Build Business Skills for Leaders in the Modern Landscape
The modern business landscape is changing, as digital technologies connect us to markets, partners, and opportunities across the world. This evolving business ecosystem is transforming the expectations and business skills for leaders.
The Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Sunway University Online is uniquely designed to help your career thrive in this rapidly evolving landscape, working to create empowered and informed leaders of tomorrow.
Creating the leaders of tomorrow
The days of a traditional leader cocooned in a distant office are increasingly a thing of the past. The modern leader must embrace attributes like strong communication and cultural intelligence. These skills enable them to connect with and inspire their staff while communicating effectively with a diverse range of partners worldwide.
Digital technologies also place new pressures on leaders when it comes to how to successfully steer and inspire success in business. Enterprise operational processes, access to customers and markets, and day-to-day administration are all increasingly hosted in a digital realm. This evolving business trend is framed by a growing need to embrace agile approaches that build resilience through flexibility. Rigid structures are at clear risk of leaving leaders overwhelmed and organisations falling behind the competition.
This period of ongoing transformation has received a further jolt in the form of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Disruption became the norm in 2020-21, as vital but restrictive public health measures, strained supply chains, and a rapid shift to digital operations triggered a remarkable period of change for businesses.
People drive success in a modern business
The changing work landscape isn’t simply defined by the challenges of disruption and emerging technologies. Access to talent and effective people management are fundamental to a modern leader, recognising changing perceptions and expectations of employees and partners.
In its 2021 Global Talent Survey of over 209,000 people in 190 countries, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) revealed the remarkable global attitudes to work. More than half (57%) of respondents were willing to work remotely for an employer without a physical location in their own country, showing the globally connected nature of virtual talent.
That means new leadership skills to connect, engage, and manage in-demand talent in often remote operating environments. Almost nine out of ten respondents (89%) aspired to some form of hybrid or remote work post-pandemic.
Leaders not only need the skills to adapt to this landscape, they need to recognise what appeals to workers in a changing world of work. Good relationships with managers and superiors, and a good work-life balance were the most important workforce attributes identified in the BCG study.
Sunway University Online’s MBA programme doesn’t just focus on the hard technical skills of management, but provides you with key understanding of people too. The Leadership for Sustainable Success course will help you understand what it means to be a good manager and provide effective leadership in the modern landscape of digital disruption and Industry 4.0.
Upskilling in a changing work landscape
Workers too recognise the need for upskilling in order to reinforce valuable skills and talent. According to the UOB ASEAN Consumer Sentiment Study, 91% of Malaysian employees see the need to reskill or upskill in the future.
Sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) are also critical to effective modern leadership. Employees are increasingly assessing the social consciousness of a company alongside simple metrics like salary in making their job choices. This has likely been further influenced by the period of disruption and reflection during the pandemic. 70% of workers in the BCG study said environmental responsibility matters more than a year ago, and 51% wouldn’t consider an offer from a company that doesn’t share their beliefs on diversity and inclusion.
Our MBA is designed to tackle these concerns, creating sustainable and ethical leaders of the future. The People and Organisations course is designed to help you understand human organisational behaviour and the complex interactions between teams and individuals, while the Strategic Management and Analysis course will help you design competitive but sustainable strategies for this changing workforce landscape.
The power of purpose to unlock potential
The business landscape of today is radically different to that found in dusty textbooks of decades gone by. It requires an MBA uniquely designed to tackle that environment — not just providing you the tools to thrive today, but helping you build understanding of processes and platforms that allow you to adapt and succeed tomorrow.
Our 100% online Master of Business Administration is specifically designed to help you develop the skills needed while fitting around your busy lifestyle so you can continue to work while you study, applying new knowledge and insights to real-world challenges as you go. Reach out to our Education Counsellors today to learn more about how this programme can help you stay ahead of the curve and succeed in the changing world of work.
