Advanced Certificate in Agile Business Practices and Management Module 1: Business Agility Foundations (ICP-BAF)
- Innovation & Business Improvement
- Leadership & Management
2 days
Who Should Attend
Participants should have at least 2 years of working experience with interest in agile business practices and management.
Overview
The hyper-connected business world today requires an Agile mindset and a new set of skills to overcome business challenges. An effective Business Agilist is able to guide oneself and others to maximise business value through agile methodologies and practices. Business Agilists are able to formulate action plans and use a variety of frameworks, tools, and techniques to jumpstart organizational and individual transformation into more agile, responsive, value-driven entities.
Learning Objectives
At the end of the 2-day module, participants will be able to:
- Understand the agile mindset, values, principles, and foundational concepts;
- Develop a compelling vision for success, analyse the impacts of change on the stakeholders involved and appraise which approach and tools to use given different contexts;
- Contrast value-adding and non-value adding activities and identify why sustainable competitive advantage depends on business agility;
- Analyse provided scenarios including complex, chaotic problems, polarities, dilemmas, etc., and articulate several approaches to managing them;
- Attain the ICAgile Certified Professional in Business Agility Foundations (ICP-BAF) certification upon passing the required assessments.
Topic/Structure
• Awareness: The Need for Business Agility
• Compelling Vision, Focus and Clarity of Purpose
• New Ways of Thinking
• New and Differentiating Behaviours
• Frameworks, Tools and Techniques
• Business Agility as the New Normal
Assessment
Participants have to meet a minimum attendance rate of 75% and have to complete all assessment(s) required by the course. Only upon meeting the minimum attendance and passing the assessment will participants be issued a Certificate of Completion.
Participants who fail the assessment will be given a chance for re-assessment at a fee of SGD100.00 (excluding prevailing GST). Each participant is allowed 1 re-assessment. The re-assessment has to be taken within 7 calendar days from the end of the course date. It will be held on a weekday specified by SMU Academy and conducted during office hours. Please note that re-assessment fees are not supported by SSG Funding.
Participants who meet the minimum attendance rate but do not achieve a pass for the assessment will be issued a Certificate of Participation.
Participants are required to bring their laptop to access the course materials, class exercises and individual assessment(s).
In order to be awarded with Advanced Certificate in Agile Business Practices and Management, participants are required to complete all 5 modules within 2 years.
Calculate Programme Fee
Fee Table
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PARTICIPANT PROFILE |
SELF-SPONSORED |
SME |
NON-SME |
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Singapore Citizen < 40 years old Permanent Resident LTVP+
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$654 (After SSG Funding 70%) |
$254 (After SSG Funding 70% |
$654 (After SSG Funding 70%) |
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Singapore Citizen ≥ 40 years old |
$254 (After SSG Funding 70% |
$254 (After SSG Funding 70% |
$254 (After SSG Funding 70% |
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International Participant |
$2,180 (No Funding) |
$2,180 (No Funding) |
$2,180 (No Funding) |
All prices include 9% GST
Post Secondary Education Account (PSEA)
PSEA can be utilised for subsidised programmes eligible for SkillsFuture Credit support. Click here to find out more.
Self Sponsored
- SkillsFuture Credit
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Singapore Citizens aged 25 and above may use their SkillsFuture Credits to pay for the course fees. The credits may be used on top of existing course fee funding.
This is only applicable to self-sponsored participants. Application to utilise SkillsFuture Credits can be submitted when making payment for the course via the SMU Academy TMS Portal, and can only be made within 60 days of course start date.
Please click here for more information on the SkillsFuture Credit. For help in submitting an SFC claim, you may wish to refer to our step-by-step guide on claiming SkillsFuture Credits (Individual). - Workfare Skills Support Scheme
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From 1 July 2023, the Workfare Skills Support (WSS) scheme has been enhanced. Please click here for more details.
Company Sponsored
Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS)
- Organisation must be registered or incorporated in Singapore
- Employment size of not more than 200 or with annual sales turnover of not more than $100 million
- Trainees must be hired in accordance with the Employment Act and fully sponsored by their employers for the course
- Trainees must be Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
- Trainees must not be a full-time national serviceman
- Trainees will be able to enjoy ETSS funding only if the company's SME's status has been approved. To verify your SME's status, please click here.
Please click here for more information on ETSS.
Absentee Payroll
Companies who sponsor their employees for the course may apply for Absentee Payroll here. For more information, please refer to:
AP Guide (Non-SME Companies)
Declaration Guide (SME Companies)
Intake Information
| INTAKE 6 | TBA (9.00am – 6.00pm) | TBA |
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Additional Details
Programme Registration
Registrants are required to submit the following supporting documents via the registration system at the point of registration:
- Highest qualification certificate (scanned copy),
- Updated Curriculum Vitae,
- Any other supporting documents e.g. company's recommendation letter
Certified Professional Business Manager (CPBM)
This programme is part of Certified Professional Business Manager. Participants who successfully complete 6 courses/modules with a minimum of 15 training days, from a list of qualifying programmes (terms and conditions apply) within 5 years will receive the Certified Professional Business Manager (CPBM). For example:
Please click here for CPBM details and list of qualifying programmes.
