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Military Principles in Business (VUCA)

  • Course Code: EXEC-423

  • Format: In-Person / Virtual

  • Description: Business is a battlefield. This course applies the VUCA Framework (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity) to corporate strategy. Leaders learn to apply "Commander’s Intent" to ensure decentralized execution works even when plans change.

  • Learning Objectives:

  • Translate military principles of decentralized execution to business contexts.

  • Apply "Commander’s Intent" to a corporate project.

  • Navigate Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity (VUCA).

  • Scholar-Practitioner Framework:

  • Theory: VUCA Framework.

  • Application: Drafting Commander’s Intent.

  • Curriculum: Fog of War; Decentralized Command; Mission Clarity.