Overview
The Senior Management Programme (SMP) offered by Lagos Business School, increases the effectiveness of executives and enhances their strategic thinking capabilities. The SMP is a dynamic programme where a group of business peers from a range of functions, industries and countries share ideas and develop an enlightened perspective on the economy, business trends, and best practices.
Learning Objectives and Benefits
The senior management programme will equip participants to:
- Achieve an integrated view of the organisation in line with the local and the international market economy
- Analyse economic risk and broaden technical competence at managerial level
- Develop ethical competence at work and home
- Build interpersonal skills, hone emotional intelligence and increase teaming capabilities
- Prepare for future top leadership roles in their organisations
- Through all these, enable the achievement of corporate (and personal) goals
Who should attend
The SMP is a programme specially designed for members of the executive level in organisations:
- Heads of business units who are responsible for strategic planning within their companies
- Individuals currently managing teams, departments, or functions
- Tailored for middle-level managers
Structure and Curriculum
The Senior Management Programme runs for five weeks over five months with one week every month for class sessions.
MODULE 1 – SOCIAL AND BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
- Speed Reading
- Analysis of Business Problem
- Management Communication
- Social, Political Environment of Business
- Managing Economic Risk
MODULE 2 – BUSINESS AND FINANCE
- Business Law
- Corporate Financial Accounting
- Cost & Management Accounting
- Finance Workshop
- Personality Test
- Financial Intelligence
- Nature of Man
MODULE 3 – LEADERSHIP AND PEOPLE MANAGEMENT
- Social Etiquette
- Emotional and Social Intelligence
- Negotiation
- People Management
- Leadership
- Team Building
MODULE 4 – STRATEGY AND SUSTAINABILITY
- Business Ethics
- Sustainability Learning Journeys
- Marketing Management
- Strategic Management
MODULE 5 – BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND INNOVATION
- Design Thinking and Innovation
- Project Management
- Digital Transformation
- Operations Management
- Business Strategy Game
- Executive Challenge
Admission process
- Complete an application form online or make a request to execedsales@lbs.edu.ng
- All applications undergo a thorough screening process prior to confirmation of admission
- The Programme Manager will get in touch with you as soon as an admission is granted.
Faculty
Nkemdilim is a thought leader and active participant in the Nigerian Financial Inclusion Ecosystem. He leads the Supply-Side workstream of the Sustainable & Inclusive Digital Financial Services Initiative (SIDFS) in LBS aimed at improving financial inclusion in Nigeria through research, capacity building and stakeholder engagement. SIDFS is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF). He has led different research programmes on the adoption of digital financial services (DFS) for financial inclusion.
Dr. Nkemdilim Iheanachor is a member of Strategy Group in Lagos Business School (LBS) where he also serves as an Academic Director in the Senior Management Programme as well as a course director in other executive and open-enrolment programmes in the School. Nkemdilim holds a Bachelors degree in Electronic Engineering, a Master of Business Administration degree as well as MPhil and PhD Degrees in Management. He is also a visiting lecturer on the MBA programme at University of Stellenbosch’s Business School, Cape Town, South Africa.
Kemi is currently a member of the European Business Ethics Network (EBEN), Business Ethics Network of Africa (BEN-Africa), Academy of International Business South West (AIB-SW) and the International Society of Business, Economics and Ethics (ISBEE). She is also a reviewer (ad hoc) for journals and conferences such as Journal of Business Ethics, African Journal of Business Ethics, Academy of Management, and Academy of International Business.
She co-developed the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) anti-corruption toolkit as well as a curriculum for teaching ethics and anti-corruption for the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), Ghana. She has also co-facilitated several training events on corruption risk assessment for the private and public sectors, the most recent being that organised by (Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission) ICPC and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for the Nigerian aviation sector.
Dr. Ojadi has consulted widely for many companies (including banks, food and beverage and distribution and retail companies, and urban transport development) in procurement improvement and logistics and supply chain optimisation. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the South African-based Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management. Dr Frank Ojadi obtained a bachelor’s degree in Engineering Physics from the University of Ife in 1981 (now Obafemi Awolowo University), an MBA from the Maastricht School of Management, Netherlands, and PhD in Transport Economics from the Department of Transport and Supply Chain Management of the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Testimonials
Lagos Business School offers me the network, quality of participants and teaching staff.
Elile Olutimayin Managing Director, CardinalStone Securities Limited
Upcoming Sessions and Contact
3rd run: 22 July 2024 (25 days over 5 months) ; 4th run: 09 Sept 2024 (25 days over 5months) ; 5th run: 18 Nov 2024 (25 days over 5 months)
For more information, please contact Kemi: 08086726686 or send an email to execedsales@lbs.edu.ng
