Short Business Courses
Lead brilliantly in an ever-shifting landscape, with a short business course at Alliance Manchester Business School. We transform the latest industry insights, world-beating research and visionary thinking into practical skill building, networking and supercharged opportunity.
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Psychology of Leading People
A practical course for those looking to master the tools and techniques of high-performance management.
Learn from in-depth insights and best-practice examples to gain a greater understanding of how management is evolving in an ever-changing world.
- Duration:
- 4 days
- Upcoming sessions:
- 11-14 July 2023
- Location:
- Manchester
Leading Digital Transformation
Discover how our 3D framework can help your organisation become truly digital-first.
This course will help you understand the current stage of your organisation’s digital maturity and the roadmap it can take for future progression.
- Duration:
- 4 days
- Upcoming sessions:
- 31 Oct - 3 Nov 2023
- Location:
- Manchester
Leading Major Projects
Designed for project leaders, gain the experience, understanding and resources needed to deliver multifaceted major projects.
This course will enable you to implement tried and tested strategies into your business to increase the success-rate of major projects.
- Duration:
- 4 days
- Upcoming sessions:
- 11-14 July 2023
- Location:
- Manchester
Market Focused Strategic Planning
Segmentation, targeting and positioning can help you overcome your competition and secure customers—but it needs a strategic plan.
Steer your team’s strategic planning with best practices and learn how to shape senior-level strategy.
- Duration:
- 4 days
- Upcoming sessions:
- 31 Oct - 3 Nov 2023
- Location:
- Manchester
International Business Strategy
Discover how to design an international expansion strategy that will ensure your organisation’s global growth.
You will explore what makes an expansion strategy successful and how to use external information and developments to your advantage.
- Duration:
- 4 days
- Upcoming sessions:
- 11-14 Jul 2023
- Location:
- Manchester
Data and AI for Leaders
Discover how data and AI can drive your business decision-making and keep you future-fit.
Gain valuable industry insights from world-leading experts, remove access barriers and break down complex language surrounding data and AI.
- Duration:
- 4 days
- Upcoming sessions:
- 28 Nov - 1 Dec 2023
- Location:
- Manchester
Finance for Non-Financial Leaders
Demystify the world of corporate finance and learn to use facts and figures to your advantage.
By strengthening your financial knowledge and mastering the language of finance, this course will help you establish better communication channels across teams.
- Duration:
- 4 days
- Upcoming sessions:
- 15-18 Jan 2024
- Location:
- Manchester
Manchester Leadership Development Programme
A practical, accelerated leadership development programme for leaders and managers moving forward in their careers.
Develop your critical thinking and strengthen the capability to master challenges and opportunities as a leader.
- Duration:
- 5 days
- Upcoming sessions:
- 3-7 Jul 2023
- Location:
- Manchester
Advanced Management Achievement Course
A highly specialised programme designed for military officers moving into management and executive careers.
Develop the confidence and management tools to step into a new and unpredictable commercial environment.
- Duration:
- 3 weeks
- Upcoming sessions:
- 4-23 June 2023
- Location:
- Manchester
Data Science for Business Decision Making
Apply data and analytics tools to solve your business challenges.
Learn to use data knowledge to predict future outcomes and mitigate risk when working in data-driven business environments.
- Duration:
- 7 weeks, 4-6 hours per week
- Upcoming sessions:
- 15 May 2023
- Location:
- Online
Digital Transformation in Healthcare
Implement digital technologies to transform the healthcare services industry.
This course will support you to identify opportunities and develop a framework to launch a digital transformation within your organisation.
- Duration:
- 7 weeks, 4-6 hours per week
- Upcoming sessions:
- 8 May 2023
- Location:
- Online
The Future of Finance: Digital Transformation and Open Finance
Gain insight into key fintech topics to help you build innovative strategies and solutions.
Expand your understanding of disruptive technologies and gauge the strategic role of data in the financial sector.
- Duration:
- 7 weeks, 4-6 hours per week
- Upcoming sessions:
- 20 Mar 2023
- Location:
- Online
Decentralised Financial Technologies and Web3.0 Economy
Expand your knowledge of the crypto economy and understand the opportunities and risks for your business.
Learn to critically evaluate blockchain applications and strengthen your understanding of digital finance’s impact on your organisation.
- Duration:
- 4 days
- Upcoming sessions:
- 21-24 May 2024
- Location:
- Manchester
Managing Complex Business Challenges
Explore new approaches to governance, communication and engagement when navigating decision making and complex business situations.
This course will help you to embrace uncertainties, improve decision making and quickly adapt to changing situations.
- Duration:
- 4 days
- Upcoming sessions:
- 5-8 March 2024
- Location:
- Manchester
Digital Marketing Essentials for Leaders
Develop a strategic understanding of digital marketing concepts to optimise your organisation’s performance.
Explore the latest approaches to digital marketing including social media, SEO, AI applications and paid search strategies.
- Duration:
- 4 days
- Upcoming sessions:
- 30 Apr - 3 May 2024
- Location:
- Manchester
Coping with Cyber Risk
This ‘live-run’ exercise comprises a safe-space experience of a cyber incident, enabling you to rise above the technical babble of fear, uncertainty, and doubt.
Hear from experts and increase the risk of your connected technologies being resilient and sustainable.
- Duration:
- 4 days
- Upcoming sessions:
- 4-7 June 2024
- Location:
- Manchester
Leading and Implementing Innovation
Learn how to lead your organisation on a pathway to success through powerful new ideas.
During this course, discover new business models, digital technologies and frameworks to improve competitiveness.
- Duration:
- 4 days
- Upcoming sessions:
- 9-12 April 2024
- Location:
- Manchester
Leading ESG and Sustainability
Discover the challenges that businesses face and explore the fast-increasing, ESG influenced transition to a net-zero and biodiverse economy.
During this course, develop the vital managerial skills needed to confidently lead your organisation to a more sustainable future.
- Duration:
- 4 days
- Upcoming sessions:
- 13-16 May 2024
- Location:
- Manchester
Personal and Organisational Resilience
Build the skill set needed to anticipate and adapt to challenges within a high-pressured business environment.
Discover the concept of resilience in leadership, analyse your reactions to change and identify restraints to your professional growth.
- Duration:
- 4 days
- Upcoming sessions:
- 2-5 July 2024
- Location:
- Manchester
Supply Chain Management
Discover the skills and frameworks needed to enhance supply chains to improve flexibility, cost and performance.
Through tried and tested procedures, you will learn to increase quality, reduce waste and develop resilience within your supply chain.
- Duration:
- 4 days
- Upcoming sessions:
- 30 Apr - 3 May 2024
- Location:
- Manchester
Managing the Customer Journey
Strengthen your competitive advantage by taking a strategic, transformative view on your customer’s journey and your interactions with them.
You will discover how to maintain positive customer relationships whilst gaining a greater understanding of their behaviour.
- Duration:
- 4 days
- Upcoming sessions:
- 13-16 May 2024
- Location:
- Manchester
Speak to a Team Member
If you have any questions or would like to chat to us about any of our courses and how they could benefit you or your organisation, please get in touch with one of our course advisors.
Louise McCammond
Head of Client Relations