Leading organizational change
  • Managing diversity

STRATEGIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

  • Accounting and control
  • Financial decision-making and resource allocation

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

  • Linking operational processes to strategy
  • Managing supply chain for competitive advantage

DECISION ANALYTICS

  • Decision analytics
  • Resource optimization

Who Should Attend

Managers and executives who hold senior positions in functional areas, or who have recently been promoted to general management responsibilities.

How you will Benefit

In this two-week program, you will:

  • Understand how company strategy drives important functional choices
  • Acquire problem-solving toolkits across all functional areas
  • Develop a shared understanding of the Asian business context
  • Develop networks and share in the experience of fellow participants from diverse industries and countries

Application Deadline

One month before commencement of program.

Participants are strongly advised to apply at least 2 months in advance. Applications received after the deadline will be considered based on space availability.

 


When making the transition to general management role, managers need to be acutely aware of how their behaviours and decisions have an impact on key stakeholders. This program is designed to address the issue by offering problem-solving toolkits for all functional areas, such as corporate strategy, marketing, human resources, finance, accounting, and operations. Specially designed within the Asian business context, the program sharpens analytical skills with a powerful suite of analytical tools that will enhance the effectiveness of decision-making and optimise the use of resources in all managerial responsibilities.

Program Director

Dr Sum Chee Chuong
Associate Professor, NUS Business School
PhD, University of Minnesota

He is currently Area-Coordinator of the Operations and Supply Chain Management Group in the Decision Sciences Department. He was formerly Co-Academic Director of the NUS MBA program. An active consultant and executive trainer, he has serviced private and public organisations such as SIA, IBM, Shell, IKEA, Kaifa (Shenzhen), APP (Indonesia), Singapore Confederation of Industries, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Defence, Chartered Institute of Transport (Singapore), and Singapore Technologies Logistics. 

His current research interests are in the development of operations and supply chain capabilities, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), operations strategy, and global operations management. His research has appeared in leading international journals such as Decision Sciences, Journal of Operations Management, IIE (Trans), European Journal of Operational Research, and Omega.

Before joining academia, he worked as an information systems officer in a computer organization and an engineer in an aerospace company.

View CV

Program Instructors

Dr Chu-Chun-Lin Singfat

Associate Professor
PhD,University of British Columbia
View CV

Mr Lowe Joo Yong 

Lecturer
MBA, Finance, National University of
Singapore
View CV

Dr Allaudeen Hameed 

Professor 
PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
View CV

Dr Chng Chee Kiong
 
Associate Professor 
PhD, University of Queensland 
View CV

Dr Audrey Chia

Associate Professor 
PhD, University of Texas at Austin
View CV

Dr Nitin Pangarkar

Associate Professor 
PhD, University of Michigan
View CV

Dr Cheng Peng Sim

Senior Lecturer 
PhD, National University of Singapore
View CV

   Dr Wong Poh Kam 

Professor 
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
View CV

What our past participants say:

"Thank you very much for making the General Management Program an interesting, interactive and relevant program. Much of the content offered me insights into how I can do my job better, and to understand and appreciate better why and how the executive management team in my company makes certain decisions."

Ms Koh Lee Huang
Head, Resources
SPRING
Singapore


"All aspects covered right through the program were useful. The case studies and the explanations given by the facilitators were relevant to the current day."

Mr Dilhan Jayawardena
Operations Director
Fonterra Brands Lanka
Sri Lanka


"The topics covered are useful in equipping a non-financially trained managers with the skills and knowledge to assess a company's financial health."

Ms Choo Eng Geok
Deputy Director, Roads Construction
Land Transport Authority
Singapore


"The program covered the major aspects of what management is all about and addressed my need for an understanding of certain core issues in my professional development."

Ms Padma Muralidharan
Senior Accounts Manager
Account Development
Reed Elsevier
India


"Great illustrations on the financial statement. Applications and examples on personal financial statements are very effective to demonstrate the concepts."

Ms Ho Pui Ming
Deputy Director, Design Developments
Land Transport Authority
Singapore


"The concepts behind each module gave us a perspective and the examples used to explain. The tools and methodology will be useful in work. The comprehensive coverage of different topics important in management."

Mr Daniel Ang Tai Pheng
Head, Incentives Management Division
SPRING
Singapore

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