Oxford Strategic Management Executive Programme
Start date:
Duration:
- 6 months (Including orientation and 2 week-long breaks)
Time commitment:
- Part time
Location:
- Online
Cost:
- £5,950
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.
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. 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.
About the programme
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 - Section 1 - Executive Leadership
Orientation module
Welcome to your Online Campus
Week 1
Effective leadership – Leading for high performance
Week 2
The job of the leader - Envisioning and engaging
Week 3
The job of the leader - Choosing and connecting
Week 4
Leading with power and influence
Week 5
Leading teams for effective performance
Week 6
Strategies and models for leading change
Week 7
Mastering complexity and plurality
Week 8
Reflect on your purpose as a leader
Throughout this programme it has felt like a window has been opened into a world of concepts that were previously just hidden out of view.
Curriculum - Section 2 - Executive Finance
Week 9
Programme break - Orientation to executive finance
Week 10
Valuation: Time value of money, net present value (NPV), and internal rate of return (IRR)
Week 11
Financial decision-making: Measuring risk, return, and the cost of capital
Week 12
Corporate finance - raising capital effectively
Week 13
Exit strategies: Initial public offerings (IPOs) and mergers and acquisitions (M&As)
Week 14
Corporate governance
Week 15
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors
We’re in a period of disruption and change, and this programme is built on the assumption that leaders have to learn how to work with that.
Curriculum - Section 3 - Executive Strategy
Week 16
Programme break - Orientation to executive strategy
Week 17
Unlocking strategy - The Oxford view
Week 18
Working with futures - Addressing changing environments
Week 19
Making strategy purposeful - Managing plurality
Week 20
Engaging players - Developing strategy statements that count
Week 21
Building partnership - Collaborating and competing
Week 22
Broadening strategy processes - Designing new strategy processes
Week 23
Strategy into practice - Assembling your playbook
About the certificate
Upon successful completion of the 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.
Contact
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