Program Outline

It is not enough to be a competent specialist in today's business world. Successful businesses need managers and executives with a broad understanding of strategy, operations and finance and how they all interact.

In this program, based on Foundation® Business Simulation, we provide the opportunity to learn more about business by running a business.

Special Features

Foundation® Business Simulation is designed to teach all the essential elements of running a business: finance, the cause and effect relationships between functional areas, satisfying customer demands and competitive analysis.

In Foundation®, participants form teams to run a $40 million company for five years. The goal is to create a successful business in the face of tough competition - competition provided by your own colleagues!

Who Can Benefit
- Functional Managers
- General Managers
- Line Managers
- Supervisors

Learning Goals
- To read financial statements effectively
- To use financial data to help make business decisions
- To understand the financial impacts and interactions of each area of a business - design and development, human resources, quality management, production and marketing.
- To develop team work skills

Topics Covered
- Basic business finance
- Financial statement analysis
- Competitor analysis
- Financial ratio analysis