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Business Unit Management & Scaling

COURSE OVERVIEW

Serial 1 - 11, 18, 25 Sep 2023 | Three Days | Online Live

Registration Open | Closes 08 Sep 23

Serial 2 - 06, 13, 20 Nov 2023 | Three Days | Online Live

Registration Open | Closes 03 Nov 23

Focused on enabling leaders with the skills and insight needed to maneuver, sustain, scale and efficiently execute an industry business unit (IBU).


The Business Unit Management & Scaling course uses an industry-led approach bringing together senior business leaders to share best practices, lessons learned, tools & techniques. Participants will gain insight into the anatomy of an IBU, supply chain management, the digitization of industry operations, and organizational change management. They will understand key strategies and techniques for scaling a business unit while enabling resilient operations.

This course is designed for new or experienced managers, supervisors, senior managers and directors seeking to sustainably execute or scale business unit operations.

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Earn a McMaster Certificate

Walk away with a McMaster Certificate and practical skills to lead high-performance teams.

Skilled Industry Experts

Hear from academic instructors and experienced industry experts across disciplines.

Tailored Networking

Attend quarterly tailored networking events to meet and connect with others best suited for your career progression needs.

Learning Objectives

  • Gain an understanding of enabling adaptive change and management approaches to defeat organizational complexity.

  • Receive insight from senior leaders on applied and tested business unit scaling strategies.

  • Understand the anatomy, key functions and department roles within a business unit.

  • Develop an understanding of how to sustain and manage disruptions across logistics operations.

  • Understand how to enhance and sustain quality function operations within a business unit.

  • Develop best practices to enable efficient audit preparation and readiness. 

  • Understand how to leverage digital transformation strategies to enable scaling operations.

  • Learn from senior leaders' best practices to enable effective contingency planning.

  • Gain insight into the strategies and opportunities that automation provides to enable scaling operations.

  • Understand how to enable resilient operations.

20

Hours of Training

3

Days Live

14

Speakers

Agenda

Course Content Breakdown

Day 1

9:00am - 4:30pm Est

Day 2 

9:00am - 4:30pm Est

  • Gain an understanding of how to secure operational continuity and incorporate best practices to prepare for an audit.

  • Understand how to scale an industry business unit through a quality function.

  • Develop an understanding of how to scale operations leveraging the logistics function and supply chain.

  • Understand how to enable operational resilience.

Day 3 

9:00am - 4:30pm Est

  • Learn best practices to enhance contingency planning from senior industry leaders.

  • Understand how to enable business unit scaling operations leveraging augmented & mixed reality.

  • Understand the opportunities and applications afforded through automation to enable scaling operations. 

  • Learn first-hand from a panel of senior leaders - the key strategies, solutions and risks experienced through scaling operations.

Speakers

Learn directly from senior industry leaders on the Business Unit Management & Scaling Course; you will learn firsthand insights to lead resilient operations.

Who Should Attend?

  • Directors, Senior Managers, Supervisors, Managers, Lead Hands, Officers, Senior NCO’s, Small to Medium Sized Business Owners, and Consultants. 

  • Participants with relevant work/technical/leadership experience looking to obtain an industry leadership university credential.

Upcoming Course Date

Serial 1 - 11, 18, 25 Sep 2023 | Three Days | Online Live

Registration Open | Closes 08 Sep 23

Serial 2 - 06, 13, 20 Nov 2023 | Three Days | Online Live

Registration Open | Closes 03 Nov 23

Seat Capacity Limited

Admission Details

Participants should have relevant work or training experience or education in their industry field; a college or university education is an asset but not required.

 

Please contact the Program Lead if you have specific questions about the background knowledge required to maximize your benefits from the program.

Tuition & Fees

Please note costs noted below are in CAD dollars, and do not include the 13% HST - Harmonized Sales Tax charged for Canadian Applicants.

Southern Ontario Aerospace Subsidy Initiative

 

McMaster University has enabled a 90% subsidy cost program for employed individuals and businesses within Southern Ontario that work in or support the Aerospace Industry sector. We are as well pursuing other subsidy options for our participants; please contact the Program Lead for more information. 

Southern Ontario Aerospace Subsidy Cost

Subsidized Cost

$200 CAD

Qualifying Association Members

$1500 CAD

McMaster Alumni, Staff

$1500 CAD

Regular Cost

$2000 CAD

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Program Lead

Industry Operations Leadership & Management

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PROGRAM LEAD

Ashan Corea

McMaster University

W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology

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