If we want to make effective and lasting social change, we must understand power dynamics, social systems and how change really happens.

This course will help you to understand the context of your situation, along with your existing sources of power and influence. You’ll be guided by examples of successful international movements and local community action - connecting with other changemakers around the globe.

Ultimately, you’ll finish this course equipped with the skills you need to spot and act upon opportunities - bringing about the change you want to see in your community and the world.

This course is aimed at activists and change agents with a personal or professional interest in how change happens, and who want to be more effective at delivering change for good.... [-]

Today an increasing number of companies compete on service, not product. As a result, understanding a service-based approach to business is essential - even for product-based businesses.

On this course you’ll learn the latest thinking in Service Management, exploring a service-centric perspective to marketing and management. You’ll examine service as a business model, the value creation process, customer perceived quality, and promise management.

Ultimately, you’ll discover how service-based thinking can help you better serve your customer, and overcome a range of business challenges.

This course would be particularly relevant to business professionals and managers interested in the potential of adopting a service-based strategy, whether their firms are currently operating in an industrial or consumer context, or a manufactured goods or services context. It is also relevant for business students wishing to specialize in service management and marketing.... [-]

One way or another, AI will determine the future of technology. While it has vocal supporters and opponents, there is no doubt that its impact will be transformational. While the field is changing rapidly, there is a lot to learn, but also many ways to shape it and contribute. This course teaches you what you need to know to be part of this journey.

AI has delivered some of the most amazing technological advances of the last decade, outperforming human abilities in domains as diverse as image recognition, natural language understanding, pattern detection, prediction and autonomous devices. It has shown that it can transform entire industries over the course of a few years, and change the way we think about our lives, jobs, businesses, government, and society.... [-]

The Credential of Readiness (CORe) is our primer on the fundamentals of business thinking—a three-course online program designed to prepare you to participate fully in the business world. CORe was developed by HBS faculty members to instill a deep understanding of essential business concepts and problem-solving skills. Mastering the three CORe courses—Business Analytics, Economics for Managers, and Financial Accounting—will give you fluency in the language of business.

This is the program that Harvard Business School offers to incoming students to prepare for the MBA classroom, and it will equip you to contribute to business discussions and decision making, whether you’re looking to advance your current career, considering graduate school, or exploring new career paths.... [-]

Business Analytics is not based on rote memorization of equations or facts but focuses on honing your understanding of key concepts, your managerial judgment, and your ability to apply course concepts to real business problems.

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.... [-]

Business Studies encompasses many of the aspects of everyday transactions, from setting up a company to understanding how purchases are made, from understanding how marketing works to accounting and finance.

This completely new IGCSE course is designed to help meet the needs of those who want an introduction to this challenging subject either with a view to further study at A Level or simply to supplement a portfolio of IGCSE/GCSE subjects. This qualification will provide you with a broad introduction to the key components of this exciting and challenging field.

The model revolves around five cases – Strategic, Economic, Commercial, Financial and Management and is based on UK Government Treasury guidelines in conjunction with the Welsh Government.

It is essential to understand how to write reports and proposals that get read. We write reports in a range of formats and a variety of purposes. Whether you need to report on a product analysis, inventory, feasibility studies, or something else, report writing is a skill you will use again and again. Having a method to prepare these documents will help you be as efficient as possible with the task. This course will build on a solid base of writing skills to present information in formal, informal, and proposal styles.

Participants should complete Velsoft’s Business Writing That Works course before taking this workshop.

This Level 2 IAB course offers a thorough syllabus for you to broaden your knowledge base. With accreditation from IAB, gain trust from prospective employees and even fulfill your dream of becoming self-employed and confidently look after your own bookkeeping needs.

The courses utilise the 54:70 Success Matrix™ which is an invaluable concept for individuals to find the perfect balance between skills and experience. It allows students to make success a consistent tangible result of business.

This course covers the brand new spec introduced in September 2015 and has been designed to provide students with an understanding of the following: how businesses work; how the world around them affects decision-making within a business; what leads to change and how businesses respond to these issues; and the range of perspectives that can be taken on business activities.

It also helps develop a range of important and transferable skills: data skills; presenting arguments and making recommendations on the basis of the available evidence; and problem-solving. Business studies is a contemporary and “real world” subject. Business studies students can benefit greatly from drawing on the experience of employment, experience as consumers and what they see in the media.... [-]

Imagine being in the negotiating room with a foreign company and they speak English, but you don’t speak their language. You’re at a disadvantage. Most companies realize this when it’s too late, then scramble to hire someone who can speak the language, often sacrificing business acumen for language skills. To succeed in any foreign market, businesses need people with talent AND language skills.

The experts agree—learning Mandarin is a must when it comes to growing a business in China. Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Beijing are haunted by the ghosts of US businesses that arrived with much promise only to perish a few short years later. If you want to succeed in China you need to speak the language and understand the culture. The Mandarin language training experts at BRIC Language Systems will help you succeed in your Chinese endeavors by taking advantage of our business-focused Mandarin language courses and services. BRIC’s Mandarin experts will not only teach you the language specific to your corporate goals and industry but the business culture that will allow you to operate like a local. BRIC’s Revolutionary Approach was designed for the business professional and multinational corporations. See course descriptions here. BRIC Courses Feature:... [-]

The model revolves around five cases – Strategic, Economic, Commercial, Financial and Management and is based on UK Government Treasury guidelines in conjunction with the Welsh Government.

Use the data as a strategic asset. Dispose of relevant information at decision times, eradicate inefficient operating processes and improve the experience of your customers. Feel the digital transformation and discover all your opportunities.

Professionals specialized in Big Data have experienced a strong labor demand, becoming one of the most demanded professions at present.