TOP Management Courses from Open Education

This is the first part of the program "Global Talent management". In this part we will discuss talent management concept and approaches, macro talent management perspective, how leading companies manage their talent pool, and what challenges global talent management faces in our turbulent world.

After completing the course, the student will acquire competencies, knowledge, skills and abilities that allow him to actively participate in the development and practical application of methods and tools for managing a retail business and building workers business processes.

The program is aimed at studying, analyzing and optimizing the behavior of people in organizations in order to find effective methods for managing and preventing organizational dysfunction associated with “human factor." The program addresses management issues in accordance with the life cycle of personnel, issues leadership and authority of the manager, issues of group and team management, including in conflict situations situations.

The course “Company Value Management” is aimed at mastering the key tools for managing company value, both in theoretical and practical terms. It gives a comprehensive understanding of the process of managing different categories of enterprise value and allows you to master the methods of economic justification for business development strategies.

The course “Evaluation of Business and Investment Projects” is intended for students and professionals faced with the task of evaluating efficiency investment projects and determining the value of companies: both entirely and blocks of shares for the purpose of making further management decisions.

The course addresses questions about what roles should be represented in the management team and in the project team, what qualities should managers who will play these roles have, what stages does the team go through on its way? evolution.

The purpose of the course is to develop ideas about the essence of management, the difference between the roles of a manager and entrepreneur, changes in management functions in the process of company development, principles of formation management teams.

Having mastered the basics of project activity, each student can try to create and implement their own project using this online course. The development team offers to study the intricacies of the work of a project team in five modern areas: startups, web portals, media communications, research, training and transfer of competencies

A modern organization needs to constantly adapt to changes in the external environment if it wants to maintain its competitive position and develop. No even the most perfect control system can be the best in all situations. In a changing external world, companies must constantly change to meet market challenges and realize the opportunities that the external environment provides. However, the process of change is not easy and involves many challenges and risks, from cost overruns to resistance from organizational members.

The course is aimed at studying theoretical concepts and practical methods for developing development strategies for modern organizations, developing the abilities of strategic analysis, forecasting, developing competitive strategies, managing strategic development organizations.

This course will allow students who want to start their own business to gain key knowledge and skills in the field of planning and creating a business plan, will introduce you to all the complexities of the processes business planning. The course includes the basics of planning, as well as a comprehensive range of knowledge to formulate a complete business plan. Upon completion of this course, students will be versed in the latest business strategies and marketing trends, and will be able to apply their knowledge in practical applications.

The course examines the essence of ESG principles, aspects of the origin of the abbreviation and the history of its development, the essence of each ESG principle. Within the environmental aspect (E), special attention is paid to the climate agenda, the relevance of which is increasing. While considering the social aspect (S), the course also addresses the development of diversity policies and the formation of an inclusive culture.

The program is aimed not only at student audiences, but also at practitioners who are faced with activities with the need to carry out ESG transformation and generate non-financial reporting of activities companies.

The educational discipline “Financial Management” aims to form in students a complex of theoretical and practical knowledge and skills in the field of management finances and master a system of specific techniques for effective financial management, taking into account the specifics of the turbulent modern high-tech business.

The originality of the proposed Macroeconomics course lies in the fact that it combines elements of introductory and intermediate levels. It is aimed at master's students who do not have a basic economic education, who will have to study advanced macroeconomics. Master's students who have already studied Macroeconomics as an undergraduate with the help of this course will be able to refresh their basic competencies in this discipline.

The proposed course of lectures reveals the problems of Russia's transition to a new stage of technological development. Its relevance is due to the state’s request to ensure breakthrough scientific, technological and socio-economic development of Russia. As part of the course, during the consideration of a complex of theoretical concepts within the framework of various scientific schools and the results of their practical implementation, the essence of innovative development is revealed. Modern theory and practice are presented in interaction, which makes it possible to analyze modern problems of innovative development based on studying the best world and domestic experience. Particular attention is paid to building a national innovation system, issues of forming an innovative ecosystem and infrastructure elements, development of human capital as a leading factor in innovation economy.