business

COURSE DESCRIPTION Innovation matters to everyone, including managers in small or large organizations, start-up entrepreneurs, those in government roles, or teachers. This course looks at how individuals and organizations use creativity and design thinking skills to identify and choose...

COURSE DESCRIPTION Identifying and taking new ideas to market is crucial for the success of any economy. Yet, organizations are often unable to convert ideas into beneficial outcomes. In this course, we begin by looking at how organizations identify and evaluate new ideas, including approaches...

Business models are regarded as a form of innovation and not merely just a vehicle for commercialization. In this course, students will learn about multiple business model innovation avenues and metrics for assessing on-going market fit and sustainability. This course introduces an...

COURSE DESCRIPTION Go beyond just an individual new product, service and/or business model initiative to build a culture of innovation. This course will help you identify the organizational barriers to innovation and provide you with the tools to assess your innovation readiness. You will learn...

COURSE DESCRIPTION After completing the four content courses in the MicroMasters program, students are encouraged to complete the Capstone Assessment and earn their MicroMasters credential from UQx. This capstone offers students the opportunity to bring their learnings together and exhibit...

COURSE DESCRIPTION Learn about project management from a multidisciplinary perspective, as we cover fundamental tools and techniques for managing a broad range of projects. You will learn about the project management life cycle from initiation to closing. We will address the behavioral and...

COURSE DESCRIPTION Project management plays a key role in supporting a business’s success. In this project management course, you will learn what’s required from an organization for projects to excel. You will learn how to turn project management principles and theory into practice. The course...

COURSE DESCRIPTION Managing global projects presents unique challenges. This course addresses the knowledge, skills and behaviors required to successfully manage projects that span organizations, national boundaries and cultural differences. In this course we will explore the impact on project...

COURSE DESCRIPTION This capstone exam includes the evaluation of the competencies and performance tasks, which define a successful project manager. This capstone exam is part of the RITx Project Management MicroMasters program that is designed to provide you with the in-depth knowledge and...

COURSE DESCRIPTION One way or another, all employees are managed. But approaches to managing employees varying from employee-to-employee, job-to-job, manager-to-manager, organization-to-organization, and country-to-country. This course provides a foundation for developing your own approach to...

COURSE DESCRIPTION Finding and hiring the right people is often cited as the number one concern of businesses today. It seems we are all competing for the best and brightest workers. As you will see in our time together in the second course, a critical component of the People Manager Value...

COURSE DESCRIPTION Once you have hired good employees, the next step that successful people managers take is to develop the full potential of their employees. Performance management is a process that helps managers achieve the goal of getting the best from their employees. In this third course...

COURSE DESCRIPTION This course covers how to pay employees. We begin by asking: "What kind of a person do I need to attract, retain, and motivate for my business to succeed?" From here, we'll explain how to translate that pay strategy into the pay mix: the salary structure, short-term...

COURSE DESCRIPTION This specialization provides a robust introduction to the key principles, policies, and practices of human resource management, with a focus on understanding managerial choices and constraints, acquiring and onboarding talent, managing employee performance, and rewarding...

COURSE DESCRIPTION In this course, you will learn what the main financial markets and their characteristics are as well as how they are linked to the economy. Our very diversified team of experts will start by teaching you how the price of stocks and bonds are computed and why they move while...

COURSE DESCRIPTION In this course, you will dive into the concepts of rationality and irrationality and understand how they impact our investment decisions and what the consequences can be at the market level. You will first explore the different biases that we, as humans, are subjected to...

COURSE DESCRIPTION In this course, you will gain an understanding of the theory underlying optimal portfolio construction, the different ways portfolios are actually built in practice and how to measure and manage the risk of such portfolios. You will start by studying how imperfect...

COURSE DESCRIPTION In this course, you will learn about the famous dichotomy between active and passive investing, how to appropriately measure and analyze investment performance and what the future trends in the investment management industry are. You will first learn about absolute and...

COURSE DESCRIPTION In this Capstone project, you will have to choose between three different characters (each with a unique set of financial constraints and objectives) and design an appropriate wealth plan for them over the next 5 years. You will have to use the knowledge you gained in each...

COURSE DESCRIPTION This business and management course introduces the primary methods and tools that you will encounter in your study and practice of supply chains. We focus on the application of these methods, not necessarily the theoretical underpinnings. We will begin with an overview of...