University of Strathclyde - Understanding Modern Business and Organisations

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Understanding Modern Business and Organisations
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Overview

Discover how modern businesses are shaped by the four forces of knowledge, technology, business ethics, and globalisation

Duration	6 weeks
Total fee	₹4,450
Mode of learning	Online
Difficulty level	Intermediate
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Credential	Certificate

Understanding Modern Business and Organisations
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Highlights

Earn a certificate from University of Strathclyde

Understanding Modern Business and Organisations
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Course details

Skills you will learn

CSR

Who should do this course?

This course is aimed primarily at graduates entering the world of the work. Anyone who is interested in learning more about how modern businesses are shaped by forces of knowledge, technology, CSR/ESG, and globalisation might find this course of interest, however

What are the course deliverables?

Develop an initial understanding of the social and business context, structures, and management and leadership process in contemporary organisations.

Interpret what it means for organisations to reinvent them as communities.

Explore the main forces that shape modern business and organisations today: knowledge, technology, ethics and globalisation.

Describe organisations that you know, in your own social, cultural, and economical context from the perspectives of the four major forces.

Compare experiences in a variety of contexts provided by the internationally diverse participants of the course.

Discuss hot topics from the world of modern business and organisations that matter to you.

Evaluate other participants' essays providing them with comments and by doing so understand your own topics of interest better.

Reflect on your learning and performance in the light of the comments you receive from the other participants.

Apply what you learnt to the phenomenon of the financial crisis in order to deepen your understanding.

More about this course

In this course, you'll learn about the four forces which shape modern organisations. These are: the shift towards a knowledge economy and away from manual labour; the technological innovations being developed and used by businesses; business ethics, organised under corporate social responsibility (CSR) or environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals; and globalisation.

For new graduates, this course will help you understand the business world you are about to enter.

Paid certification course

Understanding Modern Business and Organisations
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Curriculum

An initial understanding of modern business and organisations

Up-to-date concepts to shape understanding of the four major forces that shape the world of modern business and organisations: knowledge, technology, ethics and globalisation

Trigger concepts to prompt changing mind about what accepted (up-to-date) knowledge is regarding the four major sources

Upcoming concepts, developed in collaboration with the participants, to facilitate an open-minded exploration of knowledge that is still being developed

Part of the content is developed based on the interest of the participants using the ‘Ask Viktor’ feature

Based on Henry Mintzberg, the phenomenon of the financial crisis is described as the crisis of management rather than the crisis of economics

Knowledge acquired in the first five weeks is applied to make sense of the financial crisis, arguing for or against Mintzberg’s position through a chosen concept from each of the four major forces that shape the world of modern business and organisations

Understanding Modern Business and Organisations
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Faculty details

Viktor Dörfler

Senior Lecturer in Information & Knowledge Management. My interest is comprised of areas of personal and organisational knowledge and learning as well as supporting these with artificial intelligence.