Country: Switzerland
Registration deadline: 31 Jul 2019
Starting date: 01 Dec 2019
Ending date: 07 Dec 2019
CAS in STRATEGIC AND SCENARIO PLANNING FOR HUMANITARIANS
Build your capacity in managing stakeholders who work toward common goals. Acquire techniquesto establish agreement around intended outcomes,assessing and adjusting the organization’s directionin response to a changing environment.
Content
• Beer Distribution Game
• Research Methods
• Strategic Planning
• Scenario Planning
CoreCompetencies
• Logistics Data Management
• Business Intelligence and Reporting
• Assets Management
• Risk Management
• Forecasting
• Collaborative Planning
• Customer Service Desk
• Inventory Management
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this CAS you will be able to:
• Conduct stakeholder analyses to articulate and critique your organization’s mission, vision, and values
• Analyse your organization’s external environments, including assessing possible consequences of current trends
• Perform internal analyses of your organization, focusing on resources and capabilities and make actionable recommendations, informed by your analyses, to help your organization be more effective in articulating and implementing its strategy
• Create a plan for engaging relevant stakeholders on work related to one of your organization’s strategic objectives
• Construct scenarios scalable to any organizational need
• Define a strategic project’s objectives and strategy
• Evaluate alternative projects for resource allocation
• Understand basic and most important knowledge for conducting empirical research
• Use and interpret multivariate methods and results, such as quantitative and qualitative research methods
ACCREDITATION
USI Università della Svizzera italiana is one of 12 universities under the Swiss university system, coordinated by the Rectors’ Conference of the Swiss Universities (swissuniversitites). swissuniversities represents all 12 Swiss universities and maintains relationships with other accredited universities outside Switzerland. As a recognized university that is part of the public system, the degree-granting body of the Master of Advanced Studies in Humanitarian Logistics and Management is USI Università della Svizzera italiana.
How to register:
Applications are evaluated on a rolling basis until all places are filled. Students requiring a visa for Switzerland are strongly urged to apply as early as possible. The visa process can take up to 3 months.
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