Economics for Managers
This is not the economics class you took in college. Economics for Managers takes you inside a growing online retailer, an events ticket broker, a multinational publishing company, and other firms evaluating market demand, wrestling with pricing strategy and looking to identify ways to differentiate themselves in the marketplace. You will learn to apply the fundamental concepts of economics to critical business decisions and powerful tools to compete successfully.
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Business Analytics
This course begins with basic descriptive statistics and progresses to regression analysis. You’ll learn course concepts in the context of performing A/B testing on a website, using sampling to check warehouse inventory, predicting home video sales based on box office performance, and forecasting staffing needs for a hotel front desk. Throughout the course, you will receive clear guidance on how to implement analytical techniques in Excel. No matter your job function or career aspirations, this course will demystify data analysis and equip you with concrete skills to apply in your work or further studies.
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Financial Accounting
Learn the fundamentals of financial accounting from the ground up and apply your understanding of financial statements in a wide range of business settings. You will step into the shoes of an equity research analyst, a yoga studio owner, the leadership of one of the largest nonprofits in the United States, and other executives through the course’s multimedia case studies—and walk away confident in your understanding of financial statements.
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Management Essentials
Management Essentials is an online course designed to elevate your managerial skills through a distinctive, hands-on approach to management. You will learn to identify, analyze, design and influence critical organizational processes as a means of getting work done and achieving results. Working through real-world challenges faced by managers across a variety of industries, you’ll focus on four of the most essential processes for managers: decision-making, implementation, organizational learning and change management.
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Negotiation Mastery
Negotiation Mastery prepares you to close deals that might otherwise be dead-locked, maximize value creation in agreements you reach, and resolve differences before they escalate into costly conflicts. This online course emphasizes preparation of both the “head and heart” before entering a negotiation. This includes an understanding of both analytical tools and interpersonal techniques for dealing effectively with different bargaining styles and tactics.
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