Course description
Executive Mini MBA Accelerator
The Executive Mini MBA Accelerator programme provides the essential theory, practice and techniques of an MBA condensed into an engaging and insightful five days of delivery. It is underpinned by cutting edge academic research, fusing key strategic and contemporary management ideas and techniques with exemplary practice from the private and public sectors.
Participants will cover leadership, project management, marketing and finance; all of which are delivered by subject matter specialists from industry and academia. The programme blends theory, models and case studies with real world examples, encouraging those in attendance to apply the very best in management thinking to their current practice.
Our Mini MBA will enhance future career prospects, develop management awareness, and provide an integrated knowledge of key business concepts, along with the core disciplines of management, leadership, organisation and communication.
Additionally, the programme gives learners the opportunity to take their studies to the next level by offering an associated qualification - the Postgraduate Certificate in Business Administration, which is validated by the University of Chester.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
This programme has been designed for managers and senior stakeholders with a minimum of three years senior management experience.
This course is for you if you want to:
- Develop your understanding of key business concepts
- Make better strategic business decisions
- Develop your critical thinking
- Learn how to act strategically
- Learn how to communicate effectively
Outcome / Qualification etc.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this programme, participants will:
- Gain a comprehensive understanding of key business concepts
- Gain a framework for making better strategic business decisions and developing plans
- Have developed an increased ability to think critically and act strategically
- Hold an increased confidence in their ability to communicate effectively
- Possess a solid platform on which to make strategic, technical, financial and management decisions that are well-grounded and commercially viable
Training Course Content
Session 1
Being a Strategic Leader in 2024
Key themes include:
- Being a strategic leader and decision-maker in a VUCAH (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous, and Hyper-Connected) World
- Identify the key challenges and opportunities of leadership today
- Examine current and emerging Leadership theories, including Authentic and Distributed Leadership
- Developing Emotional, Social, and Cultural intelligence as a leader
- Building and leading high performing, inclusive, and psychologically safe, teams
- Managing stress and building personal resilience in yourself and your colleagues
- Creating a learning culture, raising the bar, and leading others through coaching and mentoring
- Engaging in reflective practice, and the benefits of structured reflection
Session 2
Delivering Excellence in Operations, Processes & Projects
Key themes include:
- The science of management, and it’s role in today’s organisation
- Understanding the concept of operational excellence and its benefits
- Different project management approaches and identifying how they support organisational goals
- Linking operational excellence to strategic objectives and customer value
- Leading the development of a continuous improvement strategy
- Techniques for mapping and analysing organisational processes
- Creativity, and developing innovative solutions
- Strategic process improvement and system-thinking principles
- Designing and implementing solutions, whilst managing the risks of innovation
- Agility, and being responsive to change
Session 3
Organisational Culture, Strategy and Management
Key themes include:
- Understanding the overall role of strategic management and leadership
- Defining strategy, and how it relates to operational work,
- Culture and strategy; how organisational culture impacts the effectiveness of strategy.
- Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) responsibility – ethical decision making, sustainability and social impact
- Creative and analytical strategy; creating a Vision and identifying critical organisational challenges
- The external environment and aligning organisational goals with market trends, social change, and customers
- How to get the best from using strategic planning frameworks and tools
- Communicating strategy and engaging key stakeholders
- Identifying the change management implications of a strategy and developing a plan for change
- Develop a strategic solution to overcome a complex and real organisational challenge; every participant will leave with a strategic plan to apply in their organisation
Session 4
Financial Management, Budgeting and Analytics
Key themes include:
- Financial accounting
- Management and cost accounting
- Investment decisions
- Value-based management
- Financial decision-making in uncertain times
- Data-driven decision-making and analytics for business insights
Session 5
Strategic Marketing Dynamics
Key themes include:
- Exploring and developing the marketing plan and strategy
- Examining value and market share – data and research-based approach
- Critiquing the market research process
- Customer relationship management and brand loyalty
- Developing a brand personality and the universal truth
- The analysis of consumer and industrial buyer behaviour and the purchasing decision-making process
- Public affairs and stakeholder communications
- Evaluating current social media and digital marketing trends and best practice
- Working within data protection legislation and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
- Understanding ESG when making strategic marketing decisions
- The examination of global marketing principles
- Developing strategies for international marketing
Course delivery details
Your Delivery Options:
Virtual Classroom:
We strive to create a positive and lasting impact through the delivery of our courses, which is why all our sessions are structured around taught theory, interactivity and shared experiences from the real world. Our online training courses are designed to create the optimum learning experience for the virtual environment. Our training is highly interactive; our tutors make regular use of whiteboard, annotate, polls and other types of interactive software to enhance the learning experience.
Face to Face:
At In Professional Development, we ensure that your learning environment is one where you can get the most out of your study. The benefits of learning in a face to face environment means you have the opportunity to connect with, problem-solve, and network with other delegates from a wide range of backgrounds. In Professional Development deliver the most up to date and relevant solutions, to everyday real world problems for the working professionals.
In House Team Training:
Our in-house service delivers tailored training solutions to assist businesses in achieving their goals. Unlike our open courses, our in-house offering provides completely customisable content that is built with your guidance to facilitate anything from large transformational projects to individual learner journeys.
Our dedicated bespoke account management team will work with you to ensure that the solution you and your business choose allows for the optimal learning experience.
Your In-House Training Options
- Off-the-shelf, existing programmes delivered privately for you and your team
- Part-tailored solutions using various elements of our existing programmes to create a unique programme aligned to your organisational needs
- Bespoke built programmes, created and designed entirely to meet your specific requirements and customised to your business’ goals
Why choose In Professional Development
Delivered training to over 10,000 organisations
92% of delegates rate our courses as 5 star
Created over 2,500 CMI registrations
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Expenses
Course Price
- Virtual Classroom: £3,250 +VAT
- Face to Face Classroom: £4,250 +VAT
- In-House Services: Price on Enquiry
Continuing Studies
The Postgraduate Certificate in Business Administration
Following completion of the Executive Mini MBA Programme, learners can opt to continue their studies with a Postgraduate Certificate in Business Administration, validated by the University of Chester. This is a level 7 postgraduate qualification which sits between an undergraduate degree and a masters.
- Highly flexible programme to work around individuals, with rolling entry points throughout the year.
- Qualification can be achieved within 7 months of starting the PG Cert journey.
- Modules include: Leadership for Excellence in Projects and Processes; Finance for Managers and Leaders and Strategic Management for Marketing.
- Dedicated one-to-one support from our team of highly experienced academic supervisors, plus additional support from the Quality Assurance Team here at In Professional Development.
- Focus on work-based learning. Assessments can all be applied to the business situation/workplace, giving both the student and the wider organisation a chance to learn and adapt business practice.
- Achieving a PG Cert allows individuals to list the qualification as part of their credentials.
- This is also an excellent route into studying a full masters with the University of Chester. The Postgraduate Certificate in Business Administration is mapped directly onto the full MBA (WBIS) that is offered by the university. Students opting to pursue the masters programme can offset their 60 PG Cert credits against the 180 credits necessary for a masters, thereby only needing to complete the remaining 120 credits.
Click here to find out more information about the PG Cert in Business Administration
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Top 10 Awards
Top 10 Winner - 2024
We're delighted to announce that In Professional Development is a winner in our Top 10 Business Courses 2024 category.
Each year, we select the Top 10 most popular courses on our site in some of the most popular categories to make it easier for our users to find the right course for them - so you can book with confidence.
Top 10 Winner - 2024
We're delighted to announce that In Professional Development is a winner in our Top 10 Communication Skills Courses 2024 category.
Each year, we select the Top 10 most popular courses on our site in some of the most popular categories to make it easier for our users to find the right course for them - so you can book with confidence.
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In Professional Development are a professional training provider offering a wide range of professional development courses, on an accredited or non-accredited basis. Our course portfolio ranges from 1 to 5-day courses. We work with a range of partners to ensure...
Attended the Exec. Mini MBA, fantastic team of lecturers across the subjects, engaging and full of energy. A very thought provoking week. Exceptional coordination by Eleanor and...