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Intermediate Courses

Choose intermediate courses if you’re at the start or in the middle of your career – or if you’re more experienced and want to re-skill.

American Institutions and Culture

Get a practical insight into United States business, economy and culture, and see how the country is positioned on the world stage. Study the country’s unique institutional frameworks and processes, and learn how to apply them to your own business. You’ll track the history of business and culture in the United States, and see how it interacts with other global powers. Above all, you’ll develop the skills you need to work or do business in America.

Cultural Aesthetic Understanding

What is creativity? Discover how art, influence and creative expression work together, and discover their role in business and daily life. Track the development of art and creativity across cultures and time periods, learn the role of tradition and innovation, and see how they influence identity and fields of work. Above all, you’ll learn how to integrate creative thought processes into your day to day life, to build success.

International Business and Culture

Speak the language of global business. As business becomes more integrated and globalization speeds up, businesses need to leverage cultural change. You’ll cover topics from the perspective of a global firm, such as management, leadership, the economy, financial reporting and regulatory compliance. You’ll finish with a solid understanding of the global business environment, and learn skills to compete internationally.

Roadmap to success

Your journey of lifelong learning starts here. Get to grips with the foundations of business, and prepare for your future career. Improve your communication, digital fluency and academic writing. In this course, you’ll learn how to set smart goals, develop an action plan for how to achieve them. You’ll diagnose your current skill level and establish a baseline you can build on. This is a great course to prepare for a longer certificate or degree, and sets you up for a lifetime of learning.

Intercultural Communication

Respond to the challenges and opportunities of cross-cultural communication in global business. Analyze how culture, language and power shape personal, professional, and cultural identities. Discover how global tech innovations enhance cross-cultural communication, and critique national and international communication frameworks.

Advanced Courses

Choose advanced courses if you’re an experienced professional who wants to push further.

Accounting and Financial Reporting

Apply corporate finance and accounting principles to business decision making. Topics include financial statements and reports, the basics of forecasting and budgeting, accounting analytics, and how to communicate about financial processes. You’ll reconcile financial transactions and accounting records, and examine how accounting frameworks and financial reporting is affected by cultural differences.

Culture in a Global Business Environment

Apply business principles across liquid economic and cultural borders. You’ll learn the skills to become an adaptive leader, and apply operational strategies. Tease out theories of culture, international relations and nationalism, explore the difference between globalization and localization, and examine the cultural dimensions for global businesses.

Doing Business in China

Apply practical skills to start, sustain, or grow a business in China: one of the world’s fastest growing economies. You’ll track current and emerging business trends, analyze growth opportunities, and navigate complex business interactions. Become fluent in local business practices, history, and culture, explore China’s largest and fastest growing industries, analyze local regulations, and examine public and private investments.

Global Business

Learn to operate and compete in complex local, global and emerging markets. Liquid borders create complexities, risks and opportunities. See the impact of technology, cross-border transactions, politics, trade agreements, foreign direct investment and culture. Track the role of NGOs and organizations like WTO and IMF, and learn to mitigate risk. Then, apply your skills and design a market entry strategy for an international, national or local business.

Global Marketing Practices

Target global consumers with smart marketing strategies that communicate across cultural borders. You’ll learn how to identify the specific needs of groups of consumers, industries and companies, explore current global practices, and develop your leadership skills. Then, create a marketing plan and apply your new strategic, cultural and operational skills. Above all, you’ll learn practical marketing skills to operate in local, global and international business.

Leadership and Organizational Development

How does human behavior drive organizational development? You’ll examine how individuals and groups interact, and learn to become a leader. Manage yourself, others and large groups using tactics from disciplines like neuroscience and cognitive science and examine how motivation, communication, leadership and organizational change work together to create organizational change.

Marketing Strategy

Apply advanced marketing and leadership skills for today’s fast-paced, technology-driven global economy. You’ll understand how traditional and digital marketing work together to build brands, and craft technology-forward marketing strategies that meet set business objectives. Topics include leadership, strategic partnerships and negotiation – key skills for growing businesses and establishing positive company cultures.

Organizational Strategy

Learn how to create a strategy that meets a business’s mission and vision. You’ll learn the key principles and tools for creating strategies, and become adaptable and flexible in how you approach the task. Then, apply your skills and create strategies for businesses in different industries to become more competitive domestically and globally. Analyze the environment, conduct a risk analysis, and determine how you’ll respond to business challenges.

Technology Operations Management

Use tech innovations to become competitive in your industry, and discover how automation can improve processes, product development, and value propositions. Get to grips with technology’s impact on all business processes: manufacturing, supply chain management, customer support and relations, product development, HR and finance. Above all, you’ll become an expert in the use of technology in conducting smart business.