BUSINESS STRATAGEM: SUN TZU ART OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

BUSINESS STRATAGEM: SUN TZU ART OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Funded

Course Duration

14.0 hr(s)

Mode of Assessment

Written Assessment, Role Play

Who Should Attend

  • Individuals holding supervisory or management roles in their organisation and are leading a team or a department or division
  • People leaders who are looking to enhance their communication skills as leaders to motivate, influence and encourage team members
  • Newly appointed leaders looking to gain a headstart in their leadership journey

Course Overview

In the business battlefield today, known as the marketplace, successful business leaders apply Sun Tzu’s strategy and tactics to defeat their competition and win market share. Written more than 2,500 years ago, The Art of War is heralded for its incredibly insightful advice on warfare strategy. Sun Tzu’s teachings have since been applied by business leaders to outsmart their competition.

This programme focuses on teaching learners business management skills by choosing a course of action from several alternatives developed through a structured framework in order to achieve intended goals by executing Sun Tzu’s six principles in processes and strategies with a global preparedness to counter challenges and achieve success.

Course Schedule

Next available schedule

Course Objectives

Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:

  • Adopt Sun Tzu’s Six Principles to analyse Impact of Global Trends
  • Develop Approaches for Global Trends Impact Analysis
  • Identify Business Opportunities and Risk from global trends impact analysis
  • Review Organisation Structure and Operating Climate to Build Global Networks
  • Prepare Organisation for Interactions with Global Stakeholders
  • Promote Diverse and Inclusive Cross Cultural Workplace
  • Appraise Global and Local Perspectives for Effective Decision-Making
  • Adapt Existing Systems, Processes and Policies to Facilitate Global and Cross-Cultural Cooperation

Pre-requisites

The admission requirements are:

  • Read, write, and speak English at WPL Level 7
  • Have more than 1 year or more of work experience; and
  • Have at least 1 year’ experience in a supervisory or managerial role
  • Hardware & Software (if applicable)
    • This course will be conducted as a Virtual Live Class (VLC) via Zoom platform.
    • Participants must own a Zoom account and have a laptop or a desktop with “Zoom Client for Meetings” installed. Download from zoom.us/download.

System Requirement

Must-have:
Please ensure that your computer or laptop meets the following requirements.

  • Operating system: Windows 10 or MacOS (64 bit or above) 
  • Processor/CPU: 1.8 GHz, 2-core Intel Core i3 or higher 
  • Minimum 20 GB hard disk space 
  • Minimum 8 GB RAM 
  • Webcam (camera must be turned on for the duration of the class) 
  • Microphone 
  • Internet Connection: Wired or Wireless broadband 
  • Latest version of Zoom software to be installed on computer or laptop prior to the class. 

Good-to-have:

  • Wired internet connection
    Wired internet will provide you with stable and reliable connection. 
  • Dual monitors
    Using a dual monitor setup will undoubtedly improve your training experience, enabling you to simultaneously participate in hands-on exercises and maintain engagement with your instructor. 

Not recommended:
Using tablets are not recommended due to their smaller screen size, which could cause eye strain and discomfort over the course of the program's duration.

Course Outline

LU1: Adopt Sun Tzu’s 6 Principles for Business Management

  • Define Sun Tzu’s 6 principles
  • Apply the 6 principles to business management

LU2: Analyse Global Trends

  • Understand the impact of a VUCA world to businesses
  • Develop a global perspective with Sun Tzu’s 6 principles
  • Explore approaches to handle global trends in organisations
  • 8-step change management approach
  • Understand common business strategies to tackle business challenges like Blue Ocean Strategy, Balanced Scorecard, etc
  • Identify opportunities and risks in the business world

LU3: Leverage Organisation for Globalisation

  • Analyse challenges of modern businesses
  • Apply Sun Tzu’s principles to innovation and collaboration
  • Review organisational structure of businesses for effectiveness and efficiency
  • PESTLE factors the global market and how to cope with them

LU4: Evolve Organisation for Global Challenges

  • Develop an organisational culture to be nimble and adaptable to changing circumstances
  • Understand leadership factors in organisational behaviour
  • Navigating the Asian business culture

Certificate Obtained and Conferred by

  • Upon meeting the attendance and assessment(s) criteria, participants will be awarded with a digital Statement of Attainment (SOA), accredited by SkillsFuture Singapore. SOA will be reflected as Critical Core Skills – Global Perspective CCS-GBP-I001-1.
  • Upon meeting the attendance and assessment(s) criteria, participants will be awarded with a digital Certificate of Completion from NTUC LearningHub.

Additional Details

Medium of Instruction: English
Trainer to trainee ratio: 1:20

Mode of Delivery: Virtual Live Class (VLC) via Zoom or Physical class

Price

Course Fee and Government Subsidies

 

Individual Sponsored

Company Sponsored

Non-SME

SME

Before GST

After GST

Before GST

After GST

Before GST

After GST

Full Course Fee
(For Foreigners and those not eligible for subsidies)

$550.00

$599.50

$550.00

$599.50

$550.00

$599.50

For Singapore Citizens aged 39 and below
and
For all Singapore Permanent Residents
(The minimum age for individual sponsored trainees is 21 years)

$275.00

$324.50

$275.00

$324.50

$165.00

$214.50

For Singapore Citizens aged 40 years and above

$165.00

$214.50

$165.00

$214.50

$165.00

$214.50

Funding Eligibility Criteria

Individual Sponsored Trainee

Company Sponsored Trainee

  • Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
  • From 1 October 2023, attendance-taking for SkillsFuture Singapore's (SSG) funded courses must be done digitally via the Singpass App. This applies to both physical and synchronous e-learning courses.
  • Trainee must achieve at least 75% attendance.
  • Trainee must pass all prescribed tests / assessments and attain 100% competency.
  • NTUC LearningHub reserves the right to claw back the funded amount from trainee if he/she did not meet the eligibility criteria.
  • Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
  • From 1 October 2023, attendance-taking for SkillsFuture Singapore's (SSG) funded courses must be done digitally via the Singpass App. This applies to both physical and synchronous e-learning courses.
  • Trainee must achieve at least 75% attendance.
  • Trainee must pass all prescribed tests / assessments and attain 100% competency.
  • NTUC LearningHub reserves the right to claw back the funded amount from the employer if trainee did not meet the eligibility criteria.

Remarks

Individual Sponsored Trainee

Company Sponsored Trainee

SkillsFuture Credit: 

  • Eligible Singapore Citizens can use their SkillsFuture Credit to offset course fee payable after funding.

UTAP:

  • This course is eligible for Union Training Assistance Programme (UTAP).
  • NTUC members can enjoy up to 50% funding (capped at $250 per year) under UTAP.

PSEA: 

  • To check for Post-Secondary Education Account (PSEA) eligibility for this course, visit:
    SkillsFuture (TGS-2023018461) for Virtual Live Class (VLC) via Zoom or Physical Class
  • Scroll down to “Keyword Tags” to verify for PSEA eligibility.
  • If there isPSEA” under keyword tags, the course is eligible for PSEA.
  • And if there is noPSEA” under keyword tags, the course is ineligible for PSEA.
  • Not all courses are eligible for PSEA funding.

Absentee Payroll (AP) Funding: 

  • $4.50 per hour, capped at $100,000 per enterprise per calendar year.
  • AP funding will be computed based on the actual number of training hours attended by the trainee.
  • Note: Courses / Modules under Professional Conversion Programme (PCP) will not be eligible for AP funding claim.

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