This document outlines the modules and content of the Oxford Blockchain Strategy Programme. The 6-module program is designed to provide an engaging learning experience on blockchain technology and its implications for business strategy. Module topics include understanding blockchain, blockchain and business strategy, value transfer applications, decentralized applications and smart contracts, transformative business models, and blockchain frontiers. Each module includes learning objectives, videos, discussions, readings and other activities, with the goal of analyzing a blockchain use case using the Oxford Blockchain Strategy Framework.

1. Oxford Blockchain
Strategy Programme
PROGRAMME CONTENT BREAKDOWN
Each programme module is designed to ensure an engaging learning
experience. You’ll be exposed to a wide variety of material throughout
the programme.
ORIENTATION MODULE
Welcome to your Online Campus
• Identify your touchpoints for support and the type of support
they offer
• Recognise how to engage with and navigate
the Online Campus
• Use the class-wide discussion forum to meet your programme
teaching team and peers
• Recall the grade distribution, pass requirements, tech
considerations, and other important programme information
• Review policies on plagiarism, grade queries, extensions
and important participant responsibilities
Video
Discussion
Forum
InfographicWeb Resource
Notes
Enrichment
Activity
Elearning
Activity
Quiz
This Oxford Blockchain
Strategy Programme is still
being developed.
The names and nature
of modules may vary,
however the programme
outcomes and deliverables
will remain unchanged.
NOTE
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2. MODULE 1
Understanding Blockchain
• Recognise the scale of investment in blockchain technology
and the significance of the blockchain industry
• Review the historic context that fostered the emergence
of blockchain
• Identify the key properties of blockchain technology
and its constituent parts
• Identify current applications of blockchain technology across
different industries
• Outline a clear definition of blockchain and explain the potential
effects this technology may have on society
MODULE OUTCOME:
Module outcome: Discover the wide-reaching potential
of blockchain and gain a basic understanding of its underlying
technology.
MODULE 2
Blockchain and business strategy
• Recognise the roles of various stakeholders
in the blockchain ecosystem
• Define key market trends and adoption rates
in the blockchain industry
• Identify opportunities and challenges pertaining to blockchain
adoption, performance, and scalability
• Discuss how businesses can respond to technological disruption,
specifically those caused by blockchain
• Interpret the strategic implications of decentralisation
in businesses
• Analyse a blockchain use case using the Oxford Blockchain
Strategy Framework
MODULE OUTCOME:
Explore the blockchain ecosystem and its relationship
to business strategy, and use the Oxford Blockchain
Strategy Framework to analyse a current use case.
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3. MODULE 3
Value transfer and value storage
• Recognise the wide scope of blockchain applications
within the cryptocurrency and payment rail space
• Identify the technologies powering applications related to value
transfer and value storage
MODULE OUTCOME:
Explore this thematic area of blockchain, including the different
business applications within it, related core technological features,
and the strategic dynamics of the area. You’ll also complete part
one of your ongoing group project, by sizing the market for your
blockchain strategy.
MODULE 4
Decentralised apps and smart contracts
• Recognise the scope of blockchain applications
within the decentralised apps and smart contracts space
• Identify key technological features of blockchain that underpin
applications related to decentralised apps and smart contracts
MODULE OUTCOME:
An in-depth focus on decentralised apps and the regulatory effects
of blockchain, including the business ramifications and applications,
and core technological features. You’ll also complete part two of your
group’s ongoing project, analysing the competitive and regulatory
landscapes for your blockchain strategy.
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4. MODULE 5
Transformative business models
• Recognise how blockchain enables a growing number of
businesses premised on new, transformative business models
• Identify key technological features of blockchain
and the corresponding market trends that underpin new business
models in the blockchain space
• Interpret the origins of strong business strategies geared toward
innovation and growth
• Describe the capabilities approach within a business strategy
aimed at innovation and growth
• Investigate how dynamic capabilities and crowdsourcing
can be leveraged to advance a blockchain strategy for business
• Recommend strategic measures to grow and scale your
blockchain project
MODULE OUTCOME:
Explore how blockchain technologies and other change drivers
are transforming the way businesses operate; learn how organisations
can achieve sustained progress with these innovations,
and recommend pathways for growth and scalability with regard
to your group’s blockchain strategy.
MODULE 6
Blockchain frontiers
• Discuss the future of blockchain and predict how it will affect your
upcoming projects and business strategy
• Select the tools to include in your blockchain readiness toolkit,
to enable you to further develop your understanding
of this technology
• Analyse your own blockchain use case by means of the Oxford
Blockchain Strategy Framework.
MODULE OUTCOME:
Learn more about the future of blockchain, build your blockchain
readiness toolkit, and write an analysis of a unique blockchain use
case, using your Oxford Blockchain Strategy Framework.
This Oxford Blockchain
Strategy Programme is still
being developed.
The names and nature
of modules may vary,
however the programme
outcomes and deliverables
will remain unchanged.
NOTE
OXFORD BLOCKCHAIN STRATEGY PROGRAMME

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