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EXECUTIVE EDUCATION: Are you a business owner seeking to transform your organisation to the next level? Here is why you should consider, taking Strathmore University Business School’s Owner Manager Programme

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Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) play a significant role in most economies, especially in developing countries. According to the World Bank and African Development Bank (AfDB) estimates, SMEs constitute about 90% of all businesses and more than 50% of jobs worldwide. Formal SMEs contribute up to 40% of national income (GDP) in emerging economies and this goes up to 80% when informal SMEs are included. In emerging markets, 7 out of 10 of all formal jobs are created by SMEs.

Regardless, a host of challenges, that include governance, access to finance, access to skilled labour and access to technology still hamper most SMEs and their founders from achieving their full potential, which results in early mortality and or stunted growth. 

It is against this background and within its purpose of developing great African leaders, that the Strathmore University School of Business created the Owner Manager Programme. The Programme is designed to enable entrepreneurs to develop their value propositions and meet customer demands as their businesses grow.

Target Audience

More specifically, the Owner Manager Programme is designed for owner-managers, aspiring entrepreneurs and senior executives who are major equity stakeholders in medium-sized companies.

Benefits of the Owner Manager Programme

The Programme has a comprehensive response in this regard and with multiple benefits accruing to owner managers across a variety of fronts.

  • The Owner Manager Programme enables participants to develop long-term strategies for their businesses, thus enabling their longevity
  • The Programme also enables participants and their businesses to go through faster and better-managed growth, while also enabling their professional and personal growth
  • The Programme further guides participants on how to manage equity stakes in their businesses, while also enabling them to carry out assessments of these businesses and their position
  • It also provides the participants with valuable business opportunities, opening the participants and their businesses up to local, regional and international opportunities
  • The Programme can enable companies to improve executive decision-making processes and succession planning in the businesses, a vital aspect that is often overlooked within the SME sector
  • Access to the Strathmore University Business School alumni network via the membership opportunities on offer
  • Comprehensive training and faculty of the Programme, which includes a coaching element at both personal and organizational levels, and a blend of local and international faculty members, professionals and business networks.

Programme Delivery and Structure

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The Owner Manager Programme has four modules, with three hosted by Strathmore University Business School, and with one hosted by Lagos Business School, in Nigeria.

Module I: Understanding the Business Landscape

Module II:  Getting Ready for What Lies Ahead

Module III:  Improving Business Performance

Module IV: Transforming Business Leaders

Application Process

Apply here for the 2023 intake! For more information and queries on the Owner Manager Programme, write to emuthoni@strathmore.edu

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