Business Strategy and Operations Certificate
Online - 330 hours

As corporate business processes and technology change for the better, employees must be trained on the new systems and processes to ensure rapid adoption and minimize rework. Training also ensures that a common base of knowledge is developed and shared with staff as they come onboard or take on new roles. But while every to enterprise wants develop high-quality programs, professional development budgets can quickly balloon without a sound, strategic vision and approach to applications and operations training. 

Program contains five curriculum areas

·        Business Law

·        Operations Curriculum

·        Strategic Planning Curriculum

·        Marketing Curriculum

·        e-Business Curriculum

Business Law

-       Fundamentals of Business Law

Operations Curriculum

-       Managing Customer-Driven Process Improvement

-       Lean Manufacturing

-       Logistics Management

-       ISO 9000:2000 Overview

-       Supply Chain Management

Strategic Planning Curriculum

-       How to Write a Business Case

-       Strategic IT Planning

-       Strategic Management

-       The Fundamentals of Globalization

-       Systems Thinking in the 21st Century

-       Technology Forecasting

-       Global Business Strategy

-       Value-Chain Analysis to Create Competitive Advantage

-       Competitive Intelligence

-       Moving From an Operational Manager to a Strategic Thinker

Marketing Curriculum

-       Strategic Marketing in Action

-       Strategic Brand Management

-       Online Branding Strategy

-       Competitive Marketing Strategies

-       Product Management Essentials

e-Business Curriculum

-       e-business Foundations

-       e-Business for Customer Relationship Management

-       e-Commerce Series

 Recommended System Requirements:

• Intel® Pentium® 166 MHz processor or greater
• 64 MB RAM minimum, 128 MB recommended
• Minimum video resolution of 800x600, with 16-bit color
• Internet Connection
• Connection speed of 40 Kbps minimum, 56 Kbps recommended
• Windows® 95, 98, 2000, NT or XP
• Valid Email address
• Supported browser versions: Internet Explorer (5x - 6x), Netscape Communicator 4.7 - 7.2
• Allow cookies

Java Runtime Support

• Microsoft JVM is supported with Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x and greater

Web Accessibility Support

• Supports JAWS screen reader software, versions 3.7u, 4.0, and 4.50
• JAWS 3.7u and Jaws 4.0 require 256 color resolution