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MBA Essentials ONLINE CERTIFICATE COURSE

Enhance your managerial and leadership competencies with an online course covering the key management skills essential for the successful running of any organisation.

ABOUT THIS COURSE

£2,800

The contemporary business environment is defined by frequent and considerable change; in industry, markets, and technological advances. The MBA Essentials from The

8-12 hours per

London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

week of self-

arms you with essential hard and soft business skills to

paced learning,

not only react and adapt to such changes, but to excel in

entirely online

any business context. Using an immersive, interactive and ed learning model, you’ll enhance your managerial and leadership competencies at a fraction of the cost and

10 weeks

commitment of a traditional MBA.

excluding 1 week orientation

This course balances the knowledge and theory which will enable you to think differently and make better

Note: this MBA Essentials online certificate

decisions with the practical skills and techniques required to

course is not a credit-bearing course. It

achieve a greater impact within your organisation. You’ll also

does not guarantee entrance into an MBA.

have the opportunity to expand your professional network

If you wish to apply for an MBA, you should

by collaborating and engaging with an international cohort

be aware of the specific entry requirements

of like-minded business leaders on the course.

and prerequisites.

WHAT THE COURSE COVERS This 10-week course focuses on three core pillar of business management and leadership: The Strategic Environment, The Financial Toolkit, and The Human Element. Using a case study-based approach, guided by LSE experts, you’ll learn to: •

Enhance your organisation’s competitive advantage through a better understanding of your business context and environment

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Use technical business and finance skills to understand, analyse and optimise a business

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Use human behaviour insights and leadership frameworks to effectively influence at all levels within your organisation, and externally – with investors and consumers

More than 83% of employers plan to hire new business school graduates in 2018, according to a GMAC® employer poll.1 MBA-ready skills not only set you apart as a professional or MBA applicant, but also increase your earning and career development potential. Source: gmac.com

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LSE MBA Essentials online certificate course

This course is certified by the United Kingdom D Certification Service, and may be applicable to individuals who are of, or are associated with, UK-based professional bodies. The course has an estimated 100 hours of learning. Note: should you wish to claim D activity, the onus is upon you. The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and GetSmarter accept no responsibility, and cannot be held responsible, for the claiming or validation of hours or points.

THIS COURSE IS FOR YOU IF:

You’re looking to

You’d like to advance

You’re preparing to

You’re considering an

develop and improve

your career, with

transition into a new

MBA – at some point

your effectiveness

key MBA skills and

role, organisation

in the future – and

as a leader, with

validation in the form

or industry, and

would like to build

enhanced managerial

of an LSE certificate

are looking for the

your foundational

inspiration and ideas to

knowledge

and business skills

make a positive impact from day one

WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE? This course is designed for anyone in a managerial or leadership position, or aspiring towards one, as well as professionals and specialists who wish to gain holistic business knowledge to progress or transition in their careers. Given the nature of the course, it is suitable for anyone who works within an organisation, owns their own business, or plans to do so. There are no formal academic prerequisites for the course, however some business experience and numerical proficiency are recommended.

Professor Paul Kelly

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Pro-Director, Teaching and Learning, LSE Online education allows the London School of Economics and Political Science to make our state-of-the-art social science research accessible to the widest possible audience, in a format which is practical and will have real-world application and impact.

LSE MBA Essentials online certificate course

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What is LSE? Learn more about

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN This online course integrates rich, interactive media such as videos, infographics, and e-learning activities, as well as traditional didactic components such as written study guides (course notes). There are also opportunities for collaborative learning through discussion forums. The following modules contribute to the holistic approach your learning path takes:

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Orientation

Module (1 week): Welcome to your Online Campus

You’ll be welcomed with a personal call and get introduced to your online teaching and technical network. Begin connecting with fellow students while exploring the navigation and tools of your Online Campus. Be alerted to key milestones in the learning path, and review how your results will be calculated and distributed. You’ll be required to complete your student profile, confirm your certificate delivery address, and submit a digital copy of your port/identity document.

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Leading

with influence

Discover the principles and techniques to effectively influence at all levels of your organisation, building your influence and impact with direct reports, organisational leaders and other stakeholders. You’ll also learn to use nonverbal behaviour to increase your power at work, improving your ability to influence others.

LSE MBA Essentials online certificate course

SECTION I: The Strategic Environment

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Economics

for managers

Understand the key economic principles and market forces that underpin any business as you learn about the interaction between supply and demand, and the implications for making decisions about pricing. You’ll also investigate the economic factors to be taken into consideration when determining what to produce.

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Competitive

strategy

Identify the importance of competitive advantage, and how this can be created as you discover more about the industry value chain and value creation. In doing so, you’ll learn how to use resources and positioning as sources of competitive advantage, and how to respond to threats to your competitive advantage.

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Corporate strategy Explore how organisations can expand their business activities, investigating the advantages and disadvantages of vertical integration and horizontal expansion. You’ll apply these concepts to real-world examples and case studies, helping you identify the different growth options available to a company.

SECTION II: The Financial Toolkit

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Financial

ing

Improve your financial expertise as you explore the principles of financial ing, identifying how financial information is used by various stakeholders in making business decisions, and learn how to compile and analyse income statements, balance sheets and cash flow statements.

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Management ing Explore how you can use financial tools such as budgeting, cost-volume-profit analysis, costing methods, and investment appraisal techniques to make better business decisions. You’ll be armed with vital, reassuring analytical techniques that also enable you to build confidence and for your ideas and activities within your organisation.

. Analysing

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financial statements

Learn to interpret and analyse financial statements and annual reports, using ratio analyses and financial insights to gauge the financial health and performance of a business. You’ll also enhance your knowledge of corporate governance – the foundation on which financial reporting is built – and how it is incorporated into modern business practices.

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between key international actors, as well as the

SECTION III: The Human Element

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In the

mind of the manager

Gain awareness of the common decision traps that managers fall into and how to avoid these to become a better decision maker. You’ll discover techniques for minimising bias in judgements about people and finances in the workplace. You’ll learn about heuristic and bias tendencies – increasing your self awareness with a view to becoming a better intuitive decision maker.

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“Nudging” behaviour Learn how to influence your peers and the decisions made by consumers with nudging techniques, as you explore the concept of choice architecture, which is used to influence consumer behaviour by making it easier for consumers to make decisions.

10

Organisational

culture as a leadership tool

Investigate when culture change might be necessary to meet strategic objectives by enhancing your knowledge of organisational culture, and the relationship between culture and leadership. Examine the multi-layered and complex nature of culture, and explore the advantages and disadvantages of a strong culture, as well as exploring how an organisational culture is changed.

Dr Connson Locke Course Convenor, Assistant Professor of Management

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The MBA Essentials online course will equip

students with the critical skills to be effective managers and organisational leaders in the 21st century. The course will enable them to improve their understanding of their own organisation and think differently to make improved business decisions.

LSE MBA Essentials online certificate course

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WHO YOU’LL LEARN FROM These subject matter experts from LSE guide the course design and appear in a number of course videos.

Course Convenor DR CONNSON LOCKE Assistant Professor of Management

Connson Locke is a Senior Lecturer in the LSE Department of Management. Connson ed LSE in 2008 from the Boston Consulting Group and her areas of expertise are leadership, negotiation, decision making and organisational behaviour. She is part of the academic leadership team for the Executive Global Master’s in Management, LSE’s cutting edge alternative to an MBA, and also teaches the School’s most successful executive course on campus: Achieving Leadership Excellence. Connson holds a PhD and MSc in Organisational Behaviour from the University of California, Berkeley and a BA in Sociology from Harvard University. Her research interests include gender and leadership, diversity, and organisational culture.

Course Co-designers DR JORDI BLANES I VIDAL Associate Professor of Managerial Economics and Strategy

Jordi Blanes i Vidal is an Associate Professor of Managerial Economics and Strategy at LSE and teaches on LSE’s Executive Global Master’s in Management. He is an expert in organisational economics, leadership, human resource management and the political economy. Prior to ing the LSE academic team, Jordi was a Prize Research Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford University and a visiting scholar at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). He studied his economics Master’s and PhD at LSE.

LSE MBA Essentials online certificate course

DR BARBARA FASOLO Associate Professor of Behavioural Science

Barbara Fasolo is an Associate Professor of Behavioural Science at LSE and the Programme Director for LSE’s Executive Master’s in Behavioural Science. An expert in choice processes and choice architecture, she has multiple publications in both peer-reviewed academic journals and media outlets, such as the Harvard Business Review. Barbara is the head of the LSE Behavioural Research Lab and is a member of various behavioural science and decision making associations.

KHAMID IRGASHEV Chartered ant and LSE Lecturer

Khamid Irgashev is a teacher in LSE’s ing Department. He is an ACA and ACCA chartered qualified ant with considerable experience in various industries, including financial services (banking and insurance), retail, manufacturing and publishing. Khamid also has a plethora of experience in coaching and leadership. In addition to his role at LSE, he is an Assistant Professor at Hult International Business School and a Visiting Lecturer at West London College.

GetSmarter, with whom LSE are collaborating to deliver this online course, provide a personalised approach to online education which ensures you’re ed throughout your learning journey.

LSE MBA Essentials online certificate course

Head Tutor The Head Tutor is a subject expert who manages the course presentation. An integral part of your learning journey, they lead a team of Tutors who provide direction, guidance, and .

DR KATIE BEST LSE Chief Examiner

Katie is an experienced business and leadership educator, with a track record in deg and delivering high-impact learning programmes. She takes an interactive, creative approach to training, lecturing and development – using coaching, facilitating and creativity techniques to help students on their learning journeys. She has been published in top-ranking academic journals, including Organization Studies and Human Relations, and carries out consultancy and research in the fields of leadership, strategy and communication, with a particular interest in video methods and organisational space. She has worked for and with LSE since 2012 – first as a Foundation of Management Education Fellow, and now as Module Leader on Core Management Concepts, and Head Tutor on MBA Essentials. Other partners she has worked with include Cass Business School, University of Law, Kaplan, ICAEW (Institute of Chartered ants of England and Wales), the V&A Museum, KPMG and Lewis Silkin LLP.

YOUR SUCCESS TEAM

GetSmarter, with whom LSE are collaborating to deliver this online course, provide a personalised approach to online education which ensures you’re ed throughout your learning journey

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queries and concerns

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A POWERFUL COLLABORATION The London School of Economics and Political Science is collaborating with online education provider, GetSmarter, to create a new class of learning experience — one that is high-touch, intimate, and personalised for the working professional.

WHAT ARE LSE ONLINE CERTIFICATE COURSES? LSE is dedicated to addressing global issues through research and education, and is the most

WHAT IS LSE?

international of all British universities. By offering

The London School of Economics and Political

of the art social sciences research and insights

Science (LSE) is the world’s leading dedicated

available to a wider global audience. The ed,

social science university. LSE was founded in

interactive online learning model allows students to

1895 with the aim of understanding the causes

study from anywhere in the world, at times of their

of things for the “betterment of society”. This

convenience, whilst still interacting with peers and

is still at the heart of LSE and we seek to

teaching staff alike.

make our research and teaching practical and

online certificate courses, designed by expert LSE faculty , the School aims to make its state

international of all British universities, LSE has

WHAT IS GETSMARTER?

students from over 160 countries, and over

GetSmarter, a wholly-owned subsidiary of 2U, Inc.,

100 languages spoken on campus. Graduates

is a digital education company that partners with

of LSE earn higher incomes, on average, than

the world’s leading universities to select, design and

those of any other university in the United

deliver online short courses with a data-

Kingdom, and the School has educated more

driven focus on learning gain.

relevant to the real world. The School counts 16 Nobel Prize winners and 34 world leaders amongst its alumni and staff. The most

billionaires than any other in Europe. Technology meets academic rigour in our peoplemediated model which enables lifelong learners

Learning online

across the globe to obtain industry-relevant skills that are certified by the world’s most reputable academic institutions.

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HOW YOU’LL LEARN

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This course is broken down into manageable,

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weekly modules, designed to accelerate your

each course module. Both Adobe applications

learning process through diverse learning

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activities:

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Work through your instructional material online

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Collaborate with your classmates on projects via the discussion forum and online hangouts

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Enjoy a wide range of interactive content, including video lectures, live polls, scenario simulations, and infographics

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Investigate current, real-world case studies

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Apply what you learn each week to quiz assessments and ongoing project submissions, as you gain the key business

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Browser requirements We recommend that you use Google Chrome as your internet browser when accessing the Online Campus. Although this is not a requirement, we have found that this browser performs best for ease of access to course material. This browser can be ed here.

Additional requirements

skills to thrive in any environment.

Certain courses may require additional software

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

resource requirements will be communicated to

Basic requirements

you may have difficulty in accessing course

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content. Please check with a Course Consultant

current email and access to a computer

before ing for this course if you have any

and the internet. You should be familiar with

concerns about this affecting your experience

using a computer and accessing the internet,

with the Online Campus.

as you may need to be able to read documents

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and resources. These additional software and you upon registration and/or at the beginning of the course. Please note that Google, Vimeo, and YouTube may be used in our course delivery, and if these services are blocked in your jurisdiction,

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