The strategy and work model of the Royal Academy of Management was presented on Monday. The academy works under the patronage of His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik.
Dr Ali bin Qasim al Lawati, President of the Royal Academy of Management, said the main vision is to have a scientific institution focusing on developing executive leadership. The academy has been building the curriculum and is now onto training.
A suite of 14 leadership offerings, including programmes, initiatives and knowledge insights aimed at the nation’s leaders, will be launched in the coming 12 months and delivered through four centres of excellence.
There are also non-structural specialised centres to keep pace with the changes in the world.
Dr Ali said: “The guiding principle for the academy’s work is the ambitious vision of His Majesty in developing and empowering existing and future leaders in Oman. His Majesty sees the academy as an important pillar for the realisation of the Vision 2040.”
Inspired by the ancient Sultanate Tughra, the academy’s emblem represents human capital, a greater legacy, Royal guidance and a prosperous future.
The training will be one — for the leadership community at all levels, both in the government and private sectors; second, for the executive leadership, those who are specialised such as project managers, human resources managers etc. These people are extremely important because part of their job is to bring into realisation from visualisation. The third group is for future leaders both in the government and private sectors.
Dr Ali, during his presentation, said it is important to be in touch with the new reality — speed of change, and there is a force that is affecting the change, which for example, could be the economy or diseases.
He also pointed out that internationally the success rate of nations in implementing and achieving their vision is less than 30 per cent. And the studies show the reason is leaders.
“That is why we need leaders who can lead today and tomorrow. Successful leaders focus on beneficiary services; their move from strategy to execution is swift. Meanwhile, some people get comfortable at the strategy level. The other qualities of successful leaders (whether young or old) is that they have a solution mindset, as well as have flexible mindset.
"Some people say we need young leaders, and I say, we need old leaders with young minds'', noted Dr Ali.
He explained that the academy is not a training institute but is a mechanism — a tool to realise the Vision 2040.
“That means we will participate in the development and modernisation of the government. We hope it will contribute in bringing together government and private sectors’ leaders to work together effectively. Part of our vision is to develop future leaders in the government and private sectors. We would like to develop a community of leadership'', he said, speaking to the 'Observer'.
While the strategy was developed internally by the academy, it has international and national delivery partners. The academy has brought in international content into local context.
“So our international partners will bring in the latest thinking and experiences into our programme while we will develop the local context. We have international partners as well as local partners from within Oman'', he said.
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