UNIT TWO
June 28 - July 2, 2010
LECTURE
EFFECTIVE BUSINESS COMMUNICATION
& STRATEGIC PLANNING
Effective Business Communication
Setting a communication strategy: credibility, persuasion, and channel choice; Presentation Structure: writing vs. presentations vs. meetings vs. one-to-one conversations; writing more effectively; making effective presentations; running efficient meetings; speaking effectively one-on-one. Case studies and workshop sessions.
Strategic Planning and Implementation
Major trends and drivers of change within the international oil and gas industry: anticipating the future throughout the oil and gas value chains. Latest approaches to strategic planning and how important such plans are for setting company vision and goals; effective implementation of strategy; planning and implementation of the plan using the Balanced Scorecard. Historical structure of the international oil and gas industry. Examples of strategic planning by key international companies including Petrobras, Mobil Oil and others.
“What I learned in this course will change the way I work,
the way I manage and lead and improve my negotiation skills.”
– 2008 Participant
WORKSHOP
DEVELOPING NICOIL’S
STRATEGIC PLAN: NICOLA
This “business game” is an integral part of the learning process. Participants, divided into teams, make real-life strategic decisions that commonly confront managers in the international petroleum business today.
Teams have been retained to work with a small U.S. company of exploration specialists, Nicoil, that has made a major oil and gas discovery on a shallow offshore block licensed by the Republic of Nicola, an island republic off the West Coast of Africa. Reports state that two major discoveries were made: an oil reservoir containing an estimated 50 million barrels
in-place and a deeper gas discovery containing an estimated 5 TCF in-place. The team assignment is to develop a strategic plan for the company.
A consultant has provided the company with a menu of options that it could pursue to maximize the value of its discoveries. It will be up to teams to decide on Nicoil’s business strategy and then prepare and implement a strategic plan.
WORKSHOP SESSIONS INCLUDE:
- Identify Nicoil’s strategic plan, vision and mission statement
- Convert strategic plan to Balance Scorecard
- Adopt Balance Scorecard to implementation plan
- Identify Nicoil’s corporate culture