Oxford Enterprise Leadership Programme

Saïd Business School

Corporate Governance

About Programme

This specialised business strategy programme equips leaders to better align their organisation, enabling fulfilment of its purpose and improving performance and efficiency.The programme adopts a fresh perspective on the business-critical topic of organisational effectiveness. It aims to educate participants on key methods to improve effectiveness and performance through the application of new research and innovation in the field of strategic alignment. This is the careful arrangement of the various elements of an enterprise – from its business strategy to how it’s organised – to best support the fulfilment of its long-term purpose. Taking a unique view on organisational effectiveness, the programme will equip you with a toolkit to align purpose, strategy, and capability for improved performance management and effectiveness.

This programme is delivered in partnership with GetSmarter , a 2U brand. When you enrol, you’ll be directed to their platform, which manages registration and course delivery on our behalf, as an official and trusted Oxford Saïd partner.

Programme Content

Orientation module

The orientation module will 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

This will stand you in good stead as you embark on the rest of your programme.

Module 1

What is strategic alignment and why does it matter?

Module 2

What do you do as an enterprise and why do you do it?

Module 3

What is your enterprise trying to win at?

Module 4

What does your enterprise need to be good at to win and what makes you good?

Module 5

What delivers the performance your enterprise needs to win?

Module 6

How can you lead your enterprise to sustainable success?

Programme Benefits

Strategies for improving organisational effectiveness and efficiency based on the concept of strategic alignment, and an understanding of the critical role it plays in determining your enterprise’s long-term performance and competitiveness

The ability to implement transformation throughout your enterprise value chain, by aligning enterprise purpose, business strategy, organisational architecture, and performance management systems

An intellectual toolkit, along with practical frameworks, for developing strategies that support and fulfil the organisation’s purpose

Enhanced knowledge supported by real-world case studies, guest experts from some of the world’s leading enterprises, and exclusive insights from Oxford Saïd

Membership of the official Oxford Saïd elumni community

Access to the official Oxford Executive Education Elumni group on LinkedIn

Testimonials

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Professor of Practice, Associate Dean for Practice and Affiliates

We know the best aligned enterprises are the best performing. The challenge is that superior alignment does not occur by accident or by chance. It is solely the result of the quality of an enterprise’s leadership.

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Peter Moores Professor of Management Studies

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Lecturer in Organisation Studies

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L’Oréal Professor of Marketing, Deputy Dean for Faculty and Research

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Emeritus Professor

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