LCMS - Corporate Training

Executive Development Programme in Building Comprehensive Support Systems for SMEs

It is our pleasure to welcome you all to this Executive Development Programme in Building Comprehensive Support Systems for SMEs being conducted by LCMS. This is an intensive one week programme designed for business owners and for those who are actively involved in entrepreneurial activities.

The aim of the programme is to provide a high quality entrepreneurship education within a flexible and relaxed learning environment provided at LCMS. It is our expectation that participants and especially those from foreign countries will be able to attain global enterprise qualifications that will improve their business performance.

We are proud of our team, which is made up of qualified business trainers in all areas of Enterprise Development, Accounting, Marketing and Business Communications.

We believe that you will benefit through an increased exchange of ideas, cultures and personal interaction within the college and the business communities in London and the UK in general.

Should you have any queries about the programme, please do not hesitate to contact us for further details.

INTRODUCTION
Entrepreneurship is a great force and a facilitator in stimulating economic growth. Indeed, the potential for growth can be gauged from how entrepreneurial a society is. It is a culture that puts an economy a higher trajectory of progress and prosperity.

It is, thus, natural that budding businessmen, as well as those experienced, should know what entrepreneurship is all about.

This week long programme has been made as intensive as possible so that it will not only be a starter in understanding entrepreneurship but will also go further in that it will create a broad knowledge base involving the major business disciplines like finance, marketing, human resource management, business environment , information technology amongst others.

The programme has also been carefully designed to meet a perceived need amongst a group of people who would like to know more about practical aspects of business rather than going into theoretical issues as such.
The participants will have the opportunity to receive expert tuition in various aspects of business and entrepreneurship. This will evidently give them the opportunity to reflect on ways in which an already successful operation can be further improved.

The programme further creates the opportunity to exchange ideas, experience and knowledge with business owners and entrepreneurs from a cross section of countries and cultures.

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE: The main objectives of the programme are:

To provide a high quality Entrepreneurship education within a flexible and relaxed learning environment provided at LCMS.
To show how government can aid in the development of small companies with specific policies and support and what make a successful start-up company.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Small Business owners and Managers
General managers & Senior officers of Job and Poverty Alleviation Schemes
Commissioners for Commerce and Industry
Commissioners for finance
Special advisers/consultants on Economic matters
Permanent secreteries

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Understanding Entrepreneurship

The Entrepreneurship module focuses on all aspects of starting a new business, with emphasis on the critical role of recognising and creating opportunities. Participants will be introduced to different ways of spotting opportunities, commercialisation of ideas. To introduce the subject, different techniques are applied including videos, case study analysis and classroom discussions.

Business Environment Strategy

The world of business is turbulent. To live in that world, businesses have to know and appreciate the importance of the factors that shape and contribute to the volatility of the external environment. Indeed, it has been suggested that without a proper

Entrepreneurship and Technology

Participants will be introduced to different ways of enhancing their business performance through a proper choice of technology. Different ways of innovation (product, process and people) are analysed. Participants are expected to take part in both class room discussions and local visits to Hi tech companies.

Finance for Entrepreneurs

The programme here introduces different techniques of raising seed and growth capital from venture capital, business angels, investment banking, and commercial banking sources by paying attention to the consultants facing small firms and entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneurship Marketing

Participants will then exposed to be Modern marketing practices including

Marketing mix
Import and Export
Customer Relationship Marketing (CRM)
Marketing on the internet
Developing marketing plan

Modern managerial Accounting

This will include

Introduction to managerial accounting
Costing
Budgeting skills

Entrepreneurial learning organisations and HRM

This module aims at introducing modern HRM practices to the participants which include:

Employee relations
Learning organisation
Skills assessment/Organisational skills
Training and Development

Networking

Participants will have an opportunity to exchange views, skills and ideas with local entrepreneurs through networking events organised by LCMS. This will include visit to local business sites and tourist attractions on weekends.

COURSE DURATION:
7 days

APPLICATION PROCEDURES:

Fill and fax your application form to LCMS
Send 50% of your fees upon receiving your conditional offer, balance paid on arrival.

All applications should include:

2 passport sized photos
Relevant copies of your passport
A copy of your business registration certificate ( or any form of business identification) (if your are a business owner)

CERTIFICATION:
An Enterprise Development Certificate will be issued to all participants at the end of the program.

COST - THE COURSE AS A PACKAGE:

Total cost, £2,550 for each person up to 20 participants. This covers training, preparation, materials, two days city tour, visits, lunch and concluding dinner

LOCATION:
London College of Management Studies
Brent House, 214 Kenton Road
Harrow, Middlesex HA3 8BT
Tel: 0044 20 8909 1117/2120
Fax: 0044 20 8909 2100
E-mail: p.datta@londoncms.com