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Grow to Greatness: Smart Growth for Private Businesses, Part I
This course focuses on the common growth challenges faced by existing private businesses when they attempt to grow substantially....
Business Strategy Capstone
A Capstone Project is an assignment designed specifically to apply and showcase the skills you learned in the Specialization. To this end, the Business Strategy Capstone Project, a comprehensive Strategic Analysis, provides an opportunity for you to...
Business Growth Strategy
Business Growth Strategy is course 3 of 5 in the Business Strategy Specialization. This Specialization covers both the dynamics and the global aspects of strategic management. With cases drawn from leading companies like Disney, Microsoft and Zappos...
Grow to Greatness: Smart Growth for Private Businesses, Part II
This course focuses on the common human resource (“people”) challenges faced by existing private businesses when they attempt to grow substantially. PART 1 OF THE GROW TO GREATNESS COURSE IS NOT A PREREQUISITE FOR TAKING THIS COURSE....
Drive to Value with Agile Methods
In this Specialization, you'll gain an understanding and appreciation of the principles and practice of agile management. You'll learn to coordinate all aspects of the agile development process, including running design sprints, managing...
Marketing Analytics
Organizations large and small are inundated with data about consumer choices. Knowing how to interpret data is the challenge — and marketers in particular are increasingly expected to use analytics to inform and justify their decisions. This co...
Introduction to Personal Branding
Though the concept of personal branding isn't new, questions remain about how to create one and, more importantly, what it means to maintain and inhabit that brand. Learners will: o Understand both what personal branding means and what it means...
Plagues, Witches, and War: The Worlds of Historical Fiction
Syllabus Week 1 Course Roadmap “Plagues, Witches, and War”: The Big Picture Week 2 What is Historical Fiction? Understanding the roots of historical fiction Tracing the origins of historical fiction Review Quiz: What Is Historica...
Design Thinking for Innovation
Today innovation is everyone's business. Whether you are a manager in a global corporation, an entrepreneur starting up, in a government role, or a teacher in an elementary school, everyone is expected to get lean – to do better with less. And...
The Kennedy Half Century
When John F. Kennedy entered the presidential limousine at Love Field in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963, he began his ride into history. That journey continues even today and we call it the Kennedy legacy. This course will explore the Presidency,...
Strategic Planning and Execution
Avoid the pitfalls of strategy planning and execution with the tools and skills from this course. You'll learn the pillars of strategy execution—analysis, formulation, and implementation—and how to use the 4A model to effectively ap...
How Things Work: An Introduction to Physics
An introduction to physics in the context of everyday objects....