management

Hey, I want to partner up with someone, preferably in UofT or studying management related subjects. I have trouble concentrating, so I would like to have someone who is willing to study with me and keep me accountable. I am ok with FaceTime or video call and even in person sessions. I speak...

Hello! I am new here, I am looking for someone to study with. Subjects are: Management, Coding, and Chinese. I am currently teaching myself and it would help if i had someone else to learn with, preferably of the same level. I'm a beginner at coding (currently learning Python), I'm a beginner at...

Good managers have a blend of different skills that enable them to lead and support their team effectively. In addition to knowing and understanding the tasks that their team are expected to deliver, what sets truly great managers apart from the rest are what is known as their "soft skills"...

FutureLearn, the leading social learning platform, have shared their top performing business courses based on student enrolment numbers in January 2020. Here's what your fellow business professionals were studying in January on FutureLearn: THE OPEN UNIVERSITY Business Fundamentals: Effective...

Now is the time to take the first step towards change and build professional skills for your career. To help you you, we have hand-picked a selection of open online courses in Business and Management delivered by leading universities on the three top online learning platforms, Coursera, edX and...

MOOC platform, edX, recently published the results of a survey on reskilling trends for the future of work. The findings indicated that "the second skillset with the largest gap is business skills and soft skills, including project management and leadership, with over a third of consumers...

Overview Are you a business executive or a manager who uses English in your career? Then you know that good business communication in English requires focus, vocabulary, and specific linguistic structures. In this course, you will follow along a recently promoted manager as she builds and leads...

Overview Managerial ability is an important element of technology companies in an increasingly global and diverse business environment. Combining learned heuristics and techniques for effective decision-making while leveraging technical knowledge is a highly in-demand skill by employers at...

Overview As part of the Principles of Manufacturing MicroMasters program, this course aims to provide exposure to key principles and practices used in engineering management. Learners are given opportunities to apply basic functional business knowledge from 2.961.1x through the analysis of case...

Overview Do you have a passion for buildings and want to contribute to a sustainable environment? Then this is your chance to make a difference! The biggest sustainability challenge for cities worldwide is adapting existing obsolescent buildings and making them future-proof. In this course, you...

Overview A successful manager makes good decisions. To make good decisions, you need to understand the market forces that impact your business and personal life. This is true for managers in large multinationals or small businesses, in non-profit organizations or in the government. Individuals...

Overview In this course you will learn how organizations create, capture, and maintain value, and how it is fundamental for sustainable competitive advantage. You will be able to better understand value creation and capture, and learn the tools to analyze both competition and cooperation from a...

Overview In this course you will learn how organizations create, capture, and maintain value, and how it is fundamental for sustainable competitive advantage. You will be able to better understand economic value creation and value appropriation, and learn the tools to analyze both competition...

Overview According to world-renowned management consultant, Peter Drucker, "Marketing is the only distinguishing and unique function of business…There is only one valid definition of business purpose and that is to create a customer.” While the significance of marketing in today’s business...

Overview Learn how fashion and luxury companies work and understand their brands, products, retail, and communication strategies. Travel through business models, international development, and product categories with industry influent experts. Adopting a case-study approach, the course presents...

Overview Do you (or do you want to) manage employees? Have you ever wondered how to get better performance out of those you manage? Are you unsure if you are communicating effectively with your employees? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then this course – and its associated...

Overview If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there. One of the most important roles of a manager is to ensure everyone knows the destination. The most effective managers set expectations and assess their employees’ performance against those expectations, and take a...

Overview In order for coaching to be most effective, it’s important that there is strong culture of coaching and accountability which you will learn how to incorporate into your one-on-one meetings in this course. We’ll discuss strategies in coaching great employees who are highly motivated...

Overview Throughout the Coaching Skills for Managers specialization, we’ve discussed many topics for improving coaching conversations with our employees. It is now time to put all of that theory and discussion into practice and examine great examples of common coaching conversations! Note: This...

Overview In this course you will build a practical framework to understand the critical linkages between organization design and the creation of economic value through execution. We will focus on four critical linkages: 1. How organizational growth and life cycle require design changes to...