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MBA Essentials

London School of Economics and Political Science via GetSmarter

Overview

Learn the three core pillars of business management: the strategic environment, the financial toolkit, and the human element. With MBA Essentials, participants will develop a set of crucial skills to enhance their organisation and own professional journey.

On completion of this course, you’ll gain: A stronger understanding of the three core pillars of business. Learn how the strategic environment, financial toolkit, and the human element can enhance your organisation’s strategic competitive advantage. Technical business and finance skills for understanding, analysing, and optimising business operations. Insights into human behaviour and influence that can be used to expand your influence internally and externally. Enhanced managerial competency and confidence in your move to strategic, influential business leadership, including the tools for professional career development. Unlimited access to edX’s Career Engagement Network, offering you exclusive resources and events to support your professional journey and drive your career forward.

Syllabus

  • Orientation module: Welcome to your Online Campus
  • Module 1: Leading with influence
  • Module 2: Economics for managers
  • Module 3: Competitive strategy
  • Module 4: Corporate strategy
  • Module 5: Financial accounting
  • Module 6: Management accounting
  • Module 7: Analysing financial statements
  • Module 8: In the mind of the manager
  • Module 9: Nudging behaviour
  • Module 10: Organisational culture as a leadership tool

Taught by

Professor Connson Locke

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