Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Executive Management Program

Held in Cooperation with the University of Notre Dame at the Mendoza College of Business
Notre Dame, IN

CURRICULUM
(please note: this program is subject to change)

Strategy Workshops
The Strategy Workshops sessions focus on achieving a competitive advantage in today's business environment. Participants learn about vision and transformational business models, how to perform meaningful, timely situation audits and how to formulate strategies. Finally they will learn about change and how to execute a strategic plan from the middle of the organization. Participants become a member of a planning team and design a strategic plan in stages throughout the week of training. Group plans are presented during a lively session at the conclusion of the Notre Dame program.

Responsibility of Leadership
This session will consider several perspectives concerning leadership in business organizations. We will discuss how leadership complements management, and seek to understand the qualities that differentiate effective from ineffective leaders. Particular emphasis will be placed on the roles of vision and inspiration in leadership.

Leadership Mindset in an Era of Hyperchange
This segment addresses around leadership and change. Participants will recognize that change is occurring at an ever increasing rate and this presents particular challenges to leaders within organizations. They will also discuss how they can personally respond to change and how they can lead and impact change within their own organizations. Participants will explore the personal and organizational impact of hyperchange, examine the challenges their organizations are facing in the new century, identify the leadership skills necessary to master those challenges, assess their leadership style, and develop/enhance a proactive leadership mindset to effectively master this era of hyperchange.

Marketing for a Competitive Advantage
The purpose of this session is to encourage participants to view their organizational roles in terms of exchange relationships in which all parties are seeking value or benefits. Since marketing is built on the notion of exchanging value for value, many of its principles and concepts are relevant outside the traditional selling task. For example, internal marketing is the special case in which fellow employees or subordinates are viewed as "customers" to whom the organization must effectively "market" if desired performance is to be forthcoming.

Financial Statements and Analysis
This class will provide an intuitive understanding of balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement. It will relate these statements to business activities. Participants will practice preparing and analyzing a simplified balance sheet and income statement.

Capital Budgets and Strategic Cost Management
This session is an introduction to product testing, activity-based costing, and activity-based management. Participants will learn to understand what causes costs and how they relate to the value chain. We will study cost, volume and profit relationship and application to business problems .

Managing Performance
Understanding what motivates job performance is key to effective management. Managing Performance is a highly interactive session that identifies and discusses what is important to employees on the job. It will help managers understand what employees want in a job, discuss similarities or differences between employees and managers perspectives and identify key motivators of staff regardless of level or responsibility.