Program Overview
Executive Education
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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- Topic
- Accounting & Finance
- Business, Management & Strategy
- Data, AI & Analytics
- Digital Transformation & Information Technology
- Entrepreneurship & Innovation
- Leadership
- Marketing & Operations
- People & Organisations
- Location
- Manchester
- Duration
- 1-4 days
- 5-7 days
- 2-4 weeks
Courses
Advanced Management Achievement Course
A highly specialised programme designed for military officers moving into management and executive careers.
- Duration: 3 weeks
- Upcoming session: 21 September - 10 October 2025
- Location: Manchester
Unlocking Strategic Competitive Advantage
Steer your team’s strategic planning with best practices and learn how to shape senior-level strategy to help you overcome the competition.
- Duration: 4 days
- Upcoming session: 14-17 October 2025
- Location: Manchester
Transforming Customer Experiences
Strengthen your competitive advantage by taking a strategic, transformative view on your customer’s journey and your interactions with them.
- Duration: 4 days
- Upcoming session: 14-17 October 2025
- Location: Manchester
Strategic Productivity
Discover why productivity is crucial to enhancing your strategic discussions, future-proofing your operations, and reinforcing the overall performance of your organisation.
- Duration: 4 days
- Upcoming session: 4-7 November 2025
- Location: Manchester
Manchester Leadership Development Programme
A practical, accelerated leadership development programme for leaders and managers moving forward in their careers.
- Duration: 5 days
- Upcoming session: 20 - 24 October 2025
- Location: Manchester
Leading Major Projects
Designed for project leaders, gain the experience, understanding and resources needed to deliver multifaceted major projects.
- Duration: 4 days
- Upcoming session: 3-6 February 2026
- Location: Manchester
Data and AI for Leaders
Gain valuable industry insights from world-leading experts, remove access barriers and break down complex language surrounding data and AI.
- Duration: 4 days
- Upcoming session: 3-6 February 2026
- Location: Manchester
Managing Complex Business Challenges
Explore new approaches to governance, communication and engagement when navigating decision making and complex business situations.
- Duration: 4 days
- Upcoming session: 2-5 June 2026
- Location: Manchester
Leading Digital Transformation
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 session: 30 June - 3 July 2026
- Location: Manchester
Open SME
This fully funded small business support programme combines the best business minds from Greater Manchester’s universities to help you assess and improve.
- Duration: Flexible
- Upcoming session: On-demand
- Location: Online
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.
- Duration: 2 or 4 days
- Upcoming session: Closed group bookings only (minimum 15 people)
- Location: Manchester
Digital Marketing Essentials for Leaders
Develop a strategic understanding of digital marketing concepts to optimise your organisation’s performance.
- Duration: 4 days
- Upcoming session: Closed group bookings only (minimum 15 people)
- Location: Manchester
Psychology of Leading People
This evidence-based, practical course will help you to strengthen your leadership skills and understand how to effectively manage yourself and others.
- Duration: 4 days
- Upcoming session: Closed group bookings only (minimum 15 people)
- Location: Flexible
Leading and Implementing Innovation
Learn the tools, frameworks, and processes needed to encourage and implement innovation, build strong foundations for the future, and stand out from the crowd.
- Duration: 4 days
- Upcoming session: Closed group bookings only (minimum 15 people)
- Location: Flexible
Navigating 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.
- Duration: 4 days
- Upcoming session: Closed group bookings only (minimum 15 people)
- Location: Flexible
Personal and Organisational Resilience
Discover the concept of resilience in leadership, analyse your reactions to change and identify restraints to your professional growth.
- Duration: 4 days
- Upcoming session: Closed group bookings only (minimum 15 people)
- Location: Flexible