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ICT business professionals with the potential and determination to grow their business from one million dollars to one billion graduated at the Macquarie Graduate School of Management on Saturday. At least that's what the AIIA believes after they completed the industry association's year long ‘Developing Business Skills for ICT Entrepreneurs’ program.
The program is an Australian Government funded service under the Small
Business Enterprise Culture Program. The aim of the ‘Developing
Business Skills for ICT Entrepreneurs’ program is to enable emerging
entrepreneurs to acquire the business skills that are needed to
establish their companies as long-term, thriving and profitable
organisations.
Rob Durie, Chief Executive Officer of AIIA says, “The Australian ICT
industry plays a significant role in Australia’s economy, contributing
4.6% of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product, which is larger than
agriculture, fisheries, defence and education and almost as large as
mining.
“As a result, it is important that programs such as this exist in order
to encourage the innovation, professionalism and business skills needed
to ensure the Australian ICT industry continues to grow in size and
economic contribution on both a local and international scale.”
The course has been designed specifically for business owners and
managers of established ICT companies with less than 20 employees and
who see great potential in expanding their operations from less than 20
people to more than 200 in the next five years.
The program involves three key elements - training, mentoring and
business relationship development and requires participants to attend
four residential workshops over a year, each one 3 days long. The
workshops comprise coursework, class room discussion and case study
sessions.
Participants also undertook monthly sessions with an assigned mentor
and a small group of fellow local program participants. These sessions
provided the opportunity to review their businesses and discuss the
application of their learning through the development and
implementation of business action plans.
The AIIA is now looking to develop ways in which the program can be continued in future.
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