An Intensive 5-day Training Course
Good to Great: Managing and Improving Business Performance
Course Introduction
This leading edge Good to Great virtual training course will provide you with the principles, practical techniques and skills you need to help your organisation to build the long-term success enjoyed by today’s greatest businesses. This hands-on workshop style course will take you through the vital stages in developing a framework for supercharging business performance – from strategic planning and implementation through to effective business performance management and the vital processes to systematically scan for and identify threats from emerging strategies and disruptive innovation.
This Oxford Management Centre online training course will highlight:
- Strategic planning fundamentals
- Developing key financial and non-financial performance measures
- Building and leading winning teams
- Effective planning and forecasting techniques
- Essentials of strategic decision-making
- Avoiding the common causes of business failure
Objectives
This practical workshop style training course has been designed to equip you with the principles, tools and techniques to make a practical contribution to the sustainable performance of your organisation, focusing on the development, implementation and execution of winning business models.
At the end of this online training Course, you will learn to:
- Develop and apply strategic thinking to business planning
- Design and implement business performance management systems
- How to build and lead winning teams?
- Apply practical skills for forecasting and decision-making
- Implement a strategic approach to cost management and reduction
- Identify the most significant threats to the survival of your business
Training Methodology
This online course will utilize a variety of proven online learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension, retention of the information presented. The training course is conducted Online via an Advanced Virtual Learning Platform in the comfort of any location of your choice.
Organisational Impact
The organisation will benefit directly from the development of an up to date knowledge of the best practice of business planning and performance management, as well as the adoption of a strategic approach to business management and decision-making. Specific benefits will include:
- Raised strategic awareness and thinking
- Awareness of world-class performance management systems
- Practical skills in team building and leadership
- Application of valuable skills in forecasting and decision-making
- Raised awareness of the common risks and threats to business survival
Personal Impact
Delegates will acquire the tools, techniques and skills to actively participate in a business performance management system that takes an organisation from strategy development through to implementation, execution and control. Participants will develop a set of highly relevant take-away benefits that will aid the company and their own career development.
Specific benefits will include:
- Ability to use tools for strategic analysis and strategy formulation
- Practical knowledge of business performance management frameworks
- Ability to build and lead winning work teams
- Hands-on use of tools for forecasting and decision-making
- Latest thinking on business model disruption and avoidance methods
Who Should Attend?
This OXFORD virtual training Course will be highly relevant to the development needs of a wide-range of business professionals from both “front-line” operative functions, as well as the important support functions in modern organisations from both the private and public sector; both in commercial businesses, government and not-for-profit organisations.
This online course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Team Members in front-line operations
- Supply Chain and Logistics Specialists
- HR and Talent Management Team Members
- Planning and Finance Professionals
- Commercial and Legal Team Specialists
- Head Office Professionals
Course Outline
Day One
Good to Great Fundamentals
- What makes a great organisation?
- Identifying and Balancing Stakeholder Needs
- An Effective Business Performance Management Framework
- Fundamentals of Business Strategy
- Strategic Analysis and Interpretation
- Formulating an Effective Competitive Strategy
- Developing a Winning Business Model
Day Two
Measuring and Managing Business Performance
- Business Performance Measurement Concepts
- Understanding and Improving Return On Investment
- Tools for Developing Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s)
- Developing and Using Dashboards
- The Vital Difference between Management and Leadership
- Understanding Organisational Culture
- Building and Leading Winning Teams
- Successfully Managing Organisational Change
Day Four
Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting Techniques
- Traditional Budgetary Control Systems
- Behavioural Aspects of Budgeting
- Implementing Adaptive Management Processes
- Fundamentals of Business Forecasting
- Understanding and Using Rolling Forecasts
- An Integrated Approach to Risk Management
- Forecasts and Sensitivity Analysis
Day Five
Effective Performance Management and Decision-making
- Principles of Responsibility Accounting
- Understanding the Drivers of Profitability
- Traditional and Advanced Approach to Cost Management
- Strategic Decision-making Techniques
- A Strategic Approach to Cost Reduction
- Fundamentals of Investment Decision-making
- Designing and Using Balanced Scorecards
Day Six
How the Mighty Fall – Understanding and Avoiding Business Failure
- Success is a Killer – The Importance of Urgency
- How the Mighty Fall? – Five Stages of Decline
- Understanding Business Model Disruption
- The Threat from Disruptive Innovation
- Innovation Killers – How Best Practice Kills Businesses?
- Good to Great - Built to Last
Certificate
Oxford Management Centre Certificate will be provided to delegates who successfully completed the training course.
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To check on availability please call Registrar’s Office at +971 50 985 0174. If you have any questions or enquiries please feel free to contact us
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- E-mail: [email protected]
Yes, we provide assistance in securing both hotel reservations & entry visa on all our international training venues, for delegates attending our training courses. For further information / assistance, please contact our Customer Service at:
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Yes, Oxford Management Centre is accredited by the following professional bodies;
National Association of State Board of Accountancy (NASBA)
The Oxford Management Centre is registered with NASBA as a sponsor of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. NASBA have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit.
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Note: Discounts are not applicable with any other special offer that may be available.
There are 2 easy ways to register:
- Online: Select the training course you want to register for, Click the “Book Your Place” button on the course page, complete the form and click submit.
- E-mail: Send your details to [email protected]
We request that all cancellations be made at least one week before the class start date. You may reschedule this class without any penalty. If not, a $250 fee will be charged for cancellations received less than one week before a class begins and for no-shows. Cancellation penalties and any fees incurred by Oxford Management Centre will be deducted from refunds.
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The classroom training fees include course presentation, relevant materials, physical & digital documentation, lunch and refreshments served during entire training. Accommodation and transportation are not included in the training course fees.
While, online training fees cover the course presentation and digital documentation and relevant materials.
The Oxford Management Centre Certificate of Completion with corresponding CPE credits shall be awarded to delegates who has successfully completed the training course.
Payment must be received before the training course commences. You can make payment by bank draft, cash, credit card or wire transfer.
Note: If the payment is not received, Oxford Management Centre has the right to refuse admission.
Upon receipt of your registration form, we will send you the following by e-mail:
- Registration Confirmation
- Invoice/Receipt (where appropriate)
If you register online you will receive an e-mail within 24 hours confirming your registration.
