Strategy case study
Analyse a recent acquisition and judge whether it created value.
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Business & management · 60Intermediate
Strategy Consultant
Future consultants or corporate strategy analysts.
Competitive analysis and growth strategy, spreadsheet models, customer and operations analytics, then corporate strategy and leadership.
266hours of coursework
27weeks at 10 h
4steps
22courses
3universities
Target skills
Corporate StrategyData-Driven Decision-MakingStakeholder ManagementBusiness EthicsStrategic Decision-MakingStrategic ThinkingPeer ReviewBusiness StrategiesOrganizational StrategyBusiness StrategyMilestones (Project Management)Project Management
Skill labels as listed on Coursera.
Target jobs
- Strategy consultant
- Corporate development analyst
- Strategy officer
Progression
- 1University of VirginiaBeginner
Stated prerequisites: No prior experience required
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Foundations of Business Strategy Beginner 9 h 4.8 (3,430) Advanced Business Strategy Beginner 10 h 4.8 (1,175) Business Growth Strategy — 11 h 4.7 (727) Strategic Planning and Execution — 11 h 4.7 (920) Business Strategy in Practice (Project-centered Course) — 12 h 4.7 (220) - 2University of PennsylvaniaBeginnerMicrosoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint
Stated prerequisites: High-school math through pre-calculus suggested
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Fundamentals of Quantitative Modeling — 10 h 4.6 (9,396) Introduction to Spreadsheets and Models — 8 h 4.2 (3,893) Modeling Risk and Realities — 9 h 4.6 (2,227) Decision-Making and Scenarios — 9 h 4.6 (1,735) Wharton Business and Financial Modeling Capstone — 16 h 4.5 (525) - 3University of PennsylvaniaBeginnerMicrosoft Excel
Stated prerequisites: No prior experience required
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Customer Analytics — 14 h 4.6 (11,993) Operations Analytics Beginner 12 h 4.7 (5,150) People Analytics — 11 h 4.6 (6,194) Accounting Analytics — 12 h 4.5 (3,029) Business Analytics Capstone Intermediate 16 h 4.5 (780) - 4University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBeginner
Stated prerequisites: No prior experience required
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Leading Teams: Developing as a Leader Beginner 14 h 4.8 (6,700) Leading Teams: Building Effective Team Cultures Beginner 14 h 4.8 (2,491) Designing the Organization Beginner 13 h 4.7 (1,776) Managing the Organization Beginner 13 h 4.8 (1,553) Business Strategy Intermediate 19 h 4.8 (2,100) Corporate Strategy Intermediate 11 h 4.7 (1,196) Strategic Leadership and Management Capstone Beginner 12 h 4.7 (395)
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Projects to build
Costed business plan
Model three growth scenarios for a company in a spreadsheet and their effect on cash.
Board recommendation
Write a ten-page memo to the executive committee on a strategic option.
Free textbooks
Mastering Strategic ManagementUniversity of Minnesota Libraries PublishingFree, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Principles of ManagementOpenStaxFree (OpenStax)