Online Course – Certified Professional Specialization in Strategizing: Managing for Global Competitive Advantage at Macquarie University

Advanced management strategy for your business: strategic management, global supply chain management, disruptive innovation and sustainability.

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Professional Certificate

Beginners

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Corporate strategy
  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Supply chain
  • Business model innovation

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Strategy Manager
  • Organizational Change Manager
  • Innovation Manager
  • Supply Chain Manager
  • Strategic Advisor
  • Project Manager
  • Business Development Manager
  • Operations Manager
  • Human Resources Manager
  • Marketing Manager

Internship – 4-part course series

Description of the internship

Leaders must know how to develop and implement effective strategies. This specialization will prepare you to be a strategic change agent who can enable your organization to compete in the future.

What will you learn?

  • How to think strategically to make your organization more competitive (be competitive)
  • How important is it today for supply chains to effectively meet customer demands (be global)?
  • How to leverage technology and innovation to disrupt and reshape your organization (be disruptive)
  • And how to make a positive contribution to the world while maintaining profitability (being sustainable)

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Supply Chain Management: Going Global

  • Course 1 • 23 hours • 4.8 (339 ratings)

Course Details

What you’ll learn
  • Identifying the key factors of global supply chain effectiveness
  • Creating supply chain networks that align with company strategy
  • Identifying critical success factors, pitfalls, and risks in global supply chain management
  • Assessing the sustainability of global supply chain operations
Skills you will improve
  • Category: Risk Assessment
  • Category: Supply Chain
  • Category: Sustainable Design

Innovation and advanced technology: being innovative

  • Course 2 • 17 hours • 4.8 (443 ratings)

Course Details

What you’ll learn
  • Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of disruptive technologies and their impact on organizations, industry sectors, and companies
  • Developing strategies and approaches to manage disruptive technologies by creating new business models
  • Using strategic thinking and means to assess relative advantages
Skills you will improve
  • Category: Strategic Thinking
  • Category: Technologies
  • Category: Business Model Innovation

Global Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility: Being Sustainable

  • Course 3 • 27 hours • 4.8 (411 ratings)

Course Details

What you’ll learn
  • Evaluating business decisions using metrics such as profit maximization, shareholder value, customer well-being, and social impact
  • Using complex systems thinking disciplines in sustainable business challenges and opportunities
  • Identification and evaluation of strategies, processes and management techniques that will enable a successful transition to sustainability in a business context
Skills you will improve
  • Category: Sustainability
  • Category: Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Category: Ethics

Strategic Management: Being Competitive

  • Course 4 • 21 hours • 4.8 (315 ratings)

Course Details

What you’ll learn
  • Identifying the Forces Shaping Competition in Economic Transformations
  • Analyzing the sources of value in the company’s products and how to segment markets to create value
  • Developing strategic options that are appropriate, feasible, and acceptable
Skills you will improve
  • Category: Competitor Analysis
  • Category: Customer Analysis
  • Category: Value Proposition
  • Category: Porter’s Five Forces Analysis