5-Day Mini MBA for the Mining Industry

5-Day Mini MBA for the Mining Industry
March 18th, 2024

Overview

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Get the key business skills you need for your management role in the Mining Industry

Highlights:
• Understand the mining industry and the strategies of key international mining companies
• Use Blue Ocean Thinking to explore new ideas and strategies
• Learn how to make better financial and investment decisions

Key Competences:
• Strategic leadership
• Competitive strategies
• Operational excellence
• International finance
• Strategy roadmapping
• Managerial economics

The Right Programme for you

You have been working in the mining industry for 5+ years. You have an engineering, technical, scientific or specific role and are moving into a commercial or management position. This is the ideal programme for you.
 

Typical Participants:

• Managers
• New Managers

Learn, Practice and Use

• Understand how a mining company works with a multi-functional overview of the business and the key leadership competences you need
• Develop strategic thinking, planning & execution skills using the right tools & frameworks
• Learn how to influence, enable and deliver wider organizational objectives
• Make better business decisions and improve your contribution to the business
• Be able to assess the business environment and translate changes into competitive strategies for sustainable growth
• Support strategic goals from top management and be able to translate them for your area and implement them more efficiently
• Better implement strategy through the people in your team and different departments with new management and leadership skills
Share your knowledge and challenges with your peers and MCE's highly experienced faculty

Programme Modules

What will you learn and practice?

The 5-Day Mini MBA for the Mining Industry is a 5-days hands-on training programme, highly interactive with exercises and role plays. The programme will be led by an experienced facilitator with former management experience in international companies.

 

  • 5 Programme Modules:

1 – Leadership
• Leadership competences and organizational success
• Leadership characteristics of successful leaders: Learning from the best
• Emotional intelligence and personal impact
• Leadership in a global context and in a VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) world
• Leadership in a culturally diverse environment
• Leadership through disruptive change and innovation
• Evening work: reading

2 –  Strategy & Marketing
• Strategy roadmap and competitive strategy: The mining market and strategies of international mining companies
• Blue Ocean Thinking: A management method of creating business strategies based on the idea that every enterprise can achieve higher profit by creating new demand in non-competitive markets.
• Innovation and strategic agility
• Marketing and sales: Insight selling and negotiating to win
• Evening work: reading

3 – Operational Excellence
• Select the right Organizational Design
• Technology trends in mining: Automation, robots, and IoT technology
• Manage projects and mining operations efficiently
• Manage and develop your staff and communicate across the organization
• Mining exploration, development and production
• Production contracts and projects: Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) strategies and contracting
• Financial Statements – Profit & Loss Statement (P&L)

4 – International Finance
• Understand mining finance basics
• International financial markets: Rules and principles of contracting
• Make better investment decisions
• Manage Joint Venture finance
• Final evening assignment (reading)

5 – International & Managerial Economics
• Geopolitics in the mining sectors
• Resource owners, mining contracts, tax regimes and local content
• International and managerial economics: key social and economic phenomena, developments, and their impact on organizations and businesses
• Entering foreign markets: the 3 steps to enter foreign markets
• Bringing it all together: your key learnings.
• Preparation for the knowledge test.

 

Testimonials

“ It is a perfect possibility to connect with people from different industries, who are dealing with the same issues.”

Agata Kulik, Product Manager Special Salts, Jungbunzlauer Ladenburg GmbH, Germany

 

“ Facilitator, content, tools, methods, room were very good and fitted to the participants and their needs.”

Andreas Armenat, Head of Production, GO Generics & Standard Solutions, Fresenius Kabi AG, Germany

 

“Very interesting topics, international and multicultural environment. Very professional coach.”

Alessandro Foresio, Vice President, Logic S.p.A., Italy

 

“The subjects covered were extremely relevant and gave input to my personal development.”

Rosa Karen Schmidt, Senior VP-Assistant, Novo Nordisk, Denmark

FAQ

ABOUT MCE’s OPEN ENROLMENT PROGRAMMES

What time does the programme start and finish?
MCE programmes start at 9:00 and finish at 17:00. Lunch is a 1-hour break and there are two coffee breaks too. On the last day, the programme finishes at 16:30 as we know a lot of people have to catch planes and trains.

What should I wear (dress code) when participating in an MCE Programme?
Most participants wear Business Casual clothes. A formal business suit is not necessary.

Are there MCE approved/recommended hotels?
Yes, each programme has recommended hotels that have the best rates. We include details of these hotels in your registration pack.

Are meals included? I don’t eat certain food. Can I order special meals?
Lunch is provided every day and we always organize a buffet so you have a good choice of foods to cater for different needs.

Are there evening activities?
Your evenings are free, although there some exceptions (e.g. On the MCE Leadership Development Programme there is an activity on day 3)

Is there a free Wi-Fi?
For programmes at MCE in Brussels, there is free Wi-Fi throughout the building. For other locations, the services can vary, but in most locations we have organized free Wi-Fi.

What level of English do I need to take part in an MCE Programme?
MCE’s participants come from over 90 different countries but all of our open enrolment programmes are run in English. You need to have a good working knowledge of English to be able to fully participate in the programme and network with other participants. If you have difficulty understanding these questions, the programme might be difficult for you too.

Will I get a certificate at the end of the programme?
Yes, a certificate of attendance is provided to you upon successful completion of the programme.


CONTENT OF MCE’S OPEN ENROLMENT PROGRAMMES

Are MCE programmes certified by an official body/organization?
10 of MCE’s top selling programmes are approved by Project Management Institute and you can find more information on these programmes here.

What is the MCE approach to learning and development?
All of MCE’s Open Enrolment programmes are based on MCE’s FEEL-THINK-DO and 70-20-10 principles to enable effective learning transfer.

Who designs MCE programmes?
Our Portfolio team together with the core MCE Senior Associates design all of our programmes based on the ROPES model.

Are MCE’s Programmes practical?
MCE’s programmes are all designed to allow to practice what you have learnt. So you will have lots of time to practice, practice and practice.

 

REGISTRATIONS, PAYMENTS AND FEES

Are VAT rates included in the price?
The price advertised in this page is VAT excluded and applicable to clients and companies legally based in the European Union.

All clients outside the European Union (EU), e.g. Middle East, Africa, Asia and America, are exempt from VAT rates. For them, the price advertised here is the final price to be paid.

  • One exception: Training Programmes in France. All clients (inside or outside the European Union) following training programmes in France are liable to 20% VAT rates in all cases.

When are VAT rates applicable to me?
In the case of clients and companies legally based in the European Union, VAT rates will be added to the price in the following cases:

  • If the client is a natural person (B2C) without a VAT number. 21% VAT applicable.
  • If the training programmes runs in France: 20% VAT applicable.
    • Also applicable to clients outside the European Union (EU)
    • Except when
      • The client is VAT-exempt
  • If the client is legally registered in Belgium (independent from where in Europe the training programme is followed): 21% VAT applicable.
    • Except when:
      • The client attend the training programme in France: 20% VAT applicable instead.
      • The client is VAT-exempt
    • If the client does not provide a corporate VAT number or does not have any VAT number: 21% VAT applicable (Only applicable to clients in the EU).

I don’t have approval from my finance team yet, can I make a tentative registration?
Yes, simply contact us and we will hold a place for you.

Is hotel accommodation included in the programme fee?
No, participants are expected to arrange their own accommodation and travel. The Programme fee covers the programme attendance, materials, lunches & refreshments.

Does MCE give discounts or grants for individual registrations?
MCE works mostly with companies and organizations and we can provide corporate deals for group bookings or preferred supplier deals. If you would like to discuss a corporate deal, we will be happy to talk to you.

Can I pay with my corporate credit card?
Yes, you can. We accept VISA, Mastercard and Amex.

Does MCE have corporate deals/frameworks available?
Yes, we have. Please contact us for more information.

Can I cancel or change my booking free-of-charge?
At MCE, we understand that business people have commitments and changes do happen. So you can cancel or change your registration up to 21 days before the programme starts without any fees or charges. After that date, you will need to pay full fees, but you are allowed to transfer once to a new programme date.

 

The MCE Team is ready to answer any questions you have. Please contact us by phone, email, contact form or even website chat. We would be happy to talk to you!

http://phone+3225432120

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Dates & Locations

03 Jun – 07 Jun 24 (London)

07 Oct – 11 Oct 24 (Brussels)

09 Dec – 13 Dec 24 (London)

Duration

5 Day(s)

Price

€4295
excl. VAT*

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