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OVERVIEW
Today, we live in the age of an accelerating pace of innovation and related disruption to established ways of doing business. This unprecedented change is creating new opportunities for both organizations and individuals to grow like never before. The Accelerated Management Program (AMP) from the National University of Singapore Business School is a fast-track management program for professionals who want to excel in this dynamic business environment.
Through the course of 9-months, you will build a solid foundation in Strategy, Leadership and Finance and gain critical skills in emerging areas such as Digital Business and Transformation, Marketing Analytics and Growth Hacking, as well as other cross-functional business skills to develop a growth mindset for your business, organization and industry. You will prepare to leverage accelerating trends in emerging technologies and changing business models and learn to use strategic insights and leadership practices to establish yourself as a transformational business leader.
Under the guidance of the distinguished NUS Business School faculty and leading industry experts, you will gain invaluable practical insights, tools, best practices and the real-world expertise you need to harness growth opportunities for your career and your organization. AMP is a comprehensive learning journey that will help you build future-ready capabilities through real-world case studies and interactions with faculty in a live-online format, using research driven insights to drive growth. Along with other high-achieving peers from around the world, you will develop a global perspective and the expertise to apply this knowledge.
Prepare to seize the opportunity to shape the playbook for the new normal in your industry as you emerge as a high-performing executive that is capable of leading in a complex and ever-changing global market.
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PROGRAM BENEFITS
KEY BENEFITS
Upon the completion of NUS AMP, apart from becoming a part of the AMP community, participants will also become an integral part of the global NUS Business School Executive Education network.
Participants will also receive the benefits listed below*:
- The NUS Accelerated Management Program certificate from the NUS Business School.
- The ability to join the NUS AMP LinkedIn group.
- The NUS Business School Executive Education newsletters.
- Eligibility for a 10% discount on select future executive education programs.
*All benefits subject to change
RANKINGS
#1
QS World University Rankings 2025
#1
QS Global MBA Rankings 2024
#2
US News and World Report 2023
#3
Times Higher Education 2023
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Through this program you will:
- Develop foundational skills in strategy, finance, and leadership.
- Explore diverse business perspectives, key trends in emerging technologies, and imbibe a deep understanding of the new dimensions of leadership in the digital age.
- Develop a keen sense of what the future looks like and how emerging technologies will shape and impact the market, your industry, and your organization.
- Acquire tools, frameworks, and techniques to drive change and leverage digital technologies to transform your organization.
- Employ a strategic growth mindset and drive a data-driven growth strategy to rapidly scale up in a dynamic marketplace.
- Identify new opportunities and focus on processes needed to consistently innovate for driving growth.
- Earn deeper perspectives into emerging business models and leverage them for a competitive advantage in an evolving business landscape.
- Leverage tools and skills to expand your team leadership and people leadership skills.
- Put your new knowledge, concepts, and frameworks into practice at your workplace in real-time, while developing meaningful connections with leaders of the same caliber from varied backgrounds, industries and countries.
- Build the confidence to step into and succeed in senior leadership roles in your organization and industry.
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DISTINGUISHED FACULTY
The NUS Business School has some of the best faculty in Asia Pacific. The internationally renowned faculty are celebrated for not only their expertise in academic research, but also their experience in teaching senior-level executives and consulting for businesses as well as governments across the world.
PROGRAM DIRECTORS
Andrew Delios
Vice Dean, MSc Programs,
Professor, Strategy and Policy Department
Professor Andrew Delios is the Vice Dean for MSc Programs and Professor in the Department of Strategy & Policy, NUS Business School. He completed his PhD in 1998 at the Richard Ivey School of Business, Western University. He became a Fellow of the Academy of International Business in 2013.
Andrew is an author or co-author of more than 100 published journal articles, case studies and book chapters, as well as an author of six books, including China 88: The Real China and How to Deal with It. He served as an Associate Editor and General Editor of the UK-based Journal of Management Studies for seven years. He has also been the editor-in-chief for the Asia Pacific Journal of Management and an area editor at the Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences. From 2011-2013, Andrew served as the President of the Asia Academy of Management. He is currently Vice-President Programs, while he also serves a three-year appointment on the AIB Board. AIB is the leading academic body for scholars of International Business.
Andrew has worked and lived in Asia for 25 years, including three years in Hong Kong and two in Japan. He has also worked in Australia, Canada, China, Finland, India, New Zealand, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, the United States and Vietnam. At NUS, he has taught in numerous programs, including the PhD and Executive MBA programs in Singapore, Thailand, India and the Philippines
MICHAEL JENKINS
Adjunct Associate Professor Management and Organisation,
NUS Business School
Michael Jenkins teaches in the NUS Executive MBA programme and is Chief Executive Officer of management consulting firm Expert Humans. Michael has successfully led Leadership Development as CEO of Roffey Park Institute (UK/Singapore); Managing Director of the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) – Asia Pacific; Director, INSEAD Executive Education (Asia) and CEO of the Human Capital Leadership Institute (HCLI).
Throughout his career, he has played a hands-on role in directing research and has been a key contributor and thought leader in the topic areas of organisational resilience, compassionate leadership, and developing more humane and productive workplaces. Michael has also worked closely with UK public health organisations to promote better mental health at work and is active in promoting sustainable business leadership. He works closely with HR Institutes and Think-Tanks such as CIPD (UK and Asia), AHRI (Australia), IHRP and SHRI (Singapore).
The UK’s HR Magazine named Michael as one of the UK’s Most Influential Thinkers in Human Resources in 2013 and again in 2016. He recently joined the UK-based FutureWork Forum (which explores the working world of tomorrow) as a Partner. Recent articles (2020/21) include: Finding Simplicity in Chaos: Beyond VUCA; The Chair-CEO relationship–Time to Dial Things Up; CHROs during COVID and beyond: A Resource for CEOs Hidden in Plain Sight and Should the CHRO become part of a Chair-CEO-CHRO Super Trio?
Program academic team may include*:
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Markus KeiperAdjunct Associate Professor Marketing,
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Dr. GUO LEIAdjunct Senior Lecturer,
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Yoshi MITSUINUS Affiliate Faculty,
NUS Business School
*Program faculty is subject to change
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PROGRAM EXPERIENCE
The AMP experience is tailored to the complex and changing role of on-the-move, high-performing professionals. It is designed to give you a competitive advantage with the application-oriented knowledge of management tools, insights, best practices, leadership skills, and diverse perspectives, building the confidence needed to succeed in a dynamic market. The program has been structured and tailored especially for working professionals and will allow you to learn at your own pace, and yet with enriching peer interactions and under the guidance of the distinguished faculty.
You will be privy to valuable insights from the distinguished faculty as well as industry thought leaders who lead the program. With distinguished international faculty, our blend of cutting-edge learning in a truly international forum is what differentiates the NUS Executive Education experience. The program will help you to grow your global network and enhance your learning journey through the experiences shared with a diverse peer group of accomplished professionals.
PARTICIPANT EXPERIENCE
The testimonials here capture the personal experience of participants in the recent cohort
I am thankful to the NUS AMP faculty and peers for all the support and guidance towards achieving this significant milestone.
– Prasun Saha, Vice President
BNP Paribas Wealth Management
NUS AMP was an amazing experience. I am also honored that my group won the final case competition!
– Antonio L, Senior Finance and Accounting Manager
LoveYourself Inc.
Thankful to the wonderful professors for their amazing sessions and sharing their real-time experience throughout the program.
– Sitansu Sekhar Garnayak, Director
Visa
There comes a time in life when you become more aware of yourself and see the gap between who you are and what you wish you knew, and I’m glad to share that NUS AMP will guide me in this journey to learn more. I am very grateful to have learned from amazing experts like Prof. Andrew Delios, Prof. Michael Jenkins and the rest of the faculty team.
– Leena Mathews, Microsoft Specialist GBB
Microsoft
I’m thankful to the NUS AMP faculty, peers and tutors for all their support and guidance in helping us achieve this treasured milestone. I gained useful insights from the professors – Andrew Delios, Michael Jenkins, Dr. NEO Kok Beng, Ravi Jain and Lei Guo – that will help me navigate my career in the VUCA business world.
– Bhaskar Ray, Bid Manager and Customer Application Engineering Lead- SEA Region
Veolia Water Technologies and Solutions
I am glad to have picked up great business insights over the 9 months of NUS AMP from the domain experts Prof. Andrew Delios, Prof. Michael Jenkins, Dr. NEO Kok Beng, Prof. Ravi Jain, and Dr. Guo Lei on interesting topics such as business modeling/ strategy/ growth hacking/ transformation/ negotiation, corporate accounting/ finance, marketing/ analysis and many more.
– Jaesen Kai Yung Koh, Senior Sales Manager
MyRepublic
PARTICIPANT EXPERIENCE
The testimonials here capture the personal experience of participants in the recent cohort
I am thankful to the NUS AMP faculty and peers for all the support and guidance towards achieving this significant milestone.
– Prasun Saha, Vice President
BNP Paribas Wealth Management
NUS AMP was an amazing experience. I am also honored that my group won the final case competition!
– Antonio L, Senior Finance and Accounting Manager
LoveYourself Inc.
Thankful to the wonderful professors for their amazing sessions and sharing their real-time experience throughout the program.
– Sitansu Sekhar Garnayak, Director
Visa
There comes a time in life when you become more aware of yourself and see the gap between who you are and what you wish you knew, and I’m glad to share that NUS AMP will guide me in this journey to learn more. I am very grateful to have learned from amazing experts like Prof. Andrew Delios, Prof. Michael Jenkins and the rest of the faculty team./p>
– Leena Mathews, Microsoft Specialist GBB
Microsoft
I’m thankful to the NUS AMP faculty, peers and tutors for all their support and guidance in helping us achieve this treasured milestone. I gained useful insights from the professors – Andrew Delios, Michael Jenkins, Dr. NEO Kok Beng, Ravi Jain and Lei Guo – that will help me navigate my career in the VUCA business world.
– Bhaskar Ray, Bid Manager and Customer Application Engineering Lead- SEA Region
Veolia Water Technologies and Solutions
I am glad to have picked up great business insights over the 9 months of NUS AMP from the domain experts Prof. Andrew Delios, Prof. Michael Jenkins, Dr. NEO Kok Beng, Prof. Ravi Jain, and Dr. Guo Lei on interesting topics such as business modeling/ strategy/ growth hacking/ transformation/ negotiation, corporate accounting/ finance, marketing/ analysis and many more.
– Jaesen Kai Yung Koh, Senior Sales Manager
MyRepublic
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CURRICULUM
The AMP curriculum is designed to enable you to benefit from the emerging growth opportunities in the world of business. The 9-month learning journey will transform you into a high-performing leader with the management foundations, as well as the digital skills and capabilities needed to lead and drive organizational growth and transformation, backed with analytics and data as well as a growth mindset.
The interactive and experiential curriculum builds a foundation in Strategy, Finance, and Leadership. It also provides exposure to emerging technologies, transformational practices, business models, cross-functional topical expertise, and relevant global trends and opportunities, each taught by world experts. You will leave with an application orientation understanding of covered topic areas, the innovation processes and change; and a ringside view of the impact of this change on industries, society, and our future.
The key topics covered in the program include:
New Dimensions of Leadership
- The Great Disruptors for Leaders
Strategy, Innovation and Growth Mindset
- Business Strategy and Business Models
- Strategy and Innovation
- Driving Growth
Exploring the Digital Frontier
- Digital & Mobile – First Business Models
- Digital Leadership
- Accelerating Digital Transformation
Leadership Processes and Communications
- Leadership Communications
- Influence and Persuasion
- Negotiations
Applied Managerial Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions
- Managerial Accounting
- Corporate Finance
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Private Equity / Venture Capital
- Fundraising
Emerging Technologies and Industry 4.0
- A Culture of Innovation
- AI in Business
- Exploring Web 3.0 Technologies
- Circular Economy for Sustainability
Marketing Strategy and Growth Hacking for Scale
- A New Mindset for Marketing Strategy
- Growth Hacking for Driving Scale
- Importance of Brand Building
Leading Teams and People (Perspectives)
- Managing Growth
- Leading in Uncertainity / Crisis
Data Science and Business Analytics
- Data Analytics Process and Date-Driven Decision Making
- AI, ML and Data Science and Predictive Analytics
- Visual Vocabulary and Data Communication
Project Presentation
- Team-Based Project Work for Case Competition
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ADMISSIONS
AMP follows a rolling admission (first-come, first-served) process and participant applications are evaluated as soon as they are received. The step-by-step process is outlined below.
PROGRAM FEE
The program fee for NUS AMP is . It covers the teaching fee, usage of the learning platform, and all online learning materials. It does not cover any other expenses that are not expressly mentioned above.
KEY DATES
| Round | Deadline Date | Application Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Upcoming Round | USD 100 |
Please Note:
- Considering the limited seats in the program and first come – first served admission process, you can secure your spot in the next cohort of participants.
- Application fee is refunded only in the case an applicant is not offered admission to the program.
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