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Business Execution: Ops, Team Management & Communication Specialization

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Business Execution: Ops, Team Management & Communication Specialization

Master Operational Excellence and Team Leadership.

Drive productivity and sales with expert-led insights on business execution.

Kelley O'Connell
Phil Gold
Manish Gupta

Instructors: Kelley O'Connell

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Beginner level

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4 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Enhance productivity with strategic operations and effective workflow management.

  • Strengthen team dynamics and communication through leadership and ethical practices.

  • Innovate in purchasing and negotiations with core principles and advanced strategies.

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Specialization - 10 course series

What you'll learn

  • Articulate business presentations to varying work audiences.

  • Create compelling business proposals that deliver important messages to key stakeholders.

  • Identify crisis communications best practices based on the latest case study research.

  • Apply effective messaging and persuasive communication techniques to work related discussions and documentation.

Introduction to Workflow Management

Introduction to Workflow Management

Course 2, 1 hour

What you'll learn

  • Analyze key concepts, benefits, and types of workflows.

  • Evaluate workflow diagrams and assess digital tools for workflow mapping.

  • Apply techniques for evaluating current workflows in your organization.

Workforce Productivity

Workforce Productivity

Course 3, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Identify the foundational principles of workforce productivity and operational efficiency. 

  • Apply Lean and Six Sigma techniques to real-world processes to minimize waste and optimize performance. 

  • Utilize technology to streamline operations and enhance productivity effectively. 

  • Develop and implement performance metrics to monitor and improve operational efficiency. 

The Beginner’s Guide to Business Negotiation

The Beginner’s Guide to Business Negotiation

Course 4, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Explore negotiation nature, structure, impact of personality, success drivers, and negotiation structure.

  • Assess negotiation success drivers, set clear objectives, allocate prep time, emphasize influencing skills, and trust for favorable outcomes.

  • Close negotiations effectively, overcome challenges, prevent buyer’s remorse, and learn from failures.

Foundations of Purchasing: Principles and Practices

Foundations of Purchasing: Principles and Practices

Course 5, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Describe the purchasing process and its strategic importance to organizations.

  • Identify techniques for effective supplier evaluation, selection, and management.

  • Identify techniques for effective supplier evaluation, selection, and management.

  • Apply knowledge of purchasing and supply chain management to real-world scenarios

What you'll learn

  • Identify the principles of effective leadership

  • Apply strategic thinking in decision-making processes

  • Recognize and navigate team dynamics

  • Implement ethical decision-making strategies

Fundamentals of Internal Business Communications

Fundamentals of Internal Business Communications

Course 7, 3 hours

What you'll learn

  • Learn the principles of effective internal communication

  • Evaluate the role of internal communication in business

  • Develop skills for implementing effective internal communication

  • Apply these learned skills in real-world scenarios

Systems Thinking Basics

Systems Thinking Basics

Course 8, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Analyze complex systems by identifying and mapping their elements, interconnections, and feedback loops.

  • Apply systems thinking tools and methods to real-world problems and opportunities.

  • Generate innovative ideas and solutions using systems thinking approaches.

AI in Workforce Management

AI in Workforce Management

Course 9, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Identify specific uses of AI in workplace management.

  • Design a detailed AI-driven workforce strategy.

  • Apply advanced AI applications for decision-making.

Value Stream Mapping

Value Stream Mapping

Course 10, 2 hours

What you'll learn

  • Identify the purpose and benefits of using VSM in process improvement.

  • Use standard VSM symbols and notations to represent processes, material flows, and information flows.

  • Analyze a completed Value Stream Map to identify areas of waste and opportunities for improvement.

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Instructors

Kelley O'Connell
11 Courses49,175 learners
Phil Gold
Coursera
9 Courses30,872 learners
Manish Gupta
15 Courses66,192 learners

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