University of California, Irvine
Career Success Specialization
University of California, Irvine

Career Success Specialization

Build Essential Skills for the Workplace. Improve your employability and advance in today’s dynamic workforce.

David Standen, MBA
Rob Stone, PMP, M.Ed.
  Dave Nagy

Instructors: David Standen, MBA

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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
4.6

(15,094 reviews)

Beginner level
No prior experience required
2 months to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Apply management principles and problem-solving skills

  • Communicate with co-workers and produce clear and concise writing

  • Manage your time and plan projects effectively

  • Understand finance and use winning negotiation strategies

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Specialization - 10 course series

What you'll learn

  • Understand the stages of the project cycle

  • Monitor project activities and assess progress

  • Communicate proficiently to report project status

  • Develop and strengthen high performance teams

Skills you'll gain

Category: Communication Planning
Category: Project Planning
Category: Team Management
Category: Project Management
Category: Management Reporting
Category: Leadership
Category: Project Schedules
Category: Team Leadership
Category: Team Building
Category: Performance Reporting
Category: Project Management Life Cycle
Category: Team Performance Management
Category: Stakeholder Management
Category: Communication
Category: Project Controls

What you'll learn

  • Plan effectively to achieve your personal and professional goals

  • Recognize and overcome barriers to successful time management

  • Keep your sense of perspective to prevent and manage crises

  • Manage resources effectively and efficiently

Skills you'll gain

Category: Planning
Category: Professionalism
Category: Crisis Management
Category: Scheduling

What you'll learn

  • Apply the concepts of accounting and finance

  • Understand key accounting and finance terms

  • Examine financial statements by using key ratios

  • Explain the importance of budgeting process

Skills you'll gain

Category: Business Valuation
Category: Balance Sheet
Category: Accounting
Category: Financial Statements
Category: Financial Analysis
Category: Cost Management
Category: Operating Budget
Category: Cash Flow Forecasting
Category: Financial Acumen
Category: Budgeting
Category: Finance

What you'll learn

  • Differentiate between the five working generations and their communication preferences

  • Identify the communication benefits of different work environments, such as in-person, virtual, or hybrid

  • Discuss effective techniques for communicating with a diverse workforce

  • Implement a flexing communication strategy to better communicate with one’s workplace team

Skills you'll gain

Category: Communication
Category: Communication Strategies
Category: Empathy
Category: Interpersonal Communications
Category: Cultural Diversity
Category: Diversity Awareness
Category: Business Communication
Category: Cognitive flexibility
Category: Virtual Teams
Category: Collaboration
Category: Digital Communications
Category: Workplace inclusivity

What you'll learn

  • Write effective presentations, emails, writing for visual communication

  • Edit and proofread business documents

  • Create business reports and press releases

  • Spot, correct and avoid the most common writing pitfalls

Skills you'll gain

Category: Business Writing
Category: Persuasive Communication
Category: Communication
Category: Target Audience
Category: Concision
Category: Proofreading
Category: Editing
Category: Grammar
Category: Communication Strategies
Category: Report Writing
Category: Global Marketing
Category: Business Correspondence
Category: Presentations
Category: Press Releases
Category: Writing
Category: Business Communication
Category: Virtual Teams
The Art of Negotiation

The Art of Negotiation

Course 66 hours

What you'll learn

  • Understand how negotiation differs from selling

  • Identify common negotiation styles

  • Describe the personal and behavioral characteristics of an effective negotiator

  • Assess your personal style and how it affects the negotiation process

Skills you'll gain

Category: Negotiation
Category: Interpersonal Communications
Category: General Sales Practices
Category: Emotional Intelligence
Category: Communication
Category: Adaptability
Category: Empowerment
Category: Influencing
Category: Conflict Management
Category: Planning
Category: Leadership
Category: Assertiveness
Category: Relationship Building
Fundamentals of Management

Fundamentals of Management

Course 77 hours

What you'll learn

  • Explain the difference between managers and leaders

  • Describe the five functions of management

  • Use the SMART goal-setting technique

  • Understand the power of building a network

Skills you'll gain

Category: Leadership and Management
Category: Change Management
Category: Organizational Strategy
Category: Goal Setting
Category: Planning
Category: People Management
Category: Business Administration
Category: Professional Development
Category: Customer Relationship Management
Category: Operations Management
Category: Smart Goals
Category: Staff Management
Category: Business Management
Category: Organizational Leadership
Category: Professional Networking
Category: Leadership

What you'll learn

  • Reflect on how mindset and personal bias influence your ability to solve problems and make decisions.

  • Explain how organizational decisions impact personal development, team dynamics, and company performance.

  • Analyze the affordances and limitations associated with problem-solving and decision-making.

  • Articulate how team decisions can benefit your professional growth and organizational strategy.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Performance Metric
Category: Organizational Strategy
Category: Team Management
Category: Open Mindset
Category: Collaboration

What you'll learn

  • Describe the entrepreneurial process and how to manage it

  • Recognize opportunities to develop new business ideas

  • Apply entrepreneurial approaches, concepts, and methods

  • Understand operational challenges involved with creating new business ventures

Skills you'll gain

Category: Entrepreneurship
Category: Marketing
Category: Market Opportunities
Category: New Business Development
Category: Business Operations
Category: Feasibility Studies
Category: Business Strategies
Category: Business Planning
Category: Ideation
Category: Innovation
Category: Financial Analysis
Category: Business Process
Career Success Project

Career Success Project

Course 104 hours

What you'll learn

  • Add value to your organization by effectively gathering, synthesizing, and analyzing information

  • Develop practical and innovative solutions to organizational problems

  • Use powerful strategic planning tools

  • Communicate information, ideas, and solutions to senior-level decision makers

Skills you'll gain

Category: Constructive Feedback
Category: Business Communication
Category: Professional Development
Category: Communication
Category: Critical Thinking
Category: Business Writing
Category: Presentations
Category: Strategic Thinking
Category: Business Strategies
Category: Analysis
Category: Problem Solving
Category: Project Management

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Instructors

David Standen, MBA
University of California, Irvine
11 Courses329,360 learners
Rob Stone, PMP, M.Ed.
University of California, Irvine
9 Courses670,037 learners
  Dave Nagy
University of California, Irvine
8 Courses189,395 learners

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