Business and management skills

Business and management online and in person 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 in person courses – dates confirmed

Online courses

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

• Effective Leadership through Emotional Intelligence (13 - 16 January 2025)

• Financial Analysis and Analytics (13 - 24 January 2025)

• Technical Team Leadership (20 - 24 January 2025)

• Advanced Emotional Intelligence Skills for Business (20 - 24 January 2025)

• Managing Workplace Behaviour for Better Performance (27 - 30 January 2025)

• Financial Investment Principles (3 - 14 February 2025)

• Branding and Marketing (4 - 7 February 2025)

• Practical Steps for Positive Workplaces (10 - 13 February 2025)

• Added Value Marketing Approaches (11 - 13 February 2025)

• Introduction to Global Financial Systems (24 February - 7 March 2025)

• Project Management (11 - 13 March 2025)

• Generative AI for Finance: Use Cases, Applications, and Regulation (17 - 27 March 2025)

• Technical Team Communication (24 - 27 March 2025)

• Increasing Diversity and Inclusion: Women in Leadership (31 March  - 3 April 2025)

• Managing Innovative Technology (1 - 4 April 2025)

• Starting a Successful Business (8 - 11 April 2025)

In person courses

We offer a range of in person courses here at the University of Oxford.

• Project Risk Management (24 February 2025)
• Artificial Intelligence Demystified (25 February 2025)

• Lean Six Sigma Leadership Yellow Belt (26 February 2025)

• Agile Project Management (Theory and Practice)  (27 - 28 February 2025)

Business and Management Skills: Discount Registration Package (17 - 19 March 2025)

These three in person courses can be taken separately or together as part of a discounted package:

• Applying Knowledge Management: Principles and Practices (17 March 2025)
• Successful Change Management (18 March 2025)
• Strategic Planning and Foresight: Learning from and Managing for the Future (19 March 2025)

In person courses (continued)

• Positive Psychology for Coaches (21 March 2025)

• Effective Leadership through Emotional Intelligence (27 March 2025)
• Advanced Emotional Intelligence Skills for Business (28 March 2025)

Business and Management Skills: Discount Registration Week (9 - 14 June 2025)

These six in person courses can be taken separately or together as part of a discounted package:

• Starting a Successful Business (9 June 2025)
• Managing Innovative Technology (10 June 2025)
• Branding and Marketing (11 June 2025)
• Added Value Marketing Approaches (12 June 2025)
• Financial Investment Principles (13 June 2025)
• Financial Analysis and Analytics (14 June 2025)

In person courses (continued)

• Technical Team Leadership (17 - 18 June 2025)

• Technical Team Communication (19 - 20 June 2025)

Online and in person courses – dates not yet confirmed

Online courses (no dates confirmed)

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• Artificial Intelligence Demystified 

• Agile Project Management

• Critical Thinking for Business

• Commercialising Digital Innovations

• Design Thinking Practitioner

• Lean Six Sigma Leadership Yellow Belt

• Project Risk Management

• Systems Thinking Approach to Change Management

• Systems Engineering Fast-Track

In person courses​ (no dates confirmed)

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• Advanced Project Management (1-day course)

• Business and Technology Valuation and Marketing (1-day course)
• Commercialising Digital Innovations (1-day course)
• Critical Thinking for Business (1-day course)

• Design Thinking Practitioner (3-day course)

• Essentials of Project Management (1-day course)

• High Impact Supply Chain Management (2 -day course)

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

• Leadership and Entrepreneurship (1-day course)
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (5-day course)
• Managing Workplace Behaviour for Better Performance (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)

Bespoke courses

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