OVERVIEW:

This course presents the “core curriculum” covered in most graduate business programmes. The knowledge acquired will provide you with a strong business foundation and enable you to function more effectively and efficiently in today’s competitive oil and gas business environment. This management school for global oil and gas executives, offers an intensive training opportunity for you to develop your knowledge of the principle and techniques of strategic management within the unique context of the oil and gas sector. The focus is on providing you with maximum take-home value of business decision making process, skills and practices. The Oil & Gas Mini MBA course is not an academic qualification.  However, by covering the foundations of such a qualification to the same standard, it does provide the course principles of a full-time MBA.

Using electronic tablets, this programme ensures you put theory to practice and you return to work with the skills and a tool kit to utilise in your projects.

Module 1

INTRODUCTION AND COURSE OUTLINE

THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT: MACRO AND MICRO ECONOMICS

STRATEGIC OVERVIEW OF THE INDUSTRY AND THE CURRENT MARKET SITUATION

MICRO ECONOMICS: COMPANY STRATEGY AND DECISION MAKING

Module 2

STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPING STRATEGY

STRATEGIC CHALLENGES IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY

THE STRATEGIC TOOLKIT AND DEVELOPING STRATEGY

MAKING STRATEGIC CHOICES

SKILLS WORKSHOP

CASE STUDY – USING THE STRATEGIC TOOLKIT

Module 3

LEADERSHIP AND MANAGING OTHERS

CASE STUDY – CHALLENGES FACING LEADERS IN THE BUSINESS

SKILLS WORKSHOP

Module 4

ESSENTIAL FINANCIAL AWARENESS IN THE OIL & GAS INDUSTRY

THE FLOW OF FINANCE WITHIN AN ORGANISATION

UNDERSTANDING THE CRUCIAL ROLE OF CASH FLOW

SCRUTINISING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT DECISION

Module 5

GEOPOLITICS IMPACTING THE OIL & GAS INDUSTRY AND THE CHANGING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NATIONAL OIL COMPANIES (NOCS) & THEIR OWNERS, THE GOVERNMENTS

Module 6

CHANGE MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTING CHANGE

SKILLS WORKSHOP

Module 7

DEVELOPING A LEADERSHIP TOOLKIT FOR THE OIL & GAS INDUSTRY

Module 8

NEGOTIATION – TRICKS OF THE TRADE

SKILLS WORKSHOP

Module 9

CONTRACTS: UNDERSTANDING THE COMMERCIAL IMPACT

INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP

Module 10

PROJECT ENGINEERING AND THE PATH TO FID

Module 11

PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

ESSENTIALS OF BUSINESS SURVIVAL

ACTION PLANNING

YOU SHOULD ATTEND THIS PROGRAMME IF YOU ARE:•

Willing to understand best management practices in the industry•

Requiring formal training in management skills•

Looking to develop their career in the industry•

Considering a supervisory or managerial position•

Seeking to review and strategic, leadership, management concepts and ideas•

Wishing to transfer to the oil & gas industry•

Aspiring to grow into a management role •  

  By ATTENDING THIS COURSE YOU WILL   :•

Evaluate the strategic challenges facing the industry and their implications for your organisation•

Strengthen your decision making capabilities through enhanced financial awareness•

Develop imperative skills to lead and manage organisational change•

Understand international oil and gas economics and how they impact your business development decisions•

Understand the legal and commercial structures that govern oil & gas projects