Leaders must have the ability to develop and deploy effective strategies. This specialisation will prepare you to be the strategic change-maker capable of enabling your organisation to compete into the future. You will learn: how to think strategically to make your organisation more competitive (Be Competitive); how crucial it now is for supply chains to effectively meet customer demands (Be Global); how to leverage technology and innovation to disrupt and reshape your organisation (Be Disruptive); and how to make a positive contribution to the world while effectively maintaining the bottom line (Be Sustainable).
Strategising: Management for Global Competitive Advantage Specialization
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Strategising: Management for Global Competitive Advantage Specialization
Future-proof your business strategy. Strategic management, global supply chain management, disruptive innovation, and sustainability
Instructors: Dr Mehrdokht Pournader
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What you'll learn
Analyse how technology and innovation can disrupt and reshape your organisation
Evaluate the different ways supply chains can effectively meet your customer's demands
Understand the different strategies that your organisation can implement in order to remain competitive
Develop your understanding of how organisations can make positive contributions to society while effectively maintaining their bottom line
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Specialization - 4 course series
Supply chain management: Be global
Course 123 hours4.8 (340 ratings)
What you'll learn
Identify the key drivers of global supply chain effectiveness
Create supply chain networks that are aligned with supply chain and business strategy of the firm
Identify the critical success factors, pitfalls, and risks of global supply chain management
Evaluate the sustainability of global supply chain operations
Skills you'll gain
Category: Risk Assessment
Category: Supply Chain
Category: Sustainable Design
Innovation and emerging technology: Be disruptive
Course 217 hours4.8 (446 ratings)
What you'll learn
Demonstrate an understanding of a range of disruptive technologies and their implications on organisations, industry sectors and societies
Develop strategies and approaches to manage disruptive technologies by creating new business models
Apply strategic thinking and tools to evaluate relative advantage
Skills you'll gain
Category: Strategic Thinking
Category: Technological
Category: Business model innovation
Global sustainability and corporate social responsibility: Be sustainable
Course 327 hours4.8 (417 ratings)
What you'll learn
Assess business decisions using metrics including financial maximization, shareholder value, customer well-being, and societal impact
Apply the principles and tools of complex systems thinking to sustainable business challenges and/or opportunities
Identify and evaluate strategies, processes and leadership techniques that enable successful sustainability transitions in a business context
Skills you'll gain
Category: Sustainability
Category: Corporate Social Responsibility
Category: Ethics
Strategic management: Be competitive
Course 421 hours4.8 (316 ratings)
What you'll learn
Identifying the forces that shape competition for economic exchanges
Analysing the sources of value in company offerings and how do segment markets in order to create value
Developing strategic options that are suitable, feasible, and acceptable
Skills you'll gain
Category: Competitor Analysis
Category: Customer analysis
Category: Value Proposition
Category: Porter'S Five Forces Analysis
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Frequently asked questions
There are four courses in this Specialization. Each course contains six modules and we estimate about 6-5 hours learner time on task per module. The courses are self-paced and time to complete can vary from learner to learner depending on their preferred pace.
No you do not need to take the courses in a specific order. What order you take the courses is entirely up to you!
No, but this Coursera Specialisation provides a taster of the Global MBA learning experience, featuring high-quality video lectures, practice quizzes and discussion forums.
For the full graduate experience and access to exclusive content such as interviews with industry leaders, live webinars, expert panel discussions, faculty-graded assessments and AACSB-approved postgraduate qualification you should consider enrolling in Macquarie University’s Global MBA today!
Visit the Macquarie University's Global MBA degree page for more information.