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Format availability:
In-Person
Duration:
10 Days
Introduction to the course
In today’s highly competitive environment, it is crucial to have a thorough understanding of the multi-dimensional issues faced in managing a business or department effectively. This “10-Day MBA” will focus on issues and dilemmas faced in today’s changing world.
This KC Academy Oxford 10-Day MBA training course is designed to stretch delegates, in order to equip them with the knowledge and confidence to lead and manage in a fast moving and complex business environment. This Management & Leadership training course is a unique distillation of the skills that you need to be successful in business.
Course details
The principal objectives of this The Oxford 10-Day MBA training course can be set out in the following way:
- To enable delegates to understand how human resource management is critical to success in increasingly competitive markets
- To learn the most effective approaches to gaining and sustaining personal effectiveness against a rapidly changing business environment
- To learn how to build effective teams and develop high levels of individual and team performance
- To present the power of strategic thinking and business planning in creating an environment and culture of profitable growth and positive change
- To understand the linkage and significance of aligning the strategic and operational levels of managing a business
- To enable delegates to cope with the changing determinants of sustainable high-level organizational and individual performance
This The Oxford 10-Day MBA training course will be delivered in an interactive and fast-paced manner, combining several learning mechanisms. There will be some formal exposition of tools and techniques in each of the two modules. In addition there will be plenty of opportunity for discussion of real-life examples and for work in small groups on case studies. It is also intended to use DVD presentations by acknowledged world-class authorities on the main subjects.
In sending delegates to this The Oxford 10-Day MBA training course, the sponsoring organizations can expect to gain the following benefits:
- Greater staff awareness of the requirement for creative and innovative thinking in today’s organizations
- Improved teamwork amongst delegates from different specializations within the organization
- Opportunity for further internal dissemination of practical methods, tools and techniques that can help improve outputs from all resources used in a business (people, capital, technology and products)
- Improved leadership and management at key levels of staff in an organization
- Improved motivation of key staff to create superior performance in engaging competitors, customers and partners in an increasingly international environment
- Improved understanding by staff of the impact of their specialist activity on the overall performance and potential of the organization
In attending this The Oxford 10-Day MBA training course, delegates can expect to gain the following benefits:
- Greater confidence in discussing major development issues within their organization
- A very much broader appreciation of the ways in which human, financial, commercial and technical issues interact in developing organizations
- A sharper appreciation of the contribution that individual specializations make to creating and enhancing an organization’s competitive capability
- A fuller understanding of the difference and interdependence between strategic and operational dimensions of management
- Learning by case-studies of other organizations and through interaction with experienced managers from different organizations
- Ability to make a direct contribution to creating tomorrow’s organization out of today’s organization
Many types of delegate can expect to benefit from this KC Academy Management & Leadership training course. Delegates with the following backgrounds would be appropriate:
- Commercial Managers
- Government Officials
- Managers in Financial Institutions
- Directors of Medium-sized Enterprises
- Scientific and Technical Managers
- Operational and Human Resource Managers
Daily Agenda
{heading_content}MODULE I: Mastering People Management & Team Leadership:
DAY 1:
Understanding Your Role
- Leader or Manager?
- Self-perception
- Beyond the Job Description: Finding out what your organisation requires of you
- Balancing Conflicting Stakeholder Demands
- Understanding the Nature of Change
- A Model for Implementing Change
DAY 2:
Personal Effectiveness, Time Management and Delegation
- Understanding Yourself and Your Organizational Environment
- Outcome Orientation
- Setting Personal and Team Objectives
- Managing Performance
- Finding and Using Time Effectively
- A Model for Effective Delegation
DAY 3:
Communication, Influence & Conflict Management
- Channels of Communication
- Effective Listening Skills
- Emotions and Rapport
- Persuasion and Negotiation: The Keys to Personal Influence
- Managing Conflict Assertively
DAY 4:
Team Building, People Management and Motivation
- How high-performing teams work?
- Identifying Team Roles
- Teams in Practice: Team-building Exercise
- Motivation and Reward
- Building and Sharing a Vision
- Different Approaches to Leadership
DAY 5:
Enhancing Team Performance through Coaching and Development
- How people learn?
- Coaching for Personal and Team Growth
- Feedback Skills
- Development Planning
- Next Steps
{heading_content}MODULE II: Strategic Thinking & Business Planning:
DAY 6:
Strategic Thinking and Planning
- The Essence of Strategy – core concept and definition of terms
- The Difference between Good Strategy and Bad Strategy
- How to Think Strategically – some techniques
- Leadership and Management, Comparing Strategy and Operations
- Strategic and Operational Goals – the significance and difference
- Using the Strategic Management System
DAY 7:
Developing Strategy – The Power of Business Analysis
- Understanding the Importance and Value of a “business model”
- Vision, Values, Mission and Goals – strategy as perspective
- Case Examples and Guidelines: Vision and Mission Statements
- Analyzing your Business Environment
- How to Evaluate Your Organization’s Competencies and Capabilities
- Resource-based Approaches to Strategy
DAY 8:
Strategy Development, Choice and Translation
- Levels of Strategy: Corporate, Business and Functional
- Competitive Strategy – strategy as position
- Emergent Strategies – strategy as patterns
- Uncertainty and Scenarios – strategy as plans
- Strategic Choice – how to select the best strategy
- Translating Strategy with Strategy Maps and Balanced Scorecards
DAY 9:
Embedding Strategy in the Organization
- Communicating Strategy and Managing Stakeholders
- How to Manage Strategic Risk
- Alignment of Operations with Strategy
- Strategic Performance Measurement
- Managing Implementation – effective execution of strategy
- Integrating Strategic and Operational Management Processes
DAY 10:
Bringing It All Together
- Good Strategy - case examples
- Building a Strategy / Business Planning Team
- Analyzing Business Models and Strategies in an Industry
- Understanding and Overcoming Psychological Bias
- Overview of the whole course
- Action Planning and Next Steps
Frequently Asked Questions
There are no prerequisites. Our courses are open to students of all backgrounds who are 18 years of age and older. All courses are conducted in English. Video lectures include English subtitles and the option to slow-down, pause, or replay lectures for better retention. Discussion boards are a critical component of each of our courses; therefore, we suggest students have a conversational knowledge of English when pursuing a Certificate of Completion. For any of the art writing courses, students need to be 100% proficient in written English.
You should have an up-to-date web browser such as: Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or Internet Explorer. For more detailed information, please see the guides for supported browsers and basic computer specifications. Our Online Courses can be accessed on a mobile or tablet device, although we strongly encourage you to have access to a desktop or laptop computer and reliable internet connection for certain course components. Former students have told us it is easiest to read discussion threads and complete written assignments on a laptop or desktop computer.
Registration is available on our website. Just follow these simple steps: Click the “Apply Now” button in the top right corner of your screen. Select “Online Courses.” Choose your course(s). You will be asked for basic contact information and your credit card payment. We require full payment at the time of registration and all tuition is billed in US dollars. Be sure to check with your bank or credit card company, as your financial institution may charge a foreign transaction fee.
Our classes are kept small, at no more than 30 students, to better facilitate and encourage personalized interaction with the instructor and fellow participants. Your classmates come from all over the globe and contribute their global perspectives and experience. Some are currently working within the arts while others are just beginning. All classmates share in their passion for the art world.
It is recommended that you begin your course promptly. If you do need to start the course a few days late, contact your instructor as soon as possible after the course has opened to discuss your options. Registration closes on the Friday after the course begins.
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