I always recommend people to opt for some MOOC courses as they are really helpful. In fact, they are much better than many unrecognized MBAs in India particularly.
MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) are the courses available from various institutes, including world’s top universities free of the cost. These courses are usually about 6- 8 weeks, based on collaborative learning and through videos. I have enrolled in a couple of them and successfully completed fewer. They were good and I enjoyed them too.
In this article, I am focusing on free online management courses such as strategic management, innovations, corporate social responsibilities, entrepreneurship, family business, behavior management, project management and so on. Please enrol for at least a course and I am sure, if you engage yourself properly, you will gain a lot of knowledge and skills.
Here we go:
On Strategy : What Managers Can Learn from Great Philosophers (Coursera)
Starting: October 28, 2014
Duration: 6 weeks
Institute: Ecole centrale Paris
Time required: at least 1 hour of video a week and assessment
Course link: https://www.coursera.org/course/businessandphilo
A Beginner's Guide to Irrational Behavior (Coursera)
Starting: Not announced yet
Duration: 8weeks
Institute: Duke University
Time required: at least 12 hours in a week
Course link: https://www.coursera.org/course/behavioralecon
Organizational Analysis
In this introductory, self-paced course, you will learn multiple theories of organizational behavior and apply them to actual cases of organizational change.
Starting: Self paced, you can access material any time
Duration: 10 weeks
Institute: Stanford University
Time required: at least 12 hours in a week
Course link: https://class.coursera.org/organalysis-003/lecture/preview
Unethical decision making in organisations
This course 'Unethical decision making in organizations : A seminar on the dark side of the force' will teach you how strong organizational contexts push good people towards unethical decisions. You will also learn how to protect yourself and your organization against such forces lurking in the dark.
Starting: September 21, 2014
Duration: 7 weeks
Institute: University of Lausanne
Time required: at least 2-5 hours in a week
Course link: https://www.coursera.org/course/unethicaldecision
An Introduction to Operations Management
This course will teach you how to analyze and improve business processes, be it in services or in manufacturing. You will learn how to improve productivity, how to provide more choice to customers, how to reduce response times, and how to improve quality.
Starting: September 29, 2014
Duration: 8 weeks
Institute: Wharton, University of Pennsylvania
Time required: at least 5-7 hours in a week
Course link: https://www.coursera.org/course/operations
Managing Fashion and Luxury Companies
Learn how fashion and luxury companies work and understand their brands, products, retail, and communication strategies. Travel through business models, international development, and product categories with industry influent experts.
Starting: October 03, 2014
Duration: 5 weeks
Institute: Universita Bocconi
Time required: at least 5-7 hours in a week
Course link: https://www.coursera.org/course/mafash
Better Leader, Richer Life
The Total Leadership approach will help you become a better leader by having a richer life and have a richer life by becoming a better leader. Learn a practical, proven method for how to articulate your core values and vision; build trust with your most important people; and achieve "four-way wins" -- improved performance at work or in school, at home with your family, in your community, and for your self (mind, body, spirit). It's not about "work/life balance"; it's about creating harmony among the different parts of your life as a leader in all of them.
Starting: October 05, 2014
Duration: 10 weeks
Institute: Wharton, University of Pennsylvania
Time required: at least 10 hours in a week
Course link:https://www.coursera.org/course/totalleadership
Power Onboarding
In an engaging six-session format, Power Onboarding will provide practical, easy-to-use tools to guide an individual who is transitioning to a new job. Students will prepare a custom, actionable personal onboarding plans that will set them up for success in their new role. I have seen that when people join a new organization, they try to bring the old things, old system, old way of working into new and that one is really harmful. This course is a must for every working professional.
Starting: October 12, 2014
Duration: 6 weeks
Institute: Northwestern University
Time required: at least 10 hours in a week
Course link:https://www.coursera.org/course/poweronboarding
Forensic Accounting and Fraud Examination
Fraud is prevalent around the world, having a significant impact on the global economy. The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) 2014 Report to the Nations projects that in 2013, worldwide fraud approached $3.7 trillion, or as much as 5% of the productive economy.
Understanding and combating fraud, nefarious financial activities associated with organized crime and terrorist financing is a multidimensional task. Some fraudsters are characterized as good persons making a bad decision that appear out of character for the individual. At the same time, there are fraud schemes and criminal organizations established solely for the purpose of defrauding their victims to accumulate massive amounts of cash and other assets through activities like systematic credit card and healthcare fraud. In this course, you will develop the skills to identify accidental versus predator fraudsters.
Starting: November 03, 2014
Duration: 5 weeks
Institute: West Virginia University
Time required: at least 10 hours in a week
Course link:https://www.coursera.org/course/forensicaccounting
That’s all for today. I hope you will find these courses useful and will learn something from it.
Govind
Mumbai
September 26, 2014