Oxford MBA Fundamentals

Oxford MBA Fundamentals

Specialization: Leadership , General Management

Batch: As per Calendar

Duration: 10 weeks. (1 week orientation, 9 weeks of modules)

Class Start: 09 Oct 2024

Class Days/Timing: Fully Online

Registration Deadline 26 Sep 2024    Apply Now
Saïd Business School (University of Oxford), UK

Overview

    Staying ahead of the curve is crucial in our ever-changing business landscape. Understanding the broader picture and how pieces of the business puzzle fit together is key to adapting. The Oxford MBA Fundamentals will help you develop a strong understanding of the essential business concepts required to succeed in the shifting environment today and in the future.

    In this course, you will gain vital knowledge of fundamental business disciplines, including:

    • Strategy
    • Marketing
    • Operations
    • Business analytics
    • Finance and economics
    • Leadership
    • Organisational design
    • Impact
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Programme Highlights

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Certificate from a globally top-ranked university

Once you have successfully completed the programme, you will be awarded an official digital certificate of attendance in your legal name from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. Oxford University is world number one (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024) and their open executive education programmes are ranked 2nd in the UK and 7th in the world by Financial Times Executive Education Rankings 2024.

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Join Oxford Saïd’s elumni community

Anyone who successfully completes an Oxford Saïd Executive Education online programme is automatically part of the Oxford Saïd Business School elumni community. You will join a thriving community of like minds that comprises more than 37,000 ambitious professionals hailing from 177 countries and representing diverse sectors like finance, law, marketing, healthcare, and energy.

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Learn from the world’s best

Benefit from high-level business insights, diverse points of view and fresh ideas from Oxford Saïd’s international faculty. By actively researching and informing the future of business, Oxford Saïd’s faculty members are not just teachers; they are thought leaders in their respective fields who can help you be more successful.

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Immediate practical application

Under the guidance of Oxford Saïd’s eminent faculty, you will gain a practical framework and tools that you can immediately apply to your current role so that you can lead more effectively and find solutions to your business challenges. The programme is also designed to teach you how to develop critical thinking skills for strategic decision-making to drive growth and innovation.

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Prepare your business for the future

Oxford MBA Fundamentals will show you how to adapt to an ever-changing environment and navigate challenges such as digital transformation, sustainability and environmental responsibility, new ways of working and diversity and inclusion.

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Peer learning and networking opportunity

Collaborate with a diverse group of peers and faculty with different backgrounds and points of view to give you an integrated global perspective on the current business landscape and help you grow both your career and your business.

Syllabus

This module aims to prepare you for the rest of the programme and will:

  • Familiarise you with the online campus

  • Provide you with an overview of the programme handbook

  • Introduce you to the programme team

  • Cover some introductory course material including pre-reading materials, basic definitions and a glossary

You will learn to leverage strategic frameworks and innovative thinking to formulate and communicate strategic recommendations, while embracing new trends beyond conventional methods. This involves understanding an organization's strategic context and resources, crafting strategic advice accordingly, and acknowledging the evolving landscape of strategic planning.

Discover how vital marketing is to an organization's strategic objectives, emphasizing customer-centricity as a growth driver. You'll explore:

  • Key marketing frameworks

  • The benefits of inclusive practices for strategy and engagement

  • The role of new technologies in enhancing marketing efforts, highlighting marketing's extensive influence on business success

Module three will demonstrate to you that entrepreneurship requires resilience and adaptability to tackle challenges such as securing funding and navigating market unpredictability. You'll delve into the use of critical frameworks for assessing the viability of business ideas. This module will also emphasize the importance of innovation and scalability, equipping you with the knowledge to disrupt and succeed in dynamic markets.

We will teach you to generate value in operations by ensuring they align with your business strategy. You'll learn to adopt a process view for a detailed analysis of business processes, enabling you to identify and eliminate waste. This approach not only streamlines operations but also aligns them more closely with strategic goals, emphasizing the critical role of efficient operations in achieving business success.

You will explore the value of business analytics for organizations, understand various data-driven techniques, and learn to integrate analytics effectively. You'll also examine the challenges of implementing these tools and reflect on the future of analytics in shaping business strategies.

A focus on mastering fundamental finance skills, including valuation principles and financial modelling. You’ll learn how to engage in impact investing and maximise your outcomes. In particular, you’ll enhance your ability to conduct valuation analysis, build financial models and apply these principles in real-life scenarios.

We will enable you to recognize your own leadership style and identify how you persuade and influence others. You’ll also analyze the different phases that teams move through in order to understand motivation and team development. Above all, you’ll understand the assumptions, values, and artefacts that characterize an organization’s culture and sub-cultures.

This module will lead you to the strategy that best suits your organization’s needs and to works to the strength of its team members. You’ll review the key organizational strategies and how to match the right people and processes to optimize impact for the longer term within an ever-changing organizational context.

During this final module, you will bring together what you have learnt in order to tackle global business challenges. From the individual level, through business impact and into the wider world, you will begin adopting approaches that suit your business context and create value.

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Who Should Attend / Eligibility

Working professionals with considerable experience currently in or aspiring for leadership roles.

Professionals working in mid-level management positions

Owners of small or medium businesses

Practitioners searching for a premium, future-focused business programme with expert faculty who provide depth and context to learning

Participants with general understanding of business concepts who may have advanced knowledge in specific subject areas and would like to widen their scope

Professionals who want to look beyond traditional approaches by exploring emerging trends and directions in strategic thinking

Individuals who want an applied understanding of essential business principles, but don’t have time to pursue an MBA

Professionals looking to stay ahead of the curve and prepare themselves for the future.

Managers who want to enhance their knowledge base to lead teams more responsibly and effectively

Experienced practitioners who would like to upskill and learn more about the latest business developments

Certificate

On successful completion of this programme you will be awarded an official digital certificate of attendance in your legal name from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. To be issued with a digital certificate, you’ll need to meet the requirements outlined in the course orientation module. Please note this course is not eligible for CPD or CPE credits.

Features

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Focus on real-world application

Practical frameworks and tools that you can immediately use in your current role.

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Learn from the best

All modules delivered by Oxford Saïd’s eminent faculty.

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Join elumni community

Lifetime membership of the Oxford Saïd elumni community upon successful completion of the programme.

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24x7 access to LMS

Comprehensive virtual sessions across nine modules allow you to access powerful content wherever and whenever is most convenient.

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Financing options

Speak to our academic counsellors to find out more about the loan and financing options offered by multiple Finance Partners.

Total Programme Fees

Rs.3.70 Lakhs (Inclusive of all applicable taxes)



Option 1

Make the full payment of Rs.3,70,000 upfront.

Option 2

Pay Rs.40,000 at the time of registration and avail a loan on the remaining Rs.3,30,000

Option 3

Pay Instalment 1 of Rs.1,85,000 at time of registration and pay Instalment 2 of Rs.1,85,000 within 20 days from registration or 02 October 2024 whichever is earlier.

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About the Institute

Business at Oxford stretches back to 1965 when the Oxford Centre for Management Studies, later Templeton College and now Green-Templeton College, was founded. Oxford University then established a new School of Management Studies in 1990 and Saïd Business School was formally founded in 1996. Today, Oxford Saïd offers 15 degree programmes, a full suite of in-person Open Enrolment courses, a wide range of online Open Enrolment courses, and also works with scores of companies and governments.

Saïd Business School is a world-class business school, fully integrated into the world's top university. Oxford University is ranked 1st in the world for record eighth year in a row in the 2024 Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Oxfoord Saïd's open executive education programmes are ranked 2nd in the UK and 7th in the world by Financial Times rankings 2024. University of Oxford also ranks 3rd globally in the QS World University Rankings 2025.
FAQ

This Oxford MBA Fundamentals is an fully online programme and the materials for this programme will be available on the LMS 24X7 during the course of the programme.

The Oxford MBA Fundamentals extends over a duration of 10 weeks which includes 1 week orientation and 9 weeks of modules. 

This curriculum for the Oxford MBA Fundamentals is entirely designed, curated and delivered by Saïd Business School (University of Oxford). Saïd Business School is the School of Management Studies that was created by University of Oxford.

This programme is offered by Saïd Business School (University of Oxford) and all aspects related to admissions, coordination, fee collection and support will be managed by Veranda HigherEd.

No, the MBA Fundamentals course from Said Business School is not eligible for CPD or CPE credits.

The modules of this course are prepared and delivered by eminent faculty from Saïd Business School (University of Oxford).

Participants will learn how to apply new learnings to lead more effectively and find solutions to their business challenges. Under the guidance of Oxford Saïd’s eminent faculty, participants will gain a practical framework and tools that can be immediately applied in their current role. The programme is also designed to teach participants how to develop critical thinking skills for strategic decision-making to drive growth and innovation.

Module content is released at 11am GMT every Wednesday and is available to access and complete until 10am GMT the following Wednesday. There will be one live event with the Academic Director(s). Most programmes have optional (but highly encouraged) weekly tutorial events to:

  • help support learning and understanding
  • engage with the Academic Director(s) for the mid-course event
  • ask questions
  • engage with tutors on course topics, including assignment clarification.

These modules and recorded webinars will all be available on the online learning campus.

Study time differs from student to student, depending upon their academic ability and learning style. Our general guidance is 5-6 hours per week. This course will run for ten weeks (one week of orientation plus nine weeks of modules) and will combine live and self-paced learning.

No, this is an executive education programme, specially designed and curated by Saïd Business School (University of Oxford) and best suited for working professionals in the mid to senior level.

On successful completion of the course, participants will have lifetime membership of the Oxford Saïd elumni community. 

Once you have successfully completed this programme you are entitled to:

  • 10% discount on all subsequent programmes
  • access to the elumni community; a network of over 40,000 professionals from 176 countries, across all sectors
  • invitations to exclusive online and in-person events
  • access to exclusive content

Working professionals with considerable experience currently in or aspiring for leadership roles may ideally apply for this programme.

  • Professionals working in mid-level management positions
  • Owners of small or medium businesses
  • Practitioners searching for a premium, future-focused business programme with expert faculty who provide depth and context to learning
  • Participants with general understanding of business concepts who may have advanced knowledge in specific subject areas and would like to widen their scope
  • Professionals who want to look beyond traditional approaches by exploring emerging trends and directions in strategic thinking
  • Individuals who want an applied understanding of essential business principles, but don’t have time to pursue an MBA
  • Professionals looking to stay ahead of the curve and prepare themselves for the future.
  • Managers who want to enhance their knowledge base to lead teams more responsibly and effectively
  • Experienced practitioners who would like to upskill and learn more about the latest business developments

Typical participants are educated to a bachelor’s/master's level, have 5-15 years’ experience and tend to be in positions from middle-manager to C-suite level. However, participants from all levels of experience are also welcome to apply for this programme.

Speak to Veranda HigherEd’s Program Advisors to know more about the program and how it will benefit your career progression goals. The Program Advisor/Admission Manager at Veranda will do a preliminary eligibility check with the interested candidates. This may include for initial scrutiny like educational qualifications, years of experience, details of current employment and proficiency in English amongst others. Once eligibility has been established, qualifying candidates may fill out an online application form, agree to the Oxford Saïd Online Terms and Conditions and thereafter proceed pay the programme fee online. Candidates may be required to furnish soft copies of necessary documents for validation and selection. Candidates will be required to pay the programme fee as per the options chosen by the candidate. If you have any questions about the kind of supporting documents that needs to be uploaded, please speak with our Program Advisor/ Admission Manager who will be able to guide you through the process. All the information and documentation provided by you at the time of enrolment will be duly verified by Veranda and the Institute and if it is determined that the information and/or documentation provided by you is inadequate and/or does not substantiate the entry requirements and prerequisite criteria to the course, then your enrolment to the course will be cancelled with immediate effect and you may run the risk of forfeiting the fee paid.

You can email the Admissions Office at admissions@verandahighered.com or call your Program Advisor or Admissions Manager.

Participants enrolling for this course will need to pay Rs.3,70,000 as programme fee. This fee is ALL inclusive and there are no other additional taxes or fees payable.

No, there are no additional costs that you need to incur as a part of this course besides the programme fee of Rs.3,70,000.

Following discounts on fee are available for the specified categories:

  • 10% discount for Oxford Saïd elumni
  • 15% discount for Oxford Saïd and Oxford University alumni (incl. Associate alumni)
  • Discounts are available for Oxford Saïd and Oxford University Press (OUP) staff.

Yes, Veranda has tied up with a financial service providers. Should you require any assistance with financial loans, our Program Advisor/Admission Manager will be happy to support you with the guidelines for the same. However, the decision to grant the loan will depend on the adequacy of documents submitted and will be at the sole discretion of the respective financing agency/bank. The loan itself will be based on a mutual agreement exclusively between you and the financing agency/bank and Veranda will have no role whatsoever in this financing arrangement between the two parties. In order to proceed with the loan, you will need to complete your online registration with Veranda, pay the Instalment 1 amount and share the necessary documents for validations. 

Yes, if your credit or debit card has a payment through EMI option enables, you can choose an EMI option at the time of paying through your credit or debit card. We also have other financing options offered through other financial service providers that you may wish to consider. For more information, reach out to our Program Advisor/ Admissions Manager.

If you choose to opt out of the course with more than 15 days remaining for course commencement, you may raise the request for the same with our Student Relationship Manager and you will be eligible to get an appropriate refund post deduction of a penalty amount of Rs.10,000.

Veranda, in partnership with an Institute, where applicable, reserves the right to cancel courses at any time owing to reasons like insufficient enrolments, trainer indisposition, pandemic related or force majeure events. In the event that Veranda or the Institute cancels a scheduled course, the participant will receive full fee refund for the same. All refunds, in such cases, will be processed within 30 days from intimation of refund approvals by Veranda.

No, in the normal course, we do not encourage transfers to subsequent batches as it impacts your learning and career goals. Additionally, batches are monitored by the institute/University and are run as per their standards. However, in exceptional & compelling circumstances, you may raise your concern and transfer request with your Student Relationship Manager (SRM) who will present your case to the Institute/ University for approval. You will be eligible to transfer to a subsequent batch if and only if the request is explicitly approved by the Institute/University. Do note that such batch transfer requests needs to have a compelling reason and needs to be made at least 21 days prior to the commencement of the program.

You can enrol for and complete this programme using a laptop or desktop with basic specifications. You will essentially need,

  • A current email account
  • Access to a computer and the internet with speed of 1 Mbps minimum (preferable wired connection).
  • A PDF reader and ability to view Microsoft PowerPoint presentations
  • Use of Microsoft Word or similar
  • We recommend using Google Chrome on a PC when accessing the online campus. 
  • Recommended Device – Laptop or Desktop (Avoid using Mobile or Ipad)

You will have three types of support:

  1. A tutor to support with academic content.
  2. A success advisor to help with timings and link you to technical support if required.
  3. Access to chat forums to connect with your cohort for networking and peer support. 
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