According to information shared by Said Business School with MBAUniverse.com, the Programme has now been redesigned and renamed The Oxford Advanced Management and Leadership Programme.
The new Oxford Advanced Management and Leadership Programme is an intensive three week programme which progressively examines the context, the organisation and the individual. These topics are explored through discussions, debates, role-plays, simulations, live case-studies, classroom sessions, guest speaker talks, company visits, individual tutored sessions and a range of other distinctive approaches to learning, such as 'Concept Café' sessions which encourage participants to examine their 'leadership journey so far' – their role models, inspirations, and how they see their role in society. Participants work with a personal tutor in one-to-one sessions throughout the programme to assist the learning process and to support personal and career development.
Dr Lalit Johri, Director of the Programme, said, "This is one of our flagship programmes and has established a reputation for excellence, impact and relevance since it was established. Such a Programme should always be in a state of continuous evolution, of course, but this year we decided to review every part of the Programme to ensure its ongoing value to participants and their organisations. Executives are bringing an ever wider and more urgent range of issues to the Programme and are looking for powerful answers. We think the new Programme is stronger than ever, and addresses closely the pressures we see in our conversations with executives. The change in name reflects our increasing emphasis on leadership issues. We will explore questions such as how and whom should I lead? Who should be our leadership models - someone like Jack Welch or more like Barack Obama? Is there only one leadership model or do we need to mix and match between models? These questions transcend matters of personal leadership style. More than ever, the Programme will be customised to focus on context- and issue- specific concerns of immediate relevance to the individual participants within their organisation. We will explore their global challenges, their organisational challenges, their personal leadership journeys."
The Programme is grounded in the current context and will explore the impact of the financial crisis; how to deal with complexity; the challenge of climate change; how to interpret the future; how long a period to plan for (six months, a year or more?); and how to make the necessary investments in the face of uncertainty.
"These questions are absolutely at the forefront of participants' minds given the current situation" said Dr Johri. "It is not just that we are experiencing a recession but that we have reached a more fundamental tipping point where the traditionally rich countries are going to have to find a new equilibrium with developing economies. But the Programme is not faddish in any sense and builds upon the solid research foundation of Oxford and our considerable experience of developing senior executives over many years. The insights the participants will gain on the Programme will be as relevant in the good times, as the bad," he added.
