The class had in excess of 90,000 enrolled students across the globe, the discussion forums were lively reinforcing learning with such a diverse backgrounds. I found this course beneficial as much of my personal strategic management learning was done via textbooks, this was reinforcement and I was glad I spent the time to review current business strategy.
Thursday 7 August 2014
Foundations of Business Strategy
Having just completed my latest online course on Foundations of Business Strategy at the Darden School of Business of the University of Virginia, I feel the ongoing experiment of online learning is gaining traction.
While I may not have engaged in the case studies directly due to backpacking through Europe at the time, I feel I reinforced already gained knowledge through strategic management courses previously undertaken. I downloaded and watched all video lectures when offline on planes, buses and trains; I read the downloaded chapters made available from the reference book and reviewed the discussion forums when online.
For the six weeks the course ran a weekly case study from Google Inc, Redhook Beer Company Inc, Apple Computer Inc, Sony Playstation 4, Piaggo and The Walt Disney Company ensured the class applied the learning in a traditional business educational environment. Analysis included SWOT, value chain, competitor, environmental, five forces, competitive life cycle, capability, strategy maps and diversification matrices.
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