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Overview
What you will study
The Lean Six Sigma Leadership Yellow Belt course offered by University of Oxford will open the door to improving your business processes, smoothing your service delivery and increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of your organisation.
It provides a leadership introduction to the renowned Lean Six Sigma methodology. Historically, this method has provided huge benefits to manufacturing organisations in terms of improved quality, shorter delivery times and reduced cost.
More recently it has been adopted with huge success in banks, health organisations, financial services and government departments.
The course will be of interest to you if:
- You have an interest in improving the effectiveness and efficiency in your organisation
- You want to reduce delivery times and increase the quality of services and products
- You are a leader in an organisation considering implementing a business improvement activity
- You are considering becoming a practitioner in Lean Six Sigma and want to fast-track your route into this exciting area
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- The end result: What will people know at the end of the day?
- Why should you be interested? (Benefits)
- What is ‘Lean’? What is ‘Six Sigma’? And how do they work together?
- LSS as a ‘scientific method’
- LSS as a human, practical, team-working method
- Key ideas of LSS
- Improvement projects – practice, management and governance
- Awareness of main-tools of LSS
- LSS training and certification
- Deploying LSS into an organisation
- Reminder of key benefits
- References
- Further resources
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 1 days
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
English
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Business Administration View 209 other Short Courses in Business Administration in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Student insurance
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- Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
- Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
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- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Managers and leaders of organisations who may be considering the introduction of Lean Six Sigma practices and what a good overview before committing further resources
- Future practitioners of Lean Six Sigma. These people will come from a variety of backgrounds but are likely to currently be project managers, business analysts, staff involved in service re-design in the NHS and functional managers within organisations
- Business consultants who want to extend their work into the area of Lean Six Sigma
- Senior staff who are new to organisations employing Lean Six Sigma and who need to ‘get up to speed’ quickly and efficiently
Tuition Fee
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International
545 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 545 GBP for the full programme during 1 days. -
National
545 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 545 GBP for the full programme during 1 days.
Living costs for Oxford
939 - 1530 GBP /month
Living costs
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
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