EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME:
SUN ZI STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT:
Outline of 15 Modules

Sun Zi Art of War, the world oldest military strategy manual
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Planning Stage: "Swoop like a hawk"
Module 1:
Mental Discipline of Sun Zi
Module 2:
Optimising Resource Plannning
  • Illustrative case
  • Need for Strategy Planning
  • Basic Strategic Planning Process
  • Sun Zi's 5 Mental Disciplines
  • Asian traits in management
  • Illustrative case
  • 5 Factors Business Mission
  • 7 Considerations for Environmental Analysis
  • Calmly looking for Advantages
  • Key: Think Tank
  • Questionnaire
  • Checklist
  • Workshop case
Module 3:
Innovative Hierarchical Goals
Module 4: High Performance Option Thinking
  • Illustrative case
  • Importance of Sub-Goals
  • Cost-Benefits
  • People Oriented
  • Incentives as Goals
  • Key: Need to know how to handle men
  • Questionnaire
  • Checklist
  • Workshop case
  • Illustrative case
  • Importance of Options
    &Winning without Fighting
  • Emotional Danger: Anger
  • Emotional Danger: Obstinacy
  • Principle of Non-Interference
  • Key: Information
  • Questionnaire
  • Checklist
  • Workshop case
Module 5:
Sure Win Risk Analysis
Module 6:
High Pressure Decision Making
  • Illustrative case
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Action Oriented
  • Extraordinary Thinking
  • Need for Risk Taking
  • Key: Quantification
  • Questionnaire
  • Checklist
  • Workshop case
  • Illustrative case
  • Modular Organisation for
    Decision Making
  • Grasp Phenomenon of Change
  • Timely Decisions
  • Use of Turmoil as Advantage
  • Key: Scan and Pick Men
  • Questionnaire
  • Checklist
  • Workshop case
Module 7: Concentrating Force for Marketing
Module 8: Check the Field for
Winning Adaptive Programming
  • Illustrative case
  • Pioneering
  • Impose Your Will
  • Attack Weak Points
  • Secrecy
  • Key: Do not repeat tactics
  • Questionnaire
  • Checklist
  • Workshop case
  • Illustrative case
  • Task Force to seize advantage
  • Task Force: Form
  • Task Force: Art
  • Inspiration of Men
  • Key: Do not get distracted
  • Questionnaire
  • Checklist
  • Workshop case

Implementation Stage: "Strike like a snake"
Module 9: Mind Set of the Situational Leader
Module 10: Positioning for Empowerment of Men
  • Illustrative case
  • Selection of Leader
  • Ability to Select Battlefield
  • Skill in Variations
  • Danger of Assumption
  • Avoid 5 Emotional Dangers
  • Questionnaire
  • Checklist
  • Workshop case
  • Illustrative case
  • Position Men
  • Avoid Undue Pressures
  • Advantages & Disadvantages
  • Study Opponent
  • Key: Handling Men
  • Questionnaire
  • Checklist
  • Workshop case
Module 11:
Strategic Team Management
Module 12:
Winning Crisis Management
  • Illustrative case
  • Operational Ground
  • 6 Grounds
  • 6 Leadership Dangers
  • Inspire Loyalty
  • Key: Complete Knowledge
  • Questionnaire
  • Checklist
  • Workshop case
  • Illustrative case
  • Crisis
  • 9 Grounds
  • General Rules for Crisis
  • Calm but Unusual Moves
  • Key: Eye for Openings
  • Questionnaire
  • Checklist
  • Workshop case
Module 13:
Dilemma of Fierce Competition
Module 14: High Visbility Networking for Business Growth
  • Illustrative case
  • Drastic Competition
  • Basis of Drastic Moves
  • Way of Drastic Moves
  • Move only when necessary
  • Key: Monitoring
  • Questionnaire
  • Checklist
  • Workshop case
  • Illustrative case
  • Foreknowledge for Innovations
  • 5 Agents
  • Benevolence
  • Critical Roles of Key Men
  • Key: Enlightened Leader
  • Questionnaire
  • Checklist
  • Workshop case
Module 15: Strategic Emotional Mind Sets of Sun Zi
Modules
  • Illustrative case
  • Emotional Traps
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