Business fundamentals courses can help you learn financial analysis, marketing strategies, operations management, and organizational behavior. You can build skills in effective communication, critical thinking, and strategic planning. Many courses introduce tools like Excel for data analysis, CRM software for customer management, and project management platforms to streamline workflows, showing how these skills apply in real business environments.
University of California, Irvine
Skills you'll gain: Work Breakdown Structure, Business Writing, Critical Thinking, Delegation Skills, Team Leadership, Time Management, Negotiation, Prioritization, Planning, Goal Setting, Entrepreneurship, Financial Statements, Contract Negotiation, Financial Analysis, Project Schedules, Verbal Communication Skills, Project Management, Staff Management, Finance, Change Management
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skillshare
Skills you'll gain: Web Analytics and SEO, Technical Support, Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Report Writing, SAS (Software), Microsoft Excel, Statistical Reporting, Management Reporting, Data Presentation, HTML and CSS, Data Import/Export
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Dashboard, Power BI, Data Storytelling, Data Visualization Software, Data Visualization, Data Presentation, Advanced Analytics, Statistical Reporting, Interactive Data Visualization, Business Intelligence, Data Analysis, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months
Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute
Skills you'll gain: Generative AI Agents, Generative AI, Generative Model Architectures, LangChain, Large Language Modeling, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Model Deployment, Prompt Engineering, Google Cloud Platform, PyTorch (Machine Learning Library), System Monitoring, Embeddings, Deep Learning, Transfer Learning, Model Evaluation, Development Environment, Natural Language Processing, Vector Databases
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Skills you'll gain: Portfolio Management, Portfolio Risk, Investments, Financial Market, Risk Management, Financial Trading, Capital Markets, Equities, Risk Analysis, Derivatives, Fixed Asset
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of California, Irvine
Skills you'll gain: Salesforce, Data Quality, Data Modeling, Data Integration, Business Process Automation, Data Cleansing, Data Management, Business Process, User Accounts, Dashboard, Data Import/Export, Automation, Identity and Access Management, Business Reporting, Data Security, Cloud Computing
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Macquarie University
Skills you'll gain: Intercultural Competence, Cultural Diversity, Cultural Sensitivity, Business Ethics, Cognitive flexibility, Diversity Awareness, Workplace inclusivity, Diversity and Inclusion, Cross-Functional Team Leadership, Professionalism, Organizational Leadership, Global Marketing, Business Leadership, Collaboration, Culture, International Relations, Systems Thinking, Economics
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: AI Orchestration, AI Workflows, Agentic Workflows, Agentic systems, Collaborative Software, System Design and Implementation, Interoperability, Coordination, Communication Systems, Network Protocols, Workflow Management, Case Studies, Scalability
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Dashboard, Data Visualization, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), System Monitoring, Performance Analysis, Business Intelligence, Data Visualization Software, Performance Metric, Continuous Monitoring, Budget Management, Cost Management, Decision Making
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Invoicing, Billing & Invoicing, Inventory Management System, Tax Management, Accounting Software, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software, Small Business Accounting, Bookkeeping, Accounting, Payroll Systems, Cloud Security
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Alfaisal University | KLD
Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Innovation, Business Modeling, Creative Thinking, Business Solutions, Process Development, New Product Development, Business Strategies, Problem Solving
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks