The Oxford 10-Day MBA
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A GLOMACS - Oxford Management Centre collaboration aimed at providing the best training services and benefits to our valued clientele.

Introduction

While this ‘Mini-MBA’ does not provide participants with a formal qualification, it does introduce participants to all the key areas that would be covered in a formal MBA Programme.

The Oxford 10-day ‘Mini’ MBA is a generalist course and it takes into account all the major functions and practises of a business, including:

• Leadership and team work
• Communication skills and emotional intelligence
• Business finance procedures
• Production and marketing of goods and services
• Human resource management
• The economic and social framework
• The seminar 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.

Objectives

This course aims to provide concise, comprehensive coverage of vital business topics, important concepts, and proven strategies taught as part of MBA programmes

By the end of this course participants will be able to:

• Understand personal, management and business success
• Understand fundamental business principles
• Describe the latest thinking in management and leadership
• Show awareness of the key communication competencies
• Understand and apply the major elements of a strategic hr management system
• Developing a personal strategy to get the most of people through team work
• Understand how to make projects achieve success more often
• Getting the greatest benefit out of the biggest cost - people
• Be able to develop a business model that is successful rather than model on others
• Learn the importance of Brand development and creation
• Create value for all in your business
• Understand finance and how it is applied to all aspects of the business in today’s world

Training Methodology

There are detailed presentations supporting each of the topics together with interactive trainer lead sessions of discussion. Role-plays, case studies, DVD’s, small group work, exercises and feedback will be used to facilitate learning.

The main principle on which the seminar has been built is the principle of experiential learning. Delegates will be given the opportunity to practice these skills using a series of exercises and role plays. Networking amongst attendees is encouraged to discuss mutual business issue

Organisational Impact

• Managerial performance will be improved
• Understanding off current business thinking and its application
• The engagement of employees with the organisation will improved
• Staff committed to building a high performance organisation
• Behaviour will be aligned with an organisation's cultural values
• Participants are encouraged to take new ideas and strategies back to their workplace for discussion with their managers.

Personal Impact

• Will enable participants to grasp the essential ingredients of personal success, management success and business success
• A clear understanding of vital business topics, important concepts and proven strategies taught as part of an MBA program
• Apply the concepts, tools and analytical techniques that are essential to a successful company
• Understand the leader’s role in today’s increasingly complex business environment

Who Should Attend?

• All professionals whose task it is to create and/or implement strategy who have not undertaken a formal MBA program
• Professionals who would like a refresher in MBA type topics and want to be familiar with current thinking about running an organisation in the 21st century
• Professionals that are likely to take up managerial positions in the not too distant future
• Non business professionals who need a wider understanding of leadership and management principles
• HRM or Personnel Staff

 SEMINAR OUTLINE 

DAY 1

Introduction to the ‘mini’ MBA & Leadership in the 21st Century

• Why an MBA?
• Understanding the current working environment
• Understanding organisational structures
• Introduction to Leadership principles and skills
• The development of theories and approaches of leadership
• Management and leadership
• New trends and developments in management, leadership and organisations
• The transformational leader
• Future leaders – Generation ‘X’ and ‘Y’

DAY 2

Communication Skills for Leadership Success

• Internal and external communication
• Key communication competencies for Leaders
• SOLER Communication Model
• Understanding ‘body language’
• Listening Skills
• Presenting in meetings
• The failure of PowerPoint
• Understanding other cultures
• Cross cultural communication

DAY 3

Developing a Strategic Focus for Managing Human Resources

• History & development of Modern HRM
• HR in the modern organisation
• Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM)
• People resourcing and recruitment
• Introducing Employee Reward
• Flexibility & Outsourcing
• Nationalisation issues
• Learning & Development

DAY 4

Negotiation and Conflict Management Skills for the Executive

• Positive & Negative Conflict
• Conflict Handling Modes
• Resolving Conflict
• Elements of Negotiation
• The negotiation process
• Coleman Raider “Bare-Bones” Model
• The Abilene Paradox and Groupthink
• Reaching Consensus
• Introduction to Mediation

DAY 5

Getting the Most of People through Team Work

• Understanding Teams
• Fundamentals of high performance teams
• Team working
• Self-directed teams
• The stages of team development
• Team decision making
• Team problem solving
• Team building activity
• Review of week one
• Personal Action Planning

DAY 6

Strategy & Strategic Planning

• Strategy – What is it?
• Vision, Mission, Goals, Objectives, Strategies and Tactics
• Strategic appraisal internal and external
• Market development
• Implementation of strategy
• Change Programme implementation

DAY 7

Business Economics & Accounting

• Purposes of accounts
• Key terms, terminology, Jargon
• Cash flow Forecasting and Budgeting
• Profit and Loss
• Balance Sheet
• Marginal Costing
• DCF / NPV / Payback
• Financial and ratio analysis
• Business economics
• Supply and Demand
• Elasticity of Markets
• Macro Economics
• International economics, monetary policy vs. Keynesian approach

DAY 8

Value Creation, Branding & Marketing

• The marketing concept
• The 4 P’s
• Marketing planning
• Marketing information systems
• The marketing environment
• Buyer behaviour
• Strategic marketing
• Brand Development
• Product design
• Pricing strategy and decisions
• Channel and distribution tactics
• Advertising, PR and promotion

DAY 9

Project management and Risk Management

• The project process
• Defining and organizing the project
• Planning the project
• Scoping the Project
• Tool’s for Projects
• Tracking and managing the project
• Risk assessment and management
• Quality management and Continual product improvement
• Six sigma

DAY 10

Developing the Strategic Management and leadership with Emotional Intelligence

• Understanding emotional intelligence & its components
• Significance of EQ to effective leadership
• Importance of perception
• Attitudes & behaviour of leaders
• Consequences of low EQ to personal effectiveness
• Removing emotional blind spots
• Theories of leadership
• Increase the EQ of your teams & entire organisation
• Psychology of persuasion in order to lead people