Business Strategy
Strategic Leadership and Management,
In this course you will learn how organizations create, capture, and maintain value. In doing so, you’ll develop an understanding of how and why this process is fundamental for sustainable competitive advantage. You will be able to better understand value creation, and capture and learn the tools to analyze both competition and cooperation from a variety of perspectives, including the industry-level (e.g., five forces analysis) and the firm-level (e.g., business models and strategic positioning). You will be able to: - Understand how managers coordinate different functional areas, resources, and systems inside a company and align them with the external environment to enhance overall performance - Recognize strategic management tools and frameworks and apply them to real business contexts - Process diverse business and industry information to diagnose strategic issues, evaluate strategic alternatives, and formulate a coherent and actionable strategic plan This course is part of Gies College of Business’ suite of online programs, including the iMBA and iMSM. Learn more about admission into these programs and explore how your Coursera work can be leveraged if accepted into a degree program at https://degrees.giesbusiness.illinois.edu/idegrees/.
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Rating | 4.8★ based on 171 ratings |
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Length | 5 weeks |
Effort | 4 weeks of study, 4-6 hours/week |
Starts | Jul 3 (46 weeks ago) |
Cost | $79 |
From | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign via Coursera |
Instructor | Deepak Somaya |
Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
Language | English |
Subjects | Business |
Tags | Business Business Strategy |
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case studies
And it contains case studies for easy adoption of theories and interviews with C level officers what they implemented in real field.
Great case studies.
The case studies particularly are very interesting and relevant.
Great application of examples through case studies.
The course was interesting at the beginning and quite challenging because of its case study and quiz but the next modules is getting more boring because of out dated case studies and no quizzes in the middle of module Very engaged course, I enjoyed it a lot!
The case studies and analysis questions are so thoughtful and thought-provoking.
The case studies were though provoking and very interesting.
I really enjoyed all the practical examples and case studies.
Started Slow then loved it Professor Somaya was great at presenting and teaching complex topics utilizing great case studies and relevant examples.
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highly recommend
I highly recommend the entire course!
Highly recommend!!
I highly recommend this course.
Highly recommend!
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deepak somaya
The Business Strategy coursera contents were well designed, timed and presented with specific real-life examples by Prof. Deepak Somaya and was engaging.
Prof. Deepak Somaya's lectures were engaging and interesting.
Mr. Deepak Somaya has been the best lecturer I've encountered thus far, his method of teaching is commendable and always explains himself well with lots of examples.
Kudos to professor Mr. Deepak Somaya.
Thank professor Deepak Somaya !
Thank you Professor Deepak Somaya!
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easy to understand
The professor delivered the material in an easy to understand format and made an extreme effort to ensure that the class was engaging.
I found the course interactive, with examples easy to understand yet challenging.
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about business strategy
I really learnt a lot about business strategy while doing that course.
really practical knowledge gaining tool The most insightfull lecture for analyzing companies I gained a lot of new and useful knowledge about business strategy Very good one Thanks for offering a useful course with lots of supporting videos, presentations, pdf files, and materials to test my comprehension level.
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highly recommended
Thank you T Good course, thank You, Deepak Somaya Highly recommended course for anyone looking for foundational and advanced knowledge of strategy.
Highly recommended to anyone who wants to learn the basics of business strategy.
Highly recommended and I look forward to the next module.
Highly recommended!
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competitive advantage
I recommend it to manager who want sustained competitive advantage Really great course!
One of the best course and best professor ever I came across, excellent learning on various business strategy concepts with live cases and examples thanks This is a very comprehensive course and I have learned a lot, from how important it is for leaders to lay a good foundation from vision and mission, how business models determined the competitiveness of an organization and how a business can have a sustainable competitive advantage.
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real life
The professor is very clear in explaining the concepts, and the writing assignments really help in learning how to apply the concepts to real life cases.
I really like the course however it was too short and generic, and writing a memo as a repetation of the course was not that exhilarating...I haven´t used the discussion forums too much however I was expecting more on building business models...Probably it will be the subject of the next package but still 3 courses were too little as coverage....I really liked the alagories and interviews from real life experiences and thank you for the effort...
Other courses were more theoretical-based but this specific course was provided with more detailed-orientated real life examples.
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learning experience
Good learning experience, I enjoyed it!
Nice learning experience The lectures are way too political.
Great learning experience!
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writing assignments
Unlike in some of the other courses, the professor seems to have put a bit of thought and creativity into the way that he presents the material, and it somehow feels more personal than the other courses.I also like the open-ended and longer-form writing assignments.
The writing assignments did get a bit cumbersome at times, but did fortify retention of the information presented for me.
really liked
I also really liked Dr. Stepslov and our evenings with him!
I really liked the personal touch that he used in the lessons!
strategic fit
Great course enjoyed it The course tries to help the reader analyse the business models and help to identify the strategic fit for the organization.
And how to get internal coherence towards the business module and overall strategic fit within the organization and outside challenges under the definition of V A R S framework.
There is learning over best strategic fit of activities, resources and capabilities along best use of value chain and network chain to develop best economic value added.
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Rating | 4.8★ based on 171 ratings |
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Length | 5 weeks |
Effort | 4 weeks of study, 4-6 hours/week |
Starts | Jul 3 (46 weeks ago) |
Cost | $79 |
From | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign via Coursera |
Instructor | Deepak Somaya |
Download Videos | On all desktop and mobile devices |
Language | English |
Subjects | Business |
Tags | Business Business Strategy |
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