Oxford Strategic Management Executive Programme

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Develop essential management skills in leadership, strategy and finance with a curated learning experience.

Start date:

Duration:

  • 6 months (including orientation and two week-long breaks)

Time commitment:

  • Part time

Location:

  • Online

Cost:

  • £6,250

About the programme

To succeed in today's increasingly dynamic world, business executives need a holistic and strategic set of capabilities that will empower them to drive their careers, and organisation, forward in the face of complexity.

Gain the knowledge and tools to enhance your management capabilities and become a more effective leader on the Oxford Strategic Management Executive Programme.

As you progress through the programme, you’ll learn how to better manage teams, make more informed financial decisions and achieve organisation-wide strategic objectives.

Programmes in this series

This learning journey leverages content from three leading online Oxford programmes to provide you with core leadership, strategy and finance skills to drive a competitive advantage for your company.

  • Executive Leadership: over eight weeks, hone your leadership style, align your purpose with your organisation's strategic focus and become a driving force for transformative change.
  • Executive Finance: create a personal toolkit to transform corporate finance practices in today's fast-paced world, essential for making strategic decisions and delivering value at an executive level, including corporate governance and environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors.
  • Executive Strategy: the final programme examines the evolution of strategy and emphasises the importance of thinking strategically. You will improve your performance in a competitive and digital business landscape by applying the Oxford approach to strategy and your unique business context.

About the programme

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Benefits

  • The ability to successfully navigate change and uncertainty using an integrated approach to management.
  • The leadership knowledge to think critically about the current business landscape and drive effective decision-making.
  • The skills to bring greater value to your teams and organisation as you lead them forward to achieve strategic goals.
  • Exclusive insights gained from the research and experience of leading faculty from the University of Oxford and over 60 guest experts.

Curriculum

Over the duration of this series, you’ll work through the following 21 modules, starting with a welcome orientation to your online campus.

Applications to join the programme will be accepted until the end of the orientation module.

Section 1 - Executive Leadership

Orientation module

Welcome to your online campus.

Module 1

Effective leadership: leading for high performance

Reflect on the relationship between effective leadership and performance in organisations.

Module 2

The job of the leader: envisioning and engaging

Learn about vision and engagement as two core activities of leaders.

Module 3

The job of the leader: choosing and connecting

Learn about decision-making and connection as two core activities of leaders.

Module 4

Leading with power and influence

Explore the significance of power and influence within leadership.

Module 5

Leading teams for effective performance

Explore the functions and dynamics of high-performance leadership.

Module 6

Strategies and models for leading change

Consider the role of the leader in driving change.

 

Module 7

Mastering complexity and plurality

Explore strategies to manage the complexity inherent in leadership.

Module 8

Reflect on your purpose as a leader

Establish alignment between your personal purpose and the purpose of your organisation.

Section 2 - Executive Finance

Programme break

Orientation to online campus and executive finance.

Module 1

Valuation

Time value of money, net present value (NPV) and internal rate of return (IRR).

Module 2

Financial decision-making

Measuring risk, return and the cost of capital.

Module 3

Corporate finance: raising capital effectively

Module 4

Exit strategies

Initial public offerings (IPOs) and mergers and acquisitions (M&As).

Module 5

Corporate governance

Module 6

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors

Section 3 - Executive Strategy

Programme break

Orientation to online campus and executive strategy.

Module 1

Unlocking strategy: the Oxford view

Module 2

Working with futures

Addressing changing environments.

Module 3

Making strategy purposeful

Managing plurality.

Module 4

Engaging players

Developing strategy statements that count.

Module 5

Building partnership

Collaborating and competing.

Module 6

Broadening strategy processes

Designing new strategy processes.

Module 7

Strategy into practice

Assembling your playbook.

Meet the faculty

About the certificate

Upon successful completion of the final programme, you’ll receive an executive certificate to validate your skills as a strategic leader.

Assessment is continuous and based on practical assignments completed online. You’ll need to meet the requirements outlined in the programme handbook. The handbook is shared as soon as you begin the programme.

The CPD Certification Service

This programme is certified by the CPD Certification Service. It may be applicable to individuals who are members of, or are associated with, UK-based professional bodies.

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