12 month MBA at Oxford College of Business – an MBA programme designed for the seasoned manager

The 12month MBA programme at Oxford College of Business (OCB) offered in association with the Australian Institute of Business (AIB) endows the candidates with an elaborate array of high- utility career skills. An AIB MBA graduate starts off, armed with most refined strategic thinking and ingenious management practices based on such thinking backed by a confidence inspiring success oriented mind set. This very reason has elevated the 12month MBA programme at Oxford College of Business to the position of being one of the most sought- after MBA programmes now available in the country. One might find it quite rewarding to examine the core values of the 12month MBA programme at Oxford College of Business that sets this programme in a class by itself.

Study while you work

Flexibility stands out as the cardinal virtue that sets apart the 12month MBA programme at Oxford College of Business from other MBA programmes. The carefully orchestrated design of the programme enables students to study a full-time load while working fulltime. Such arrangement holds out immense benefits to the student right from the beginning affording opportunity for the application of knowledge and skills acquired through the MBA programme in practical business situations. Moreover, the employer too stands to gain as the MBA student’s newly acquired knowledge and skill may constitute “new life blood” in his or her organization. Through studying while working, the 12month AIB MBA programme students of OCB are closely involved in an unbroken learning exercise, networking with fellow students from diverse business and cultural domains adding to their learning experience. The modules covered in the 12month MBA at Oxford College of Business take a multi-disciplinary approach to real-world business issues and deal with the core business areas such as Strategic Management, Strategic Marketing, Strategic Operations, Strategic HRM and Strategic Finance.

Work-applied learning

The very relevant knowledge imparted by the 12month MBA programme at OCB is readily applicable in the real- world business practice and the student’s own workplace. This MBA programme that embodies a great deal of learning and related work compressed into a 12 month course of study, teaches the student to work under pressure, under trying circumstances, keeping to tight schedules and stiff deadlines which is the order of the day for a seasoned manager in the present business world.

A community of business leaders

Students at Oxford College of Business find it an unprecedented learning experience to be partners in a symbiotic process of learning wherein the expertise of faculty members is complemented by the varied experiences of student members. The outcome of this learning experience is nothing but the very best of the currently available knowledge in the business arena.

This is made possible as every student of the 12month MBA programme at OCB invariably becomes part and parcel of a community of managerial level personnel comprising members from diverse spheres of business and industry such as manufacturing, marketing, banking, insurance, telecommunication, IT and many more service sectors. This is a rare and invaluable privilege, a key benefit from this MBA programme for sharing varied career experiences and to be enriched by the lessons learnt by others.

The MBA Collaboration

The 12month MBA programme at Oxford College of Business is offered in affiliation with Australian Institute of Business. This programme is the first and the oldest 12month MBA programme in the country. Australian Institute of Business based in Australia is a leading private higher education provider specializing in business management. With a history of over 25 years in the field, it is one of the best established private business education institutes in Australia. AIB is the first and still the only private provider of higher education empowered to confer the full range of degrees in business including the prestigious research degrees such as Master of Management, Doctor of Business Administration ( DBA) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).

The mission of AIB is “to provide access to quality, affordable and innovative work-applied business and management education both locally and internationally using the methods of action learning, action research and case research, thereby creating an environment for organizational and lifelong learning as well as supporting community and economic development.”

With a history of more than 12 years, Oxford College of Business is an ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified business school and rated as one of the best business schools in the country. It is the combined effort of these two prestigious business education institutions - AIB of Australia and OCB of Sri Lanka - resulting from their coherent MBA collaboration that holds out for you the priceless prospect of a world renowned MBA here in Sri Lanka. The CEO magazine (UK) has ranked the 12 month MBA programme of the Australian Institute of Business as no. 02 in Australia and no. 13 in the world. “Therefore, through your decision to follow the AIB MBA programme at Oxford College of Business, you are not only joining the best business school in the country but are also obtaining a world class MBA ranked among the very best”, says the Head of Academic at OCB.

A unique learning experience

At Oxford College of Business the students enjoy a unique learning experience as they come to see the interworking of business and policy with the active participation of government and commercial leaders and also the potential room for career advancement in front-line national organizations. The senior managers who are the future business leaders, with their graduation through this prestigious MBA programme will gain a deep insight into, among other things, the intersection of business and strategy and how business policy decisions bear on business strategy. Moreover they get such authoritative information right from the horse’s mouth - the industry experts who are the true leaders of the present day business world. Policy issue analysis, development of support strategies, the importance of grasping the bigger picture locally and globally and comprehension of the country’s economic framework which is indispensably required of a seasoned manager are some of the truly vital components which the Australian Institute of Business has incorporated into this 12month MBA programme at Oxford College of Business, all precisely calculated to evolve the ideal business leader of today. For more information contact Malindu Ranasinghe on 0714151547 or visit

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