Course overview
In our increasingly complex and connected world professionals need to be able to advise stakeholders on how to turn challenges into opportunities. This course, co-delivered with Deloitte, uses an experiential learning approach to build skills that will strengthen how you learn and set you apart in your career. An effective advisor needs to be a life-long learner, who can engage multiple stakeholders and apply problem-solving frameworks to find new ways of addressing organisational or societal issues. You will learn how to understand the ecosystem that surrounds complex problems, apply research and analytical skills, communicate persuasively, and build strong relationships with stakeholders. You and your team will be briefed by an external organisation on a real-world challenge they are facing and spend the course creatively exploring fresh approaches and solutions. Each team will present a persuasive final recommendation to the organisation on how to best address the challenge.
- Preparation and Exploration Phase
- Analysis and Development Phase
- Validation and Communication Phase
Course learning outcomes
- Demonstrate principles of effective project management & stakeholder relationships in undertaking a small-scale project
- Identify, obtain and analyse data and information sources to help understand a project ecosystem to support and inform future recommendations
- Critically and creatively apply complex problem-solving processes and tools in a dynamic project environment
- Persuasively and succinctly communicate ideas to an audience in report writing and group presentation