What you'll learn
- Product Innovation vs. Market Demand
- Expansion vs. Core Competency
- Cost Leadership vs. Premium Quality
- Sustainability vs. Immediate Profitability
- Automation vs. Workforce
- International Expansion vs. Domestic Focus
- Digital Transformation vs. Traditional Business Model
Requirements
- You should either be intending to or are already, studying business.
Description
This is a course dealing with Business Conundrums. The format is simple: 20 Case Studies. One per week is discussed. Each Case Study comes with:
a. a printed version which you should print before we discuss
b. some key areas identified for discussion
c. a highly interactive Instructor!
This last category (c) is significant. Each week we only focus on ONE Case Study. Any points/suggestions/comments about other Case Studies will be dismissed. We all need to focus, explore, develop and discuss.
Section A Case Studies
1. Product Innovation vs. Market Demand
2. Expansion vs. Core Competency
3. Cost Leadership vs. Premium Quality
4. Sustainability vs. Immediate Profitability
5. Automation vs. Workforce
6. International Expansion vs. Domestic Focus
7. Digital Transformation vs. Traditional Business Model
Section B Case Studies
This section, rather than give you the 3 key areas, poses a series of discussion questions.
1. Balancing Profitability and Accessibility in an Online Education Platform
2. Ethical Data Acquisition in AI Personalization Start-Up
3. Balancing Commercial Success and National Security in a Defence Technology Firm
4. Implementing AI in Healthcare While Ensuring Equity and Privacy
5. Integrating Cutting-Edge Technology in a Private Education Chain
6. Sustainable Innovation in AgriTech for a Farming Cooperative
7. Enhancing Guest Experience through Technology in the Hospitality Sector
8. Balancing Development and Sustainability in Boosting Local Tourism
9. Maximizing Impact through Fundraising for Stroke Survivor Support
10. Balancing Affordability and Profitability in the Housing Sector
11. Competing in the Premier League with Limited Financial Resources
12. Innovating in the Weight Loss Industry Amidst Ethical and Efficacy Challenges
13. Navigating Innovation, Ethics, and Profitability in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Think of this like one big classroom with an Instructor ensuring that the class remain focused on the particular topic/Case Study. This exchange of ideas between students from all over the world, is where true learning will take place.
Who this course is for:
- MBA students
- Business/Economics students studying a degree
- A level Business students
- Entrepreneurs
- Anyone and everyone with an interest in business
Instructors
- 4.5 Instructor Rating
- 8,911 Reviews
- 239,280 Students
- 127 Courses
I currently volunteer for:
Different Strokes (Stroke charity) - Ambassador
Age UK - running a book club
Tandem (Befriending)
NHS - Culture liaison
NHS - interview panels
Sport in Mind - Support
Multiple Sclerosis - Support Worker
Trinity Learning - - visit Primary Schools
Oxford Recovery College - tutor
Horton Hospital - Hospital radio
Story Telling Museum - guide
43+ years experience teaching Economics, Business, Sociology, Politics and other subjects in schools, universities and other colleges - State and Private Sector. Appeared in 100+ films (including corporate training and fitness videos). 100+ books on Amazon. Featured by the BBC, Polish TV, The Times, The Telegraph and...The Sun.
Studied at:
· University of Oxford (Philosophy and Economics)
· Oxford Brookes (Teacher training)
· University of Glamorgan (Business and Economics)
Qualifications
· Professional qualifications at Masters level
· Business and Economics degree
· Examiner for four major examining boards, at ‘O’ and ‘A’ level.
· Three teaching diplomas plus CELTA
· Qualified fitness trainer
Key academic positions held:
· Principal Oxford School of Learning
· Director of Studies: St Joseph’s Hall, Oxford
· Head of Economics: Cherwell Tutors
· Head of Business and Economics: Pipers Corner School, Buckingham
Founder: Almost Random Theatre
Business and Economics background
Set up and ran Oxford Conferences and ran 50+ Business/Economics conferences at schools - all fees to charity
Amazon Business/Economics books include:
Titles include:
· Case studies for Business
· Time management for teachers
· Creativity techniques in Economics
· Drucker in Business Studies
· Creativity in Business
· Business calculations
· Further applications of de Bono
· Applying de Bono
· Philosophy Games
Taught students at the University of Oxford , Brookes University and schools in the state and independent sector
Principal of Oxford School of Learning for 15 years
Created OSL Training and trained Business, Psychology and Sociology teachers
Set up Marketing Education Services in the 1980s and sold cassette tape recordings of my lectures at the University of Oxford
Featured in The Times, The Telegraph, the BBC, ITV and Polish national television owing to the success of my teaching techniques and subsequent success of my students.
Ex-Buyer for a major car company
Psychology and Motivation background
Author of 100+ books on Amazon (mainly Business/Economics/Psychology) including:
· GCSE Psychology thru Mind Maps
· AS/A2 Psychology
· AS Psychology thru Mind Maps
· A2 Psychology thru Mind Maps
· Lifestyle Plan
· The Internet and Psychology
Through his own business OSL Training has run training courses for teachers of Psychology
Writer of several plays about death and appeared in films dealing with death
Theatre and Film Career
· 2012 - set up Almost Random Theatre.
· Since 2012 the theatre has delivered workshops in Scotland, Wales, Czech Republic and Poland as well as 15 schools in England.
· Chris has written/directed over 50 short and 3 one-Act plays that have subsequently been performed in London and Oxford.
· Scripts for three of his plays have been sold, via an Independent publisher, to schools in the UK.
· Course-creator/author of Coping with Old Age and Death - one person's perspective.
· He has also had plays put on - and performed in - Oxford and Brighton Fringes, London, Scotland and Wales.
· Chris has appeared in over 112 films.
Charity/Wellbeing work
· Ambassador for Heart UK
· Stoke Lead and member of Research panel for the Stroke Association
· Board member of Stroke Club UK
· Ambassador for Different Strokes (charity)
· Member of PHC (Public Health Collaboration) UK
· Author of 6-volume Lifestyle Manual
· Author of other Lifestyle books on Amazon
· Originator of the Holman Protocol
Nothing in any of Chris's courses should be interpreted as linking to or representing any of the above stroke organisations.
- 4.5 Instructor Rating
- 4,116 Reviews
- 150,873 Students
- 40 Courses
Oxford School of Learning was set up in 1986. It became a limited company which was then closed down around 2018 as there was no need to keep it going. The School kept going though, writing/providing books, online courses and issuing the Oxford School of Learning Diploma to those who met difficult criteria.
As the name suggests, Oxford School of Learning is based in Oxford, UK. The original Principal was Chris Sivewright who now delivers various Economics and Business courses for us.