The Participant assumes the role of Operations Director in Pharmcare Technology, a large pharmaceutical company. They are asked to make a recommendation as to whether or not a division of the Company should be closed down. This exercise reflects the sort of strategic decisions that often need to be taken at an Executive level.
Exercises Type: Fact Find Exercises
The Participant, in the role of a General Manager of the AL-Harj Project, is asked to make a decision about a prospective repatriation of a Senior Expatriate Manager. Although this looks a relatively straightforward decision, there are much wider issues to be discovered in relation to the commercial risks of a joint venture.
The Participant assumes the role of a recently appointed Management Trainee at a Medical Research Foundation. The Kipling Foundation. They have been asked to investigate a particular situation. The situation poses the dilemma of whether or not to continue running a crèche facility at one of the Company’s regional offices. There are a number of significant factors that need to be investigated in order for the Participant to be able to make a considered recommendation.
The Participant assumes the role of a recently appointed Sales Manager of Socrates Systems, a medium-sized software company specialising in Financial Accounting packages. The Participant is asked to investigate a situation in which a customer has requested that a Sales Executive should be dismissed. There are a number of pertinent facts to be unearthed and the Participant is required to make a decision based on the information they have gathered.
