A4Q Business Acumen Course with Online Exam
- Course Code BBAC
- Duration 3 days
Course Delivery
Course Delivery
This course is available in the following formats:
-
Public Classroom
Traditional Classroom Learning
-
Virtual Learning
Learning that is virtual
Request this course in a different delivery format.
Course Overview
Top
Great business instinct can be learned. Our Business Acumen course explores the knowledge, skills and understanding required to avoid business pitfalls and improve business insight.
Course Schedule
TopTarget Audience
Top
The Business Acumen course is for anyone interested in the knowledge and skills required to develop business acumen, in particular Business Service Designers (including Business Designers and Service Designers); Business Analysts; Business and Enterprise Architects; Solution Architects and User Researchers. UX Designers, Product Owners and Managers will also find the course beneficial.
Course Objectives
Top
The Business Acumen course covers the knowledge, skills, understanding and perspective needed to develop good business acumen. Topics include leadership and decision making skills; an understanding of business models, a growth mindset; financial and data literacy and more.
Course Content
TopDuring this course, you will cover:
- The range of knowledge/skills required to possess business acumen
- Types of business model and the differences between them
- The concept of a values driven organisation
- The importance of a growth mindset for senior leadership teams
- Factors relevant to organisational decision-making
- Generic strategies for growth
- Competitive strategies
- How to evaluate product portfolio using the Growth Share Matrix
- Defining the term ‘profit’ across different types of organisation
- Understanding pricing and costing approaches
- How to evaluate financial reports
- How to analyse business proposals
- Using data to inform business decision-making
