Oxford Saïd: Strategic Management Executive Programme

Acquire crucial leadership, strategy, and finance management skills through a six-month curated learning experience that integrates content from three prominent online Saïd Business School, University of Oxford programmes.

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Duration : 6 months (Including orientation and 2 week-long breaks)

To excel in today's fast-paced and complex business environment, executives require comprehensive and strategic skills that will enable them to advance their careers and drive their organisation toward success.

The Oxford Strategic Management Executive Programme equips you with the knowledge and tools necessary to enhance your management capabilities and become an effective leader. This programme integrates content from three leading online Oxford programmes, offering you core leadership, strategy, and finance skills to give your company a competitive advantage. Participants will learn from the experiences of more than 60 guest experts. This learning journey will teach you how to manage teams more effectively, make informed financial decisions, and achieve strategic objectives that benefit the entire organisation.

If you want to drive business success and become an impactful leader, this programme is for you. This programme provides a unique opportunity for leaders, senior executives, and managers to improve their skills and significantly impact their roles. Participants will learn to navigate the latest organisational challenges and develop effective strategies to capitalise on new business opportunities. In addition to gaining comprehensive and transformative knowledge, attendees will build a valuable professional network to help them achieve their career goals. This programme is suitable for anyone seeking to enhance their professional impact and advance their career.

Course curriculum

Gain the knowledge, frameworks, and tools to improve your professional impact as you work through this executive online programme. For a full breakdown of what will be covered in each week, view the programme prospectus.

Programme orientation: Welcome to your Online Campus

Section I: Executive leadership

Over eight weeks, you’ll refine and develop your leadership skills and purpose to align with your organisation’s strategic focus. Improve your ability to lead authentically, manage high-performance teams using effective strategies, explore core leadership themes, and become a driving force for change in your company.

Section II: Executive finance

Following a one-week programme break, you’ll start developing the essential corporate finance knowledge to make more informed decisions and drive business success over six weeks. Examine the key trends that are changing financial practices such as corporate governance, and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing. Learn how to confidently engage in and add value to financial discussions with colleagues and other stakeholders.

Section III: Executive strategy

After a one-week programme break, you’ll explore a modern approach to strategy, informed by Oxford’s unique and extensive research over seven weeks. Develop an organisational strategy that considers the challenges of rapidly changing environments, stakeholders and goals, and gain a strategy playbook that can be immediately applied to your business context.

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