Business and management skills

Business and management online and classroom courses

These short and intensive professional development courses are for managers, entrepreneurs, scientists, engineers and anyone working in high-tech companies and organisations.

Our courses are for those at the beginning of their managerial career, those who are relatively new to managerial roles and those in middle-management roles in companies and organisations of all sizes, from SMEs through to global multinationals.

They are also aimed at entrepreneurs and individuals seeking to develop their knowledge and skills across a broad range of business subjects.

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If you are looking for business degree programmes, MBAs and short executive education programmes, please visit the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford.

Online and classroom courses – dates confirmed

Online courses (dates confirmed)

We offer online courses, which do not require attendance at Oxford - they can be taken from anywhere in the world.​​​​

• Technical Team Leadership (29 April - 3 May 2024)

• Financial Analysis and Analytics (29 April - 10 May 2024)

• Technical Team Communication (13 - 16 May 2024)

• Financial Investment Principles (28 May - 7 June 2024)

Classroom courses (dates confirmed)

We offer a range classroom courses here at the University of Oxford. These short courses can be taken separately or sometimes as part of a weekly discount package.

• Effective Leadership through Emotional Intelligence (30 May 2024)
• Managing Workplace Behaviour for Better Performance (31 May 2024)

Business and Management Skills: Discount Registration Week 1 (10 - 15 June 2024)

These six short classroom courses can be taken separately or as part of a week long discount package

• Starting a Successful Business (10 June 2024)
• Managing Innovative Technology (11 June 2024)
• Branding and Marketing (12 June 2024)
• Advanced Marketing Approaches (13 June 2024)
• Financial Investment Principles (14 June 2024)
• Financial Analysis and Analytics (15 June 2024)

Business and Management Skills: Discount Registration Week 2 (17 - 22 June 2024)

These six short classroom courses can be taken separately or as part of a week long discount package

• Essentials of Project Management (17 June 2024)
• Advanced Project Management (18 June 2024)
• Strategic Planning and Foresight: Learning from and Managing for the Future (19 June 2024)
• Applying Knowledge Management: Principles and Practices (20 June 2024)
• Successful Change Management (21 June 2024)
• Critical Thinking for Business (22 June 2024)

Other June classroom courses

• Technical Team Leadership (25 - 26 June 2024)

• Technical Team Communication (27 - 28 June 2024)

• High Impact Supply Chain Management (8 - 9 July 2024)

Online and classroom courses – dates not yet confirmed

Online courses (no dates confirmed)

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• Advanced Emotional Intelligence Skills for Business

• Advanced Marketing Approaches

• Agile Project Management

• Artificial Intelligence Demystified

• Branding and Marketing 

• Critical Thinking for Business

• Commercialising Digital Innovations

• Design Thinking Practitioner

• Effective Leadership through Emotional Intelligence

• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

• Lean Six Sigma Leadership Yellow Belt

• Managing Innovative Technology

• Managing Workplace Behaviour for Better Performance

• Practical Steps for Positive Workplaces

• Project Management

• Project Risk Management

• Starting a Successful Business

• Systems Thinking Approach to Change Management

• Systems Engineering Fast-Track

• Women in Leadership: increasing diversity and inclusion

Classroom courses​ (no dates confirmed)

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• Agile Project Management (2-day course)
• Artificial Intelligence Demystified: Opportunities and Value in Your Business (1-day course)
• Business and Technology Valuation and Marketing (1-day course)
• Commercialising Digital Innovations (1-day course)

• Design Thinking Practitioner (3-day course)

• Humanities information preparation, sense making and visualisation frameworks (1-day course)
• Leadership and Entrepreneurship (1-day course)
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (5-day course)

• Lean Six Sigma Leadership Yellow Belt (1-day course)

• Project Risk Management (1-day course)
• Systems Engineering Fast-Track (4-day course)
• Systems Thinking Approach to Change Management (3-day course)
• Practical Steps for Positive Workplaces (1-day course)

• Women in Leadership: Increasing Inclusion and Diversity (1-day course)

Bespoke courses

Ask us about tailored courses for groups – we can arrange bespoke courses in Oxford or in-house.