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University of Manchester - Dubai Programs

The University of Manchester - Dubai offers a range of programs for students and professionals.

Program Overview

• Global MBA: A master's program in business administration with a global focus.
• Global (Executive) MBA: An executive master's program in business administration for working professionals.
• Master of Science Financial Management: A master's program in financial management.
• Master of Arts Educational Leadership in Practice: A master's program in educational leadership.
• Executive Education: Short courses and programs for executives and professionals.

Managing Complex Business Challenges

Course Description

This course is designed for senior leaders to learn how to manage complex business challenges. It covers topics such as:

• Rethinking traditional management and decision-making
• Managing ambiguity and complex challenges
• Applying new approaches to organizational challenges
• Reflecting, building tools, and collaborative learning

Course Details

• Fees: £3,990
• Duration: 4 days
• Upcoming Sessions: 2-5 June 2026
• Delivery: Face-to-face
• Location: Manchester
• Diploma: Contributes to the Manchester Professional Diploma in Leadership

Course Topics

• Day One: Rethinking traditional management and decision-making
  • Deconstruct traditional management styles
  • Explore how knowledge, rationality, and action influence change and business challenges
  • Understand decision-making governance and the role of data in guiding choices
• Day Two: Managing ambiguity and complex challenges
  • Discover innovative management strategies for complex challenges
  • Learn to manage ambiguity and navigate inevitable tensions
  • Build practical skills to enhance sound and wise decision-making
• Day Three: Applying new approaches to organizational challenges
  • Apply new management approaches to real organizational challenges
  • Examine links between business challenges, supply and value chains, and social and environmental impacts
  • Get introduced to the Maieutic Machine—a tool designed to improve decision quality
• Day Four: Reflecting, building tools, and collaborative learning
  • Reflect on new concepts supporting complex decision-making
  • Build your own Maieutic Machine and evaluate communication, mediation, and engagement effectiveness
  • Present group projects to apply your learning in a risk-free environment

How You Learn

• Learn from world-leading academics who bring cutting-edge research into the classroom
• Collaborate with senior professionals from diverse industries
• Apply learning directly to your own organizational challenges
• Engage in lively discussions, workshops, and exercises that bridge theory and real-world practice

Stand-out Learning Features

• Applied learning: Work in an environment designed to foster active engagement
• Peer knowledge exchange: Benefit from ongoing feedback and insights from professionals across sectors
• Reflective practice: Take a rare pause from your daily routine to reflect on your own marketing capabilities and challenges
• Professional networking: Build long-lasting professional relationships with peers from a variety of backgrounds
• Personal growth: Deepen your self-awareness and discover how to sharpen your core marketing competencies in a changing business landscape
• Behavioural change: Embrace new mindsets and adopt evidence-based practices that will enhance your decision-making and managerial effectiveness

Learning Continues Beyond the Classroom

• Access to the University of Manchester's online library for up to 12 months after course completion
• Pre-course preparation, slide decks, case studies, and recommended readings and resources available in the virtual learning environment

How You and Your Organisation Benefit

• Develop a refreshed, creative mindset to approach organizational ambiguity and complexity
• Learn how to embrace uncertainty, rather than avoid it
• Explore ways to reframe complex challenges as opportunities for innovation
• Discover alternative approaches to data visualization that support decision-making under uncertainty
• Gain practical insights from real-world case studies and industry speakers

Who Should Attend

• Senior leaders in business or government who are open to challenging traditional thinking and exploring innovative approaches to complex problem-solving
• Professionals in roles such as programme leaders, strategic planners, innovation or transformation leads

Course Lead

• Paolo Quattrone, Professor of Accounting, Governance and Society at Alliance Manchester Business School

Award

• On completing the course, you'll earn the Manchester Professional Certificate in Managing Complex Business Challenges, plus a digital certificate and badge you can share on LinkedIn

Pathway to a Diploma

• Complete any four short courses from the executive portfolio to earn the Manchester Professional Diploma in Leadership
• Includes three executive coaching sessions to apply your learning and shape your personal development strategy

Advance to the Global MBA

• If you apply to the Global MBA within five years, you may be exempt from one elective (please mention this course in your application)