Learner Reviews & Feedback for Business Growth Strategy by University of Virginia

Great course

THANK YOU!

Excellent

EXCELLENT

amazing

I learned a lot about the different approaches to grow a business. I specially paid attention to the challenges to Merges and Acquisitions, which is very common between firms, and also the failure of them. Today I have a different perspective on companies growth, and confirmed someone accountable for growth strategy cant be in "paralysis by analysis", meaning it needs to formulate it very quick, implement with lots of uncertainty but also adjust quickly as the results generate some information or data, a great challenge!

This was my first encounter of peer review assignment on an online platform, and found the assignment and the process in itself a very good learning experience. The assignment for very helpful in using the frameworks used in the course to prepare. The lecture were very good as well.

Really enjoyed the course guys - thanks very much for investing the time required to offer this to the masses! The videos were great - brief, succinct lessons to discuss valuable, applicable tools for optimizing growth strategy.

Cheers,

For someone trying to make a career jump into strategy planning, this was a good course. I would have liked to work on more assignments.

The peer review system has flaws... Content great. Powerpoint slides semi optimal for concentration. More work sheets might help too

This is a very hands on section of the course, I really enjoyed diving into the growth strategies and analyzing my selected company

Explains the growth strategies that are important for Business to adopt.... Really helpful

real business scenarios for growth and also pitfalls ..excellent and focused approach.

This class is a little less in depth than the first two but still good none the less.

very good to help you see different specifics in scenario analysis

Course can be more better in terms of practicle examples

I wish better slides material with clearer structure

Excellent course

perfect

Good

G

The course material and the way it is taught are excellent. The necessary assignment is tailored well and expect the material revise and research to be done. The research feedbacks are complete disasters. After the 4th course at Coursera I realize that it is the weakest point. I have received just a few words, "ok", "n/a" and "good" are among them. No analysis and weak points outlining. In order to improve it, I propose the tutors to revise the final assignments of those who reached >90 points during the week tests and decrease the pass grade from 70+% to 55%. There will be an incentive for those who really want to learn.

The course iteslf was interesting and the presenters were well spoken to hold your attention. I don't think that having peer's review your work is the best way about getting appropriate feedback and consistent marking of your work. There was also some issues with the peer assignment actually coming through for review meaning the completion of the course was delayed.

There was a disconnect between the way the content was presented and the expectations for the final writing assignment. The Real Options tool only got 5 mintues of coverage but we were expected to apply it.

Good course, but I think the previous courses of the specialization are better organized and structured than this one.