Course description
Accelerated Management Program
Earn an official certificate of professional achievement from Yale University.
In today’s evolving business landscape, there’s a need for leaders with the core management skills and knowledge to analyze and make complex business decisions across all facets of an organization. The Accelerated Management Program, from the Yale School of Management Executive Education, provides you with core skills and tools for managing a business more effectively. Through a unique integrated curriculum from a world-renowned business school, you’ll learn to overcome challenges across organizational functions, by understanding the connected elements of modern business.
Over the course of eight weeks online, you’ll engage with a raw case study (from Yale SOM’s unique directory of case studies) as you explore fundamental business management topics, such as decision-making using quantitative models, developing a competitive strategy, and leveraging social networks. You’ll also learn about the time value of money, and develop the ability to interpret financial statements and value a project or company.
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Who should attend?
Is this program for you?
This online management program is beneficial for professionals at early, mid, and advanced career stages. It will benefit managers who want to improve their strategic and managerial abilities in current or future roles. Senior managers, executives, business owners, and entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to sharpen their analytical problem-solving skills with updated knowledge from first-class faculty. For non-management professionals, this non-credit-bearing online course offers the opportunity to develop key business and leadership skills, validated with a certificate of participation from Yale SOM Executive Education.
Training content
Explore the connections between organizational functions and advance your business management skills as you work through the weekly modules of this online program, guided by expert Yale SOM faculty.
Orientation module
Welcome to your Online Campus
Module 1
Making decisions under uncertainty
Module 2
Crafting a competitive strategy
Module 3
Leveraging networks
Module 4
Understanding the time value of money
Module 5
Making decisions under constraints
Module 6
Interpreting financial statements: Cash versus wealth
Module 7
Valuing companies
Module 8
Analyzing a complex business decision
Course delivery details
Duration
- 8 weeks Excluding orientation
- 8–10 hours per week Self-paced learning online
Certification / Credits
- Learn core business management skills and earn an official certificate of participation from the Yale School of Management Executive Education.
- Assessment is continuous and based on a series of practical assignments completed online. In order to be issued with your digital certificate, you’ll need to meet the requirements outlined in the program handbook. The handbook will be made available to you as soon as you begin the program.
- Your digital certificate will be issued in your legal name and couriered to you, at no additional cost, upon successful completion of the program, as per the stipulated requirements.
What will set you apart
On completion of this program, you’ll walk away with:
- The ability to apply analytical problem-solving to complex business decisions.
- The tools to develop a competitive strategy for your organization.
- The knowledge needed to calculate the time value of money and analyze financial statements, and to value a project or company.
- Unlimited access to 2U’s Career Engagement Network, offering you exclusive resources and events to support your professional journey and drive your career forward.
Why choose GetSmarter?
- Data-driven course selection
- Outcomes-based design
- People-mediated delivery
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