CAS Business Resilience

In an environment characterized by uncertainty and complexity, organizations are increasingly faced with the challenge of not only overcoming crises, but also tapping into their potential for renewal. This module teaches practical skills for remaining capable of acting in critical situations, initiating transformation, and building long-term resilience.

Module 1a: Crisis and Opportunity Management

• Analysis and management of acute crisis situations
• Development and implementation of effective crisis communication
• Use of crises as a catalyst for innovation and transformation
• Ensuring decision-making and action capabilities in uncertain situations

Module 1b: Organizational Resilience and Renewal

• Resilience factors at the individual, team, and organizational levels
• Promoting learning ability, error culture, and psychological safety
• Strategies for cultural and structural renewal in organizations
• Creating a balance between stability and the ability to change

Learning objectives

• Analyze acute crisis situations and manage them effectively.
• Design targeted and credible crisis communication.
• Use crises as an impetus for innovation and transformation.
• Ensuring decision-making and action capabilities in uncertain situations
• Identifying and strengthening resilience factors at the individual, team, and organizational levels
• Promoting a culture of learning from mistakes and creating psychological safety in the work context
• Strategically driving cultural and structural renewal in organizations
• Balancing stability and changeability in the organizational context

In light of increasing volatility and complex market interdependencies, organizations are required to recognize change early on and actively shape it. The module teaches methods of systematic forecasting and scenario planning in order to provide orientation, develop strategic options for action, and promote confident handling of ambiguity, dependencies, and disruptions.

Module 2a: Forecasting and Scenarios

• Volatility and systemic complexity in markets and environmental conditions
• Strategic foresight for orientation in times of change
• Development and application of scenarios to support strategic decisions
• Dealing with uncertainty and ambiguity in planning and decision-making processes

Module 2b: Prevention and Viability

• Identification of critical processes and systemic dependencies
• Development of robust prevention strategies and emergency plans
• Early warning systems and monitoring of risk indicators
• Building adaptability in dynamic environments

Learning Objectives

• Recognize volatility and systemic complexity in markets and environmental conditions, as well as their impact on companies
• Apply strategic forecasting methodically to anticipate future developments at an early stage and create strategic orientation
• Develop and use scenarios to map different visions of the future and make informed strategic decisions
• Constructively manage uncertainty and ambiguity in planning and decision-making processes.
• Identify critical processes and systemic dependencies within the company in order to reveal potential weaknesses at an early stage.
• Design robust prevention and contingency strategies that minimize risks while systematically exploiting opportunities.
• Develop early warning systems and continuously monitor risk indicators in order to be able to react to emerging developments in a timely manner.
• Promote adaptability as a strategic resource in order to align organizations in a sustainable and future-proof manner.

Global uncertainties, technological disruption, regulatory change, and pressure to develop sustainably present companies with complex challenges—but at the same time offer significant opportunities for differentiation, resilience, and innovation. This module teaches students how to identify and classify key drivers of change in the international, environmental, legal, and technological environment and how to leverage them as opportunities.

Module 3a: Geopolitics and Sustainability

• Global power shifts and geopolitical tensions
• Global market trends and uncertainties Perspective on Switzerland/Europe
• Strategic conflicts of interest and potential for transformation
• Best practice in geopolitics and corporate sustainability

Module 3b: Technology and Regulation

• Disruptive technologies and digital transformation in a regulatory context
• Dynamics of regulatory fields of action
• Compliance as a strategic management tool
• Best practice technology and regulation/compliance

Learning objectives

• Recognize global power shifts and geopolitical changes as strategic challenges and opportunities.
• Identify regional uncertainties and derive opportunities for stability and positioning from them.
• Develop sustainable corporate management strategies that take into account conflicting goals and opportunities for transformation.
• Understand regulatory pressure as a framework condition and strategic reality, and use it proactively.
• Using compliance as a management tool for trust and controllability
• Identifying disruptive technologies as a challenge for existing business models and using them strategically