UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN
Professional Development Series

The Essence of Entrepreneurship

The programme is designed for business owners and early stage start-up entrepreneurs, managers, executives, to provide them a clear understanding on the essence of entrepreneurship in planning, operating and managing of a business venture. Through the programme, participants will be able to better solve business problems, and making decision effectively. Participants will also learn to prepare and implement a viable business plan.

Financial Information Management and Control

The programme is specially designed for financial planners and controllers, executives, analysts and managers. The programme applies management accounting techniques to help participants to improve their analytical skills to make sound decisions.

Information Technology Management

The programme is designed to help managers and executives to manage information technology for strategic growth of business. The programme provides participants an understanding on the planning and management of information technology.

Corporate Strategic Management

The programme is aimed at executives and managers who are required to make strategic planning and decisions. The programme examines how strategies are developed and implemented in organisations. The programme enhances the understanding of the strategic decision making process.

Legal Issues For Businesses

The programme helps business owners, executives and managers to explore the issues in g the business and legal environment. The programme aims to provide participants the knowledge and understanding of the laws and regulations governing a corporation in Malaysia.

Taxation

The programme is specially designed for business owners, executives, financial officers and tax managers. The programme introduces basic concepts and principles of Malaysian taxation related to employment income for individuals and business income for companies.

International Business Management

The programme provides participants with a thorough analysis of today's global business environment, and discusses challenges associated with multinational corporation management. The programme provides participants an opportunity to identify and assess the importance of different cultures, societal and ethical values in managing international businesses.

Effective Project Management

The programme enhances managers’ project management skills. The programme discusses project management processes and analyses the organisational and external environmental factors in the context of project management.

Corporate Governance

The programme is designed for corporate directors, executives, managers and auditors.  The programme discusses important issues related to corporate governance such as the regulatory framework, roles of board of directors and executive team of an organisation and mechanisms as well as accountability of corporate governance.

Global Value Chains

The programme is specifically designed for the SMEs who plan to go global. The programme provides better understanding on the trend of fragmentation of global value chains. The programme prepares participants to design strategies and utilise the readily available incentives offered by the government to participate in global value chains.

Competition Act 2010

The programme is designed for all local business establishments and associations, especially the resource-constraint SMEs, which will be affected by the Competition Act 2010. The programme introduces participants to the understanding of Competition Act 2010 and its impact on local businesses and practices. With the knowledge and understanding of the Act, participants will be able to respond strategically to the Act.

Corporate Financial Management

The programme is designed for managers and executives who want to develop the skills necessary to make strategic financial and investment related decisions.  The programme improves participants’ understanding on important aspects of financial management such as investment appraisal, sources of finance and working capital management.

Risk Assessment and Management

The programme is designed for the participants with no previous knowledge of risk management. The programme aims to engage participants in active discovery of risk management principles. Participants will be prepared to function in a business environment, developing an awareness of the challenges, the tools, and the process of designing and implementing a risk management programme.

REVIVE TO EXCEL  - An Attitude Awakening Programme

This programme is designed to help participants to overcome negative attitudes to pursue goals and vision. Participants will learn how to strategize effective ways of life and professional improvement by optimizing their strengths and opportunities, and apply creative thinking methods in helping to generate ideas, solutions and opinions more fluidly by mastering their attitudes.

Creating Dynamic Leaders

The programme is designed to help leaders and future leaders to learn the art and skills associated to modern-leadership. The programme helps to create dynamic individuals capable of leading and inspiring greatness of the staff and subordinates. Participants will look within to see the changes needed to excel in leadership and apply the necessities of leadership in their current roles and in the future.

Operation for Managers

The programme examines how an organization can best manage its resources to produce goods and deliver services that are valued by the customer.It is to investigate the problems and issues confronting operations managers so that they are aware and appreciate the role of operations management to enhance efficiency.

The Power of Public Relations in An Organisation and in Life 

The programme provides an understanding on the power of PR in life, especially in the organisational setting. Participants will be able to apply techniques of PR to help foster better unity, performance and strength. Participants will have better communication and relationship in organisation and overcome any form of human relations problems.

Attitude, Communication, Creativity & Leadership Factor

The programme explains the four essential elements to create an outstanding person. Participants will be able to put into practice the 4 core components effectively, both in their personal and professional life. They will also be able to evaluate if they are improving themselves as dynamic and performance oriented individuals.