JV
Apr 11, 2020
The course provides a good foundation for the most famous strategy concepts. I have appreciated the capstone project which gives you the opportunity to apply the theories learned in the first 3 weeks.
TV
Sep 20, 2016
I liked the course a lot, the references were great and gave me great insight about Strategic Management. The lecturer was really good, specially if you compare him to the one in Strategy Formulation.
By Alvaro V
•Oct 20, 2020
All the course and videos and explanations are great. But it´s important to review that most of the links for the readings are not working. So if I want to learn more I have to do research on the topic and reading other information.
It´s important to double check that the information provided to the student on the links are working.
Nevertheless is a great course and I personally recommended it .
By Tatiana Z
•Feb 17, 2016
It's clear and offers a very good foundation. Supplementary material is helpful. However in my view the course needs more practical illustrations of how some of the different strategy definition and approaches are practised (or not) today by modern-day companies. Some of the material was too abstract and was somewhat difficult to relate to.
By James C
•Jul 20, 2020
The course presented was very good and clearly an expert in his field. Whilst it did provide a good overview, some of the links were out of date and it was very evident that the content was from around 2015. An updated version should be considered when practicable.
By Elizabeth M
•Dec 29, 2024
Although the content of the course 'Strategy Formulation' was interesting to understand some key concepts in formulating a strategy, I lack a clear guide or even examples of the actual strategy formulation process, what needs to be included, the structure, etc.
By Shikhar A
•Jan 26, 2020
It was a good course for the start. They should provide better study material. All the materials provided were open articles on internet. Some of the articles were expired or needed subscription for that website.
By Aakash G
•Mar 9, 2019
Didn't learn anything new. Concepts were very theoretical and if you have completed an MBA. You are familiar with most of the points discussed
By Bryan H
•Feb 1, 2021
Course provided a good background to the history of Strategy Management. Examples used were dated and could be refreshed.
By TrivedKumar T
•Jan 16, 2021
Course is good and well structured with useful links and contents. I did really appreciate if all the links would work.
By Brendan A
•Aug 2, 2017
Great course, with some useful resources but lacks depth - even in the context of an online course.
By Gina V
•Dec 3, 2024
Is a more general course about strategy and some of the links didn't work, but it was ok.
By Dylan R
•Nov 9, 2015
More basic than I was expecting, I suppose it is an introductory to the specialization.
By Shrinivas G
•May 29, 2017
More of history than anything else.
Low amount of new learnings.
By Mark R
•Apr 13, 2020
Good content but needs updating to 2020 not 2015!
By Kshitij S
•Jun 11, 2020
It is a very short program.
By Rajat G
•Jun 11, 2018
The examples were outdated.
By Carlos G
•Mar 4, 2024
missing content.
By Nesrine
•Oct 26, 2015
Too much history
By Ankur G
•Jan 30, 2016
I had rated this course 4 star earlier but, I am downgrading it to 2 star now as the course managers - coursera + CBS seem to have abandoned the coursera while the program is still running and being charged upwards of hundreds of dollars.
The final peer assignment date has passed by close to 2 weeks and the grading process is not completed, neither there is any communication from course managers about the same.
Very disappointing from Coursera and CBS. For free, the course may be still useful as early introduction to strategy but as paid course, refrain for the time being.
My earlier review below.
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Delivery of the course - presentation, videos, sequencing and articles for each video are very well organized and executed. Referring cases studies is good as well.
However, the material seems simplified and is very much a basic course and not intermediate or advanced course.
Additionally, the quizzes are very simple and have ample room to increase the difficulty level in order to make the course more challenging.
By Sasha B
•May 4, 2016
Great start. Many promises. But week 3 and 4 go in a wrong direction. Instead of speaking about Strategy - author goes into unrelated fields. Trash bins as a reference of a new strategical approach - misses a point that it is not a mass product. What strategical decisions did it involve that were not related to marketing? Almost none. Strategy is much, much wider term. Regarding new tendencies... Globalization has happened yesterday... Today it's time to open new horizons in relation to application of IT solutions to management problems. After AlphaGo proved that a computer program is more skillful in a complex game of GO than one of the top human players - it will not take much to the next step - strategical decision making on a corporate level. What companies need to do today? Infrastructure - probably. New organizational structure? - Definitely.
By Shashank Y
•Feb 20, 2024
Around 80% of the links given to third-party websites such as Forbes, Economic times, Youtube and more are unavailable or removed—also, some links allow you to buy a subscription to read those articles. The instructors need to update this outdated course and put some effort into writing the content on the course not redirecting to third-party websites where they have no control over the availability of content.
By Alexander Z
•Apr 11, 2019
I found this course abit too basic and theoretical with frequent reference to a toilet brush production business
By Alex C
•May 31, 2016
A bit light in terms of content, this probably could have been condensed down into 2 lessons.
By 波波哥
•May 3, 2023
I really don't like the interactive assignments set in this course.
By Dulcie P
•May 31, 2024
The resources and content are quite out of date
By Arkadi S
•Sep 19, 2015
The course is very interesting but there is a problem with the quizzes, it doesn't accept correct questions. If needed I can provide a screen shot of the problem in one of the quizzes. Hope that all this will be fixed and I'll be able to take the course again.