Programme 03 / 08 · Operations & Performance

Business Operations & Performance Management

Learn how work moves through a business, why bottlenecks arise and how to measure and improve service, quality, cost and delivery. Build a practical operating improvement plan.

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8 weeks minimumContinue at your own pace if you need longer
~48 hoursIndicative learning time
₹15,000Programme fee · No GST currently applied
Applied final projectA documented operations and performance improvement proposal.
Discover the programme

Learn how to make everyday business work more reliable, measurable and efficient.

This programme focuses on how work moves through an organisation: processes, hand-offs, responsibilities, capacity, controls, service levels and performance measures. You learn how to diagnose operational problems and redesign work so that outcomes are more consistent.

01 / HOW IT CAN BENEFIT YOU

Build useful professional judgement.

You develop a practical operations mindset — seeing where work gets delayed, duplicated, lost or performed inconsistently. You also learn how to use process maps, SOP thinking, KPIs and accountability structures to improve execution.

02 / REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS

Where the learning is used.

  • Mapping and improving business processes
  • Identifying bottlenecks and hand-off failures
  • Designing SOPs and operational controls
  • Setting service, quality and productivity measures
  • Improving capacity and workload allocation
  • Building management reporting and review routines
03 / CAREER & JOB RELEVANCE

Roles where this knowledge can be relevant.

The subject matter can be useful in roles such as:

Operations ExecutiveOperations AnalystBusiness OperationsProcess ImprovementProject Coordinator / PMOService DeliveryManagement Trainee

Role relevance depends on the employer, job level and your wider experience. Completing the programme does not guarantee employment or eligibility for a particular role.

04 / WHAT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO

Move from knowledge to application.

  • Map an end-to-end workflow
  • Identify operational bottlenecks and root causes
  • Define responsibilities, controls and hand-offs
  • Select useful operational KPIs
  • Recommend and document an improvement plan
05 / WHO SHOULD CONSIDER IT

A programme for different starting points.

  • Students seeking operations or management roles
  • Operations and administration professionals
  • Project coordinators and PMO team members
  • Small-business owners improving internal systems
  • Professionals moving into business-operations or process roles
06 / WHAT YOU CAN SHOW

Build evidence of how you think and work.

The programme includes applied activities and a final project. These can give you concrete examples to discuss in a portfolio, professional profile or interview, subject to the confidentiality and usage rules of any case material.

Professional application example

See how the subject connects to a real business situation.

A service company frequently misses project handovers because responsibilities are unclear and information is stored in different places. You would map the current workflow, locate failure points, redesign the hand-offs and propose KPIs to monitor whether the new process works.

Using the learning in job applications

Do more than list the credential.

Your process-improvement project can be presented as evidence of operational thinking. In interviews, you can walk through the original process, the problem you identified, the redesigned workflow and the measures you would use to judge improvement.

  • CV / portfolio: describe the applied project and the business problem you worked on.
  • Interview: explain your reasoning, method, assumptions and recommendation.
  • Professional profile: after successful completion, list the credential accurately and link to its verification record where available.

Once you understand the professional value of the programme, review the full eight-week learning pathway to see exactly what you will study and produce.

Explore the 8-week curriculum ↓
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What you will take away

Move from ideas to practical work.

You will work through beginner-friendly explanations, subject-specific examples and short applied activities. Each week builds a piece of the final deliverable, so you can explain both the recommendation and the reasoning behind it.

A process improvement plan with a workflow map, performance measures, ownership and implementation roadmap.

Detailed learning pathway

Eight weeks, one connected learning journey.

Learn the core terminology, see worked examples and complete an activity each week. The final week brings your work together into a structured submission.

WEEK 01 / UNDERSTAND HOW BUSINESSES OPERATE

Understand how businesses operate

Define inputs, activities, outputs, customers and handovers. Compare functional teams and end-to-end processes.

  • Applied activity: Map a simple service delivery process.
  • Connect this week’s work to your final programme deliverable.
WEEK 02 / SEE WORK AS A PROCESS

See work as a process

Learn process mapping, cycle time, waiting time, rework and bottlenecks.

  • Applied activity: Create an as-is workflow with pain points.
  • Connect this week’s work to your final programme deliverable.
WEEK 03 / MEASURE PERFORMANCE

Measure performance

Distinguish KPIs, targets, leading and lagging indicators, and balanced performance measures.

  • Applied activity: Draft a small operations scorecard.
  • Connect this week’s work to your final programme deliverable.
WEEK 04 / IMPROVE QUALITY AND CONSISTENCY

Improve quality and consistency

Introduce standard operating procedures, checklists, quality assurance and root-cause analysis.

  • Applied activity: Write an SOP and cause-and-effect analysis.
  • Connect this week’s work to your final programme deliverable.
WEEK 05 / PLAN PEOPLE AND CAPACITY

Plan people and capacity

Examine workload, role clarity, scheduling, demand variation and resource constraints.

  • Applied activity: Create a capacity and responsibility plan.
  • Connect this week’s work to your final programme deliverable.
WEEK 06 / MANAGE SUPPLIERS AND HANDOVERS

Manage suppliers and handovers

Explore supplier performance, service levels, escalation, communication and control points.

  • Applied activity: Design a handover and escalation checklist.
  • Connect this week’s work to your final programme deliverable.
WEEK 07 / DELIVER CHANGE AND MONITOR RESULTS

Deliver change and monitor results

Prioritise improvement opportunities, pilot changes, manage risks and track adoption.

  • Applied activity: Create a 30/60/90-day implementation plan.
  • Connect this week’s work to your final programme deliverable.
WEEK 08 / PRESENT YOUR IMPROVEMENT CASE

Present your improvement case

Combine the workflow map, root causes, measures, proposed changes and rollout approach.

  • Applied activity: Submit your complete operations improvement proposal.
  • Connect this week’s work to your final programme deliverable.
Applied business example

How can a growing service firm deliver projects on time?

A service team faces missed handovers, inconsistent documentation and delayed client updates. Map its workflow, diagnose causes and propose measurable improvements.

This is a learning scenario for practice and does not promise a live client engagement or employment opportunity.

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How you learn

Understand. Practise. Demonstrate.

01 / LEARN

Build the basics

Start with plain-language explanations of the subject’s terminology and methods.

02 / EXPLORE

Study examples

See how the concepts apply to practical business and workplace situations.

03 / APPLY

Complete activities

Produce a useful piece of work each week and develop your final project.

04 / DEMONSTRATE

Submit your work

Complete the published assessment requirements and final project.

The Zariwala & Associates programme certificate is issued after the published completion and assessment requirements are met. It is not a university degree, statutory licence, employer endorsement or guarantee of employment.

Programme questions

Before you enrol.

Do I need prior experience?

No specialist experience is assumed. The learning pathway introduces the terms and methods used in business operations & performance management before you apply them.

How long can I take?

The minimum learning period is eight weeks, with approximately 48 hours of indicative learning. You may take longer if you need more time to study, complete activities or prepare for assessments.

What practical work will I complete?

A process improvement plan with a workflow map, performance measures, ownership and implementation roadmap.

How do I receive my credential?

After meeting the published completion and assessment requirements, you can download a digitally verifiable PDF certificate from your learner dashboard. It includes a unique credential ID and public verification link, with details suitable for adding to LinkedIn and other professional profiles. A structured machine-readable credential record may also support verification.

What is the fee?

The listed programme fee is ₹15,000. Any applicable taxes and the final payable amount will be shown before checkout.

Can I receive a refund or reimbursement?

Programme enrolment fees are non-refundable. No refund or reimbursement is provided if you do not start, pause or do not complete the programme, subject to any rights that cannot legally be excluded. The enrolment terms will be shown before payment.

What are the passing marks and retake rules?

The assessment criteria, passing requirements and any retake arrangements will be published before registration opens; this preview does not establish a threshold or entitlement.

Your next step

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