Human Behavior Courses

Consumer Behavior and B2B Marketing

Compare how people and companies buy: contrast individual consumer decision-making with group-based business buying processes and tailor marketing strategy to each buyer type.

• Coursera
• 3 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Fundamentals of Human Resource Management

Learn to formulate strategic HR policies aligned with company objectives, covering HRM's evolution, its core functions, and the link between HR strategy and organizational goals.

• Coursera
• 3 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Global Human Resource Management

Learn to manage human resources across international borders, adapting HR practices to different cultural and legal environments in multinational companies.

• Coursera
• 2 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Human Development, Sexuality, and Gender

Examine physical, cognitive, and socioemotional development from infancy to old age, and how biology, psychology, and culture shape sexuality, gender, and identity.

• Coursera
• 3 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Individual Behavior, Groups, and Teams

Learn how individual behavior shapes groups and teams: apply open communication, conflict resolution, and principles of human learning to influence employee behavior positively.

• Coursera
• 3 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Multiplicity, Change, and Human Resources

Learn to manage a workforce of varied backgrounds, lead change through market and technology shifts, and nurture talent with communication plans that strengthen collaboration.

• Coursera
• 4 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Organizational Behavior and HR Management

Explore the HR function — hiring, staffing, training, promoting and motivating employees — and apply strategies supporting employee well-being, career growth and company reputation.

• Coursera
• 3 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Social Thought and Behavior

Explore how social forces shape thought and action: examine social influence, conformity, prejudice, and group dynamics to explain beliefs, attitudes, and everyday decision-making.

• Coursera
• 3 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Foundations and Theories of Human-Machine Communication

Reconsider communication and agency as human–machine relations through cybernetics, AI, robotics, media theory, philosophy, and cultural approaches.

• Coursera
• 18 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Human-Machine Communication: Ethics and Society

Study human–machine communication through simulated-human audits, ethnography, and feminist, postcolonial, and crip approaches while examining its ethical and social dimensions.

• Coursera
• 34 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Human-Machine Communication: Applications and Future

Study machines as communication agents across contexts from child–robot empathy to religious practice and space operations, while examining their ethical and cultural implications.

• Coursera
• 13 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

American Council on Exercise

Foundations of Effective Behavior Change Coaching

Learn to guide clients toward lasting lifestyle change through motivation, planning, and accountability, and structure an initial coaching session using applied coaching practice.

• Coursera
• 8 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Human-Machine Teaming for Government

Learn to apply AI in government work: core concepts of human-machine teaming, large language models, ethical and policy guidelines, and hands-on scenarios with ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.

• Coursera
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Human Judgment in the Age of AI & Algorithms

Explore how to combine algorithmic predictions with human judgment by recognizing bias, automation errors, and when contextual reasoning should override AI recommendations.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Human Resource Management Textbook

A textbook-replacement course surveying human resource management from organizational theory and job design through staffing, employee development, labor relations, and international HRM.

• Study.com
• 13 hours 44 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course