Business and management skills

Business and management online and in person CPD courses

These short and intensive professional development courses are for professionals at all stages of their career, from a wide-range of global organisations.

Whether you are new to management, in the early stages of your managerial career, or an experienced middle manager, our courses provide valuable market insights and practical skills.

They are also ideal for entrepreneurs and individuals looking to expand their expertise 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 CPD courses - dates confirmed

Online CPD courses

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

• Financial Investment Principles (19 - 30 May 2025)

• Effective Leadership through Emotional Intelligence (23 - 26 June 2025)

• Technical Team Leadership (30 June - 4 July 2025)

In person CPD courses

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

• High Impact Supply Chain Management (28 - 29 April 2025)

Business and Management Skills: Discount Registration Week (2 - 6 June 2025)

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

• Applying Knowledge Management: Principles and Practices (2 June 2025)
• Successful Change Management (3 June 2025)
• Strategic Planning and Foresight: Learning from and Managing for the Future (4 June 2025)
• Essentials of Project Management (5 June 2025)
• Advanced Project Management (6 June 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 CPD courses (no dates confirmed)

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• Added Value Marketing Approaches

• Advanced Emotional Intelligence Skills for Business 

• Agile Project Management

• Artificial Intelligence Demystified

• Branding and Marketing 

• Critical Thinking for Business

• Design Thinking Practitioner

• Financial Analysis and Analytics

• Generative AI for Finance: Use Cases, Applications, and Regulation 

• Increasing Diversity and Inclusion: Women in Leadership

• Introduction to Global Financial Systems

• Lean Six Sigma Leadership Yellow Belt

• Managing Workplace Behaviour for Better Performance 

• Managing Innovative Technology

• Project Management

• Project Risk Management

• Starting a Successful Business

• Systems Thinking Approach to Change Management

• Systems Engineering Fast-Track

• Technical Team Communication 

In person CPD courses​ (no dates confirmed)

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• Advanced Emotional Intelligence Skills for Business (1-day course)

• Agile Project Management (Theory and Practice)  (2-day course)

• Artificial Intelligence Demystified (1-day course)
• Critical Thinking for Business (1-day course)

• Design Thinking Practitioner (3-day course)

• Effective Leadership through Emotional Intelligence (1-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)

• Lean Six Sigma Leadership Yellow Belt (1 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)
• Project Risk Management (1 day course)

Bespoke CPD courses

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