CONTINUING EDUCATION UPDATE ON UPCOMING COURSES BY KRISTIAN NIELSEN
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ife is still on pause, but that does not mean that the world has stopped! We have been diligently iterating and refining the curriculum for the industry’s first formally accredited educational curriculum – PTC Academy. Set for an initial course release in Bangkok during late September, PTC Academy is focused on training professionals who have some experience in the industry but need more exposure in middle to upper management concerns and techniques.
COURSE: PTC ACADEMY: EXECUTIVE INSIGHT FOR EXCEPTIONAL LEADERS DATES: 27-29 SEPTEMBER 2020
The PTC Academy provides exceptional management training to rising industry leaders. Course topics examine the global telecom industry, strategies to identify and solve issues in your business, and more. Expert instructors with senior executive experience lead each course, which includes a mix of presentations, in-depth case studies, and interactive exercises.
KEY TOPICS:
• Introduction to Telecom: Key Trends and Changes in Business Models • 5G and Beyond • Pipes to Platforms: Cloud and Data Centers • Your Career, Your Ladder • Doing Well While Doing Good • How Would You Do It? • OTT: Opportunity or Threat?
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WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
Professionals with 5 to 10 years’ experience in one or more functional areas at communications service provider firms, data center or collocation firms, infrastructure supplier firms, application providers, device suppliers, construction or maintenance firms, regulatory bodies, industry-related consulting firms, or other firms allied to the field. Anyone has not yet had general responsibilities for profit and loss at their firms. Experts in their own fields interested in learning about key business factors in related industry segments. Anyone who wants to learn more about the industry’s history and how business strategies have changed.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The purpose of this course is to provide mid-career professionals with an overview of key C-level management challenges and perspectives, including: • Business context of the telecom industry globally; the key changes since the monopoly era gave way to competition; structure of the industry and broader ecosystem, business, and revenue models; key customer trends, value chain roles, and functions; key industry issues including revenue, revenue growth, profit margins, product life cycles, product substitution, regulation, competition, and the impact of the Internet • How C-level executives can manage or benefit from over the top competition and opportunities
• C-level perspectives on balancing stakeholder welfare (customers, employees, partners, and society) • Key issues and trends in data center and cloud computing, and how they affect communications • How C-level executives approach key revenue, competition, cost, and innovation challenges (workshop) • How mid-level managers can prepare for C-level advancement • Overview of the data center and cloud computing businesses; customers; products; growth A core team of expert instructors with senior executive experience lead each course, supplemented by local guest instructors. A mix of presentations, workshops, in-depth case studies, and interactive exercises are featured. To learn more about or sign up for this course, please visit https:// subtelforum. com/upcoming-courses STF