Mini MBA: Business Essentials

A Mini MBA Series

Mini MBA: Business Essentials

Lead, Engage and Sustain your Organisation

Mini MBA Series
Mini MBA: Business Essentials

Scheduled Dates

Classroom

14 - 18 Jul 2025Dubai - UAE$5,950RESERVE A SEAT
10 - 14 Nov 2025London - UK$5,950RESERVE A SEAT

Online

10 - 14 Nov 2025Online$3,950RESERVE A SEAT

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Why Choose this Training Course?

This PetroKnowledge Mini-MBA: Business Essentials training course is designed for senior executives and managers aspiring for senior roles from all functions across every industry. The Mini MBA in Business Essentials course is ideal for executives seeking to improve their knowledge across a wide spread of advanced business skills. It offers delegates a challenging and rewarding experience that will equip them with the advanced skills and knowledge they need to succeed in their chosen profession.

Executives and Managers of all levels use this course as a springboard since it focuses on the key pillars of today's business: Strategy, Leadership, Innovation, Communication and Corporate Governance. It has been designed to foster a broad range of business skills that are in high demand across all areas of industry. Delegates will be equipped with many of the key insights, comprehensive management practices, benchmarks, and business strategy tools necessary to strengthening professional performance, confidence, and decision-making abilities. This training course will help you take your career to the next level whilst giving you maximum impact on your career with minimum time away from the workplace.

This Mini-MBA: Business Essentials training course will highlight:

  • The concepts, tools, and techniques of ‘strategy’ and ‘strategic planning.’
  • Leadership qualities needed to inspire, motivate, and engage their staff.
  • Creating an agenda of creativity and innovation to meet new challenges.
  • Aligning Communications and Organizational Goals.
  • Corporate Governance: ensuring the organization can respond to a changing external environment

What are the Goals?

At the end of this Mini-MBA: Business Essentials training course, you will learn to:

  • Comprehend the business model that enables strategy to be successfully targeted towards customers.
  • Develop the human dimension of leading and managing people in contemporary, successful organizations.
  • Understand disruptive and open innovation, as well as lean and agile methodologies.
  • Learn the multiple facets of our communication.
  • Significance of corporate governance and how it might optimally work.

Who is this Training Course for?

This Mini-MBA: Business Essentials training course is beneficial for professionals across every department of the organizations who are dealing with strategic and leadership decisions. This PetroKnowledge course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

  • Middle managers, department heads and senior managers
  • Business professionals who need a wider understanding of leadership and strategic principles.
  • Professionals whose task it is to create and implement strategy.
  • Executives and leaders responsible to ensure Corporate Government initiatives.
  • Professionals who would like a refresher course in MBA type topics and want to be familiar with current thinking.

How will this Training Course be Presented?

This PetroKnowledge training course will utilize a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension, and retention of the information presented. This includes stimulating presentations supporting each of the topics together with an interactive trainer leading discussion. There will be practical sessions where participants can practice and experience course-related activities. Realistic and exercises, short video presentations, small group work and feedback, will be used to facilitate learning. Interactive activities will be used throughout the course.

Organisational Impact

Your organization will benefit through improved critical understanding of the key competency areas required for success within a business – enabling more informed and commercially viable strategic decisions. In summary, your organization will benefit from:

  • More effective leaders who align strategic objectives.
  • Leaders who focus on results and goal achievement.
  • Improved managerial communications.
  • Higher levels of accountability and productivity
  • Engagement that tackles change and innovation head-on.
  • Clearer thinking and faster decision-making leading to cutting edge business practices

Personal Impact

This Mini-MBA: Business Essentials training course will give participants the confidence, drive, and skills to challenge themselves towards higher leadership & strategic performance. Specifically, they will develop:

  • Appropriate strategies for day-to-day leadership
  • Ways to use communication, influence, and persuasion to engage with colleagues.
  • Ways to manage performance and turn people around.
  • How to engage others in the achievement of targets
  • The skills to meet ever changing challenges and complex problems.

Daily Agenda

Day One: Understanding the Strategic Environment
  • What is strategy and why is it important?
  • Analysis of Internal criteria to the company.
  • Analysis of external criteria to the company.
  • Strategic choice: focus, concentration, dealing with the life cycle effect
  • The strategic impact of value migration during globalization.
  • The linkage and alignment of strategic and operational management
  • Strategic Formulation
  • Strategic Implementation.
Day Two: The Art of Leadership
  • Keys to personal leadership
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Balance as a key to resilient leadership
  • Leadership zone of empowerment
  • The paradox of leadership in the information age
  • Delivering customer value
  • Employee & Team Engagement
  • Ensuring staff capability
Day Three: Achieving Innovation
  • How our thinking works.
  • Vertical and lateral approaches; benefits and weaknesses.
  • Testing ideas for practicality and relevance.
  • Apply the more fluid style to the left and right hemispheres of the brain.
  • Recognize obstacles to creativity in approach and working environment.
  • Understand the limitations of conventional problem solving.
  • Ensure that creativity becomes a tool for day-to-day problem solving.
  • Decision Making processes.
Day Four: Communications
  • Connecting: Gaining rapport and building credibility.
  • Consulting: Effective questioning and listening skills.
  • Ways to be more convincing and overcoming conflict.
  • Negotiating agreement and getting a win-win.
  • Working together to achieve your goals: the secrets of great team working.
  • Coordination activities in the digital age; tools and techniques.
  • How to present your ideas, plans and projects well.
  • How to manage meetings of your team or stakeholders.
Day Five: Corporate Governance
  • The responsibilities of Corporate Governance
  • The history of sustainability
  • Benefits of business sustainability
  • Stakeholder expectations
  • Sustainability operating systems
  • Company policies
  • Organizational structures
  • Profit, People, Planet

Certificate

  • On successful completion of this Training Course / Online Training Course, a PetroKnowledge Certificate / E-Certificate will be awarded to the delegates.

Accreditation

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Frequently Asked Questions

Why PetroKnowledge?

PetroKnowledge is a globally recognized provider of training courses for oil and gas professionals, offering a wide range of specialized training courses designed to enhance knowledge, skills, and expertise in the energy sector. With courses tailored to meet the evolving demands of the oil and gas industry, PetroKnowledge helps professionals stay up-to-date with industry standards, technological advancements, and best practices.

Who are these training courses designed for?

Our courses are specifically developed for professionals in the oil and gas industry, including engineers, technical staff, managers, and other specialists looking to advance their careers. Whether you’re a seasoned expert or new to the sector, our training for oil and gas professionals is suited to individuals at all stages of their professional journey.

Are the courses delivered online or in person?

PetroKnowledge offers flexible learning solutions with both online courses and in-person training options. Online courses for oil and gas professionals provide the flexibility to learn from anywhere, while in-person courses offer a hands-on, interactive learning environment. Each training course page provides detailed information on the delivery format, allowing you to choose the option that best meets your learning style and schedule

Can I get a customized training course for my team?

Yes, PetroKnowledge offers customized in-house training solutions for organizations looking to upskill their teams. We work closely with companies to design bespoke training courses for oil and gas professionals that address specific challenges and objectives. Whether you need on-site training or online solutions, we can tailor the training courses to suit your organization’s needs.

Are there any prerequisites for attending a course?

Certain advanced training courses for oil and gas professionals may require prior experience or technical knowledge. These prerequisites ensure that participants can fully benefit from the course content. We recommend reviewing the course description on the relevant page to determine if any prerequisites apply to your selected course.

How can I enroll in a course?

Enrolling in one of our training courses for oil and gas professionals is simple and convenient. Navigate to the specific course page, click “Enroll Now,” and complete the registration form. You will receive a confirmation email with further details on how to proceed.

You may also get in touch with our Registration Team on
+971 50 981 7386 | +971 2 557 7389 or send an email to [email protected]

When should I expect to receive confirmation of registration?

Upon successful registration online, enrolment on the respective training course will be confirmed by Registration Team by e-mail along with the invoice and joining instruction.

Will I receive a certificate after completing the course?

Yes, upon successful completion of our courses for professionals in the oil and gas industry, you will receive an industry-recognized certificate from PetroKnowledge. This certification is designed to validate your skills and knowledge and can significantly enhance your professional credentials, boosting your career prospects in the competitive oil and gas sector.

When and how do I arrange payments?

We offer two convenient payment options:

  • Bank Transfer – You can make payment via bank transfer. Once your registration is confirmed, you will receive an invoice with the banking details for the transfer. We would require you to supply a swift copy for us to confirm receipt of funds.
  • Payment Link – Alternatively, we provide a secure payment link that you can use to complete your payment after your registration has been confirmed.

What is the refund or cancellation policy?

Our refund and cancellation policy varies depending on the course and circumstances. Generally, cancellations made at least 21 days before the training are eligible for a refund, less any administrative fees. If you have any specific inquiries about the cancellation or refund, don’t hesitate to contact our support team, who can assist with your booking and cancellation queries.

Is there a discount for more than one registrant/course?

For corporate fees and group registration, please send your query to [email protected].

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