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The Open University

Sustainable Business Strategy for Future Leaders

The Open University via Coursera Specialization

Overview

This course equips you with the skills to explore and develop sustainable business strategies effectively to achieve positive outcomes and business success. These skills will empower you to navigate the complexities of sustainable business, drive innovation, and create meaningful change within your organizations, projects and communities. This course has a global focus and is suitable for: Professionals currently working or aspiring to work in management or leadership roles Those who want to build their knowledge from a personal perspective Individuals thinking of starting a new business venture Experienced managers who want to cement their knowledge The skills you learn can be applied in a wide range of roles and industries, across large corporates, public or third sector, or small to medium enterprises (SMEs). You’ll explore real world sustainable business challenges and undertake analysis in preparation for developing an action plan. You will identify, assess and refine solutions, along with honing problem solving and stakeholder engagement skills. Via text-based resources and task books, you’ll gain comprehensive understanding and benefit from in-depth reference points as you formulate your ideas and plans. Please be advised that some course materials are duplicated in 'Creating a Successful and Sustainable Business' , a course developed by The Open University and offered on The Open University platform. Consequently, we advise against enrolling on both.

Syllabus

Course 1: Understanding the need for a sustainable business
- Offered by The Open University. This course will help you to discover the features of sustainable business and how you can adopt these for ... Enroll for free.

Course 2: Thinking about sustainable business systemically
- Offered by The Open University. On this course, you’ll examine the process, methodology and impact of global circular economy initiatives. ... Enroll for free.

Course 3: Critical thinking for sustainable business solutions
- Offered by The Open University. This course will help you to discover how to flip your logical thinking and reasoning mind to enable you to ... Enroll for free.

Course 4: From prototyping to validating business models
- Offered by The Open University. On this course, you’ll discover what sustainable business value means in the context of prototyping and ... Enroll for free.

Taught by

Haider Ali

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