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University of Cape Town: Foundations of Business Management
Develop an integrated business management strategy to ensure your organization’s success.
Develop an integrated business management strategy to ensure your organization’s success.
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Foundations of Business Management
About this Course
The tradition of managers working within business silos is disappearing. Now, they need to have an integrated and holistic understanding of how an organization works, on both a theoretical and practical level, in order to improve performance. By gaining knowledge across the management spectrum, managers can ensure that every decision made is backed by comprehensive business insight.
Develop a holistic understanding of business functions in the Foundations of Business Management online short course from the University of Cape Town (UCT). By studying a variety of leadership and management skills, you’ll learn to create integrated business management strategies to ensure your organization's success. Gain the skills to achieve your objectives in the areas of leadership, marketing, finance, market research, and competitive analysis.
This course has been designed to meet the industry need for skilled managers who require integrated knowledge of multiple business functions. Mid to senior managers looking to increase their organizational impact will receive a holistic foundation to business and management’s most important concepts and practices. Aspiring managers and entrepreneurs will also benefit from this introduction to business management, and become prepared to advance within their career by gaining broadly applicable business skills.
Acquire a solid understanding of the fundamentals of business management and earn an official certificate of completion from the University of Cape Town.
Assessment is continuous and based on a series of practical assignments completed online. In order to be issued with a digital certificate, you’ll need to meet the requirements outlined in the course handbook. The handbook will be made available to you as soon as you begin the course.