| "Introduction to Java Programming – Part 2" |
| "Do you want to become a better problem solver? This Java course will provide you with a strong understanding of basic Java programming elements and data abstraction using problem representation and the object-oriented framework. As the saying goes, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” This course will use sample objects such as photos or images to illustrate some important concepts to enhance understanding and retention. You will learn to write procedural programs using variables, arrays, control statements, loops, recursion, data abstraction and objects in an integrated development environment. This course is comprised of two 5-week parts. Part 1 introduces programming fundamentals. Part 2 covers additional advanced topics."
Price: 99.00  |
| "Introduction to Java Programming – Part 1" |
| "Do you want to become a better problem solver? This Java course will provide you with a strong understanding of basic Java programming elements and data abstraction using problem representation and the object-oriented framework. As the saying goes, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” This course will use sample objects such as photos or images to illustrate some important concepts to enhance understanding and retention. You will learn to write procedural programs using variables, arrays, control statements, loops, recursion, data abstraction and objects in an integrated development environment. This course is comprised of two 5-week parts. Part 1 introduces programming fundamentals: Problem solving Primitive data types and arithmetic expressions Object-oriented programming basics Branching and Loops Arrays Part 2 covers the following topics: String manipulation File I/O Simple event-driven programming Recursion Abstract data types"
Price: 99.00  |
| "Management in Engineering: Strategy and Leadership" |
| "As part of the Principles of Manufacturing MicroMasters program, this course aims to provide exposure to key principles and practices used in engineering management. Learners are given opportunities to apply basic functional business knowledge from 2.961.1xthrough the analysis of case studies. The focus is on the application of individual skills and management tools required for the management of innovation. Managerial ability is an important element of technology companies in an increasingly global and diverse business environment. This course provides an overview of management issues for graduate engineers. Topics are approached in terms of career options as an engineering practitioner, manager, and entrepreneur. Through selected readings from texts and cases, the focus is on the development of individual skills and management tools. Develop the engineering and management skills needed for competence and competitiveness in today’s manufacturing industry with the Principles of Manufacturing MicroMasters Credential, designed and delivered by MIT’s #1-ranked Mechanical Engineering department in the world. Learners who pass the 8 courses in the program will earn the MicroMasters Credential and qualify to apply to gain credit towards MIT’s Master of Engineering in Advanced Manufacturing & Design program."
Price: 175.00  |
| "Tools for Academic Engagement in Public Policy" |
| "As public policies become increasingly complex and technical in nature there is a clear need for scientifically informed solutions to major public policy challenges. However, most researchers do not have the training to effectively engage with policymakers. This short course will provide an essential introduction to the policymaking process through the lens of the U.S. federal government, while providing specific steps researchers can take to engage policy stakeholders and articulate the policy implications of their work. Specifically, it will focus on: Understanding the complex public policy ecosystem, its many stakeholders, and the role research and evidence play in the creation of public policy, Strategies for informing the policymaking community with research results, Developing a pitch for policy audiences, and The importance of building two-way dialogues with policymakers"
Price: 199.00  |
| "Management in Engineering: Accounting and Planning" |
| "Managerial ability is an important element of technology companies in an increasingly global and diverse business environment. Combining learned heuristics and techniques for effective decision-making while leveraging technical knowledge is a highly in-demand skill by employers at technical companies. This course will help you bridge the gap between engineers and business people, placing you in an important position that few others can fill. As part of the Principles of Manufacturing MicroMasters program, this course aims to teach learners key principles and practices used in engineering management. You will first learn basic business functional knowledge--financial accounting, sales, marketing, operations, and topics related to entrepreneurship. The focus is on the development of individual skills and management tools. Develop the engineering and management skills needed for competence and competitiveness in today's manufacturing industry with the Principles of Manufacturing MicroMasters Credential, designed and delivered by MIT's #1-ranked Mechanical Engineering department in the world. Learners who pass the 8 courses in the program will earn the MicroMasters Credential and qualify to apply to gain credit towards MIT's Master of Engineering in Advanced Manufacturing & Design program."
Price: 175.00  |
| "Manufacturing Systems I" |
| "In this course, part of the Principles of Manufacturing MicroMasters program, you will learn how to analyze manufacturing systems to optimize performance and control cost. You will develop an understanding of seemingly opaque production lines with a particular emphasis on random disruptive events – their effects and how to deal with them, as well as inventory dynamics and management. Manufacturing systems are complex and require decision-making skills and analytical analysis. Managers and practitioners use a wide variety of methods to optimize the performance of manufacturing systems and control costs. The many processes and functions involved in building and maintaining these systems demand a high-level of knowledge. In this course, you will learn about these various methods and processes. We will start with a review of probability and statistics, and then cover topics in linear programming, queueing theory, inventory management and the Toyota Production System (TPS). Lastly, we will introduce stochastic manufacturing systems models developed here at MIT. The topics covered will provide the basis for learners to continue into the manufacturing field in such roles as an operations manager or supply chain manager. Develop the skills needed for competence and competitiveness in today’s manufacturing industry with the Principles of Manufacturing MicroMasters Credential, designed and delivered by MIT’s #1-ranked Mechanical Engineering department in the world. Learners who pass the 8 courses in the program will earn the MicroMasters Credential and qualify to apply to gain credit towards MIT’s Master of Engineering in Advanced Manufacturing & Design program."
Price: 175.00  |
| "Digital Transformation in Business" |
| "New technologies and “big data” have transformed every facet of business, from accounting to marketing. Technologies like social media, ecommerce platforms, mobile devices, software services, the cloud, artificial intelligence, and the internet of things have created new business processes and products, while displacing and disrupting many others. In order to stay competitive, business leaders need to understand these emerging technologies, assess their inherent opportunities and challenges, and strategically maneuver the organization to maximize the value--and minimize the risk--of digital transformation. This course will help you assess the most critical digital technologies that affect your business sector and how you can leverage them to realize efficiencies. We’ll discuss when and how to appropriately commoditize the data these technologies produce and ultimately, how the strategic deployment of technology can transform an organization."
Price: 214.00  |
| "Health Informatics for better and safer healthcare" |
| "Healthcare providers around the globe (e.g., doctors, nurses, physical or occupational therapists, etc.) are increasingly relying on health information technology, like electronic health records, for their daily routine tasks. Although using health information technology holds tremendous promises (like personalized and precision medicine to all) it can also result in unforeseen consequences leading to patients’ harm. To fulfill the promise of better and safer care through information technology, health providers need to learn about the existing systems design and capabilities while technical experts (e.g., computer programmers) need to understand the complex healthcare needs and processes. This course aims to bridge the current gaps in health informatics education and introduce the major aspects of the field to novice and advanced clinical and technical audiences. Health & Safety, Medicine, Computer Science"
Price: 49.00  |
| "Catalytic Conversions for Biobased Chemicals and Products" |
| "Biomass is the only renewable feedstock which contains the carbon atoms needed to make the molecules to create chemicals, materials and fuels. However, the majority of our current scientific and industrial knowledge on conversion is based on fossil feedstock processing. Join this course if you want to advance your career and explore the relevant fundamental knowledge on (bio)catalytic conversionfor producing(new) biobased building blocks, chemicals and products. The focus on this course is the design of an effective (catalytic) process for the conversions of biobased feedstocks to desired products. Unique for bioconversion is the presence of the elements O, N, P, S and large quantities of water. You will therefore will explore: Microbial, biochemical and chemical (i.e., catalytic) conversion routes. How to use biocatalysts, home- or heterogeneous catalysts and optimize the process of conversion. Tune catalysts to their specific advantages and disadvantages for biobased conversions. The influence of the reactor choice as an inevitable asset in the process. How to describe the productivity of catalytic processes depending on the choice of the reactor and how the choice of the reactor can add to the stability of the conversion process. The knowledge gained in this course will allow you to design processes specifically targeted on biomass based conversions. Learners will also have the opportunity to interact with chemists, engineers and scientists who mainly focus on the traditional fossil-based conversions. This course is part of the MicroMasters programme in Chemistry and Technology for Sustainability: a series of 3 courses and a final capstone project designed togive you the skills needed tocontribute toand embrace the transition from a fossil-based economy to a biobased one. It's especially valuable to those who have (or ambition to have) a career in industries such as: the (bio)chemical industry, agrifood water companies, energy producers, logistics, and related (non-)governmental organizations. Explore the other courses in the MicroMasters programme: Biorefinery: From Biomass to Building Blocks of Biobased Products From Fossil Resources to Biomass: A Business and Economics Perspective Capstone - Final project and exam (only available to learners who have obtained verified certificates in all other courses of the MicroMasters programme)."
Price: 149.00  |
| "Causal Diagrams: Draw Your Assumptions Before Your Conclusions" |
| "Causal diagrams have revolutionized the way in which researchers ask: What is the causal effect of X on Y? They have become a key tool for researchers who study the effects of treatments, exposures, and policies. By summarizing and communicating assumptions about the causal structure of a problem, causal diagrams have helped clarify apparent paradoxes, describe common biases, and identify adjustment variables. As a result, a sound understanding of causal diagrams is becoming increasingly important in many scientific disciplines. The first part of this course is comprised of seven lessons that introduce causal diagrams and its applications to causal inference. The first lesson introduces causal DAGs, a type of causal diagrams, and the rules that govern them. The second, third, and fourth lessons use causal DAGs to represent common forms of bias. The fifth lesson uses causal DAGs to represent time-varying treatments and treatment-confounder feedback, as well as the bias of conventional statistical methods for confounding adjustment. The sixth lesson introduces SWIGs, another type of causal diagrams. The seventh lesson guides learners in constructing causal diagrams. The second part of the course presents a series of case studies that highlight the practical applications of causal diagrams to real-world questions from the health and social sciences. Professor Photo Credit: Anders Ahlbom"
Price: 99.00  |
| "Biospecimen Research Methods" |
| "This biology and life sciences course will enable you to collect, recognize and utilize a quality human biospecimen. The success of your research depends on the quality of the biospecimens you use. Get ahead of the competition, increase your chances of being published in high impact journals, and open doors to opportunities for working in leading biomedical research laboratories or biobanks. Over 6 weeks, professionals with extensive experience in biobanking from the University of British Columbia and the BC Cancer will teach you the international best practices for biobanking and research involving human biospecimens, based on National Cancer Institute (NCI) and International Society of Biological Environmental Repositories standards (ISBER)."
Price: 99.00  |
| "Una mirada a la gestión de riesgos ambientales y sociales en proyectos del BID" |
| "El BID demuestra un fuerte compromiso con la sostenibilidad a través de sus políticas, normas y directrices para la gestión ambiental y social. Cada política fomenta la sostenibilidad a través de un enfoque con dos vertientes. Por una parte, mejora los resultados de sus proyectos mediante la integración de las preocupaciones ambientales y sociales. Por otra parte, minimiza los impactos negativos en temas tales como: medio ambiente trabajo y condiciones laborales salud y seguridad en la comunidad reasentamiento involuntario pueblos indígenas igualdad de género. Este curso certificado está dirigido a funcionarios de agencias gubernamentales que implementan proyectos financiados por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, coordinadores de proyectos, especialistas ambientales, especialistas sociales, consultores, firmas constructoras y subcontratadas involucrados en la implementación de proyectos, supervisores y fiscalizadores de obra y demás funcionarios públicos relacionados con la preparación e implementación de proyectos, sociedad civil, y en general todo interesado en el desarrollo sostenible. Este curso es ofrecido por el Instituto Interamericano para el Desarrollo Económico y Social (INDES) del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo en el marco del Project Learning Academy."
Price: 25.00  |
| "Pensamiento creativo" |
| "¿Consideras que personajes como Picasso, Leonardo Da Vinci, Botero son creativos? ¿Crees que para reconocer una idea o un producto creativo, ésta debe ser reconocida mundialmente? ¿Crees que tú o tus estudiantes pueden tener ideas creativas o eso sólo es para personajes como los que acabamos de mencionar? ¿Realmente sabes qué es creatividad? Si quieres entender ¿qué es la creatividad?, o saber si puedes desarrollar creatividad y cómo podrías identificarla y promoverla en tus aulas de clase, éste curso es para ti. En este curso veremos las principales aproximaciones que se han hecho para estudiar y entender el concepto de creatividad y nos centraremos en la concepción cognitiva de la misma; veremos los principales puntos de encuentro entre las diferentes teorías presentadas a través de ejercicios prácticos, reflexiones y autoevaluaciones. Si bien no hay una definición estándar de creatividad, en muchos casos no somos conscientes de la aplicación de nuestros propios procesos cognitivos para generar o reconocer actos o productos creativos; por eso, preparamos este curso. Anímate a tomarlo y resuelve tus inquietudes al respecto."
Price: 29.00  |
| "Comisión de la Verdad Colombia" |
| "Promover y contribuir al conocimiento y apropiación del mandato de La Comisión de la Verdad, sus avances y retos, en diversos actores y sectores de la sociedad Colombiana y las comunidades en el exilio. Este curso no busca indagar en una verdad judicial, el objetivo de esta Comisión se centra en recoger y explicar una verdad histórica que permita, desde diversas voces de víctimas, actores y sectores, comprender por qué nos pasó lo que nos pasó y cómo lograr que estos hechos atroces no continúen y no se vuelvan a repetir. La Comisión ESCUCHA y COMPRENDE con el objetivo de TRANSFORMAR."
Price: 49.00  |
| "Railway Engineering: An Integral Approach" |
| "Have you ever wondered what it takes to get your train on the right platform at the scheduled time every day?Journey with us into the world of rail - a complex system that connects people, cities and countries.Railway systems entail much more than a train and a track. They are based on advanced technical and operational solutions, dealing with continuously changing demands for more efficient transport for both passengers and freight every day. Each system consists of many components that must be properly integrated: from trains, tracks, stations, signaling and control systems, through monitoring, maintenance and the impact on cities, landscape and people. This integration is the big challenge and the source of many train delays, inconvenient connections and other issues that impact our society.This engineering course attempts to tackle those issues by introducing you to a holistic approach to railway systems engineering. You will learn how the system components depend on each other to create a reliable, efficient and state-of-the-art network.We will address questions such as: How do railways work and how did they evolve over time? How do different components of the railway system interact? What is the effect of railways from an urban, social and economic point of view? What can be done to improve the monitoring and maintenance of tracks? How are timetables designed in a way that balances passenger demand with the capacity of the railway and is adaptable to handle unexpected disturbances? How to prevent and deal with disturbances caused by external factors? How does the design of railways influence their performance over time? A new serious game has been designed for this course to guide you through the process of decision making while building a rail network and maintaining it. Cities have to be connected in an ever-changing setting, dealing with wear, capacity, developments and disturbances. How will your choices affect the performance of the system?This first ever MOOC on railway systems engineering is delivered by the renowned experts of TU Delft and leading professionals working in the industry. It combines theoretical knowledge with practical examples, with the main objective to maintain a high degree of reliability under predictable and unknown circumstances.If you want to learn about the science behind the exciting world of railway systems - whether train, metro or tram - this course will set you on the right track!"
Price: 50.00  |
| "Art and Design in the Digital Age" |
| "We tend to think of art and technology as two separate, almost opposite things. But what if we showed you that the development of technology owes its debt to artists? And that art would not be what it is, without technology? ""The digital age"", born out of the scientific and technological revolutions of the last 500 years, exposes the artificial divergence of disciplinary categories. It is an exciting moment in art and design history. On the one hand, technological tools change what we are capable of doing – and contemporary artists/designers indeed use those technologies with much imagination: from image processing to immersive virtual environments; from social networks to flash mobs and cyber-attacks; from fake news to surveillance systems - art had never had so many tools to play while directly interacting with us within our social realities. On the other hand, art does so while examining, distorting, criticizing and inventing new technologies as it allows us to imagine the furthest frontiers of what technology may be able to do. This course aims to look at these inter-disciplinary cross-overs between art, design and technology while asking: how does this new technological age is changing our culture, society and life? What do these teach us about ourselves? How can we reflect through it about our pasts, presents and futures? The course is aimed at anyone who is curious about what it means to be born and to live in ""the digital age"". The course combines lectures, interviews with theoreticians and artists, artwork analysis, case studies and stimulating discussions. The course also offers some practical exercises that will introduce you to basics in programming, digital image processing and 3D printing. You would not need preliminary knowledge of art history, but such knowledge may be helpful. This course was created and produced by Shenkar - Engineering. Design. Art."
Price: 49.00  |
| "Let’s Get Happy: Happiness Drives Performance" |
| "In this course you will learn about great culture – the goal of every great leader. Find out how happy you are personally and at work, be able to make the case for happiness at work as a critical strategic approach, understand how happy project and technical professionals are right how, and learn how to build you own personal happiness and happiness at work Practical tools and techniques for use right away to be happier, more productive, more promotable, and more passionate at work. This is the first course in the Reimagining Leadership certificate. This certificate offers an extraordinary opportunity to spend some quality time with yourself to assess your current level of soft skills, clearly define your core self, and build soft skills which are essential to professional, not to mention life, success This course is the first in a series of leadership courses. The second course is Let’s Get Started: You First! which will be offered in the summer of 2020. Great leaders, create great culture, which yields great work: G3. Great culture, where individuals flourish and organizations thrive, requires happiness as a competitive strategy. This course provides both new ideas and practical applications you can use immediately. You’ll learn that soft skills are so important that they are now called POWER SKILLS. They are the most sought-after skills by recruiters and hiring managers. Power skills are key to creating and sustaining happiness at work. Happiness drives performance. Get the Models - Understand what happiness and happiness are work are Get Why It Matters - Understand the business case for happiness and happiness at work Get the Data - Establish their personal baseline for happiness and happiness at work Set the Goals - Set personal development goals for increasing happiness and happiness at work Learn the Tools - Learn tools and techniques for how to build happiness and happiness at work Take Action - Build effective action plans to increase happiness and happiness at work Make the Change - Practice new skills to increase happiness and happiness at work Get the Benefit - Be able to build positive workplaces where individuals flourish and organizations thrive Start your journey to becoming a Great Leader, creating Great Culture, yielding Great Work with Happiness at Work!"
Price: 199.00  |
| "Let’s Get Started: You First!" |
| "Great leaders are just ordinary people with the right skills at the right time. To become a great leader, however, you have to know yourself well. This means acknowledging and embracing your strengths. It also means understanding and learning to manage your weaknesses. It’s tougher than that sounds. How do you know what your strengths and weaknesses are? What are your core personality attributes? How do you make decisions? What’s your decision-making style? How do you know? How do you know accurately? This certificate offers an extraordinary opportunity to spend some quality time with yourself to assess your current level of soft skills, clearly define your core self, and build soft skills which are essential to professional, not to mention life, success. Knowing what you can change and what you can’t is invaluable knowledge. Stop investing in trying to change the unchangeable -- your traits -- and learn to work with them. Stop trying to change others’ traits, too. Learn to work with your strengths, build new skills and perfect existing ones. Then do the same for your team. To start, you must have self-awareness. Within self-awareness are several dimensions essential for effective leadership:: emotional intelligence personal values cognitive style, how you think orientation to change core personality attributes With the exception of core personality traits which are much less open to change, all other areas of self-awareness are open for development. Verified learners can access the Power Lab to take self-assessments and receive confidential, benchmarked results. In this course, self-assessments include: core self-evaluation, core personality attributes, self-awareness, and cognitive style, how you make decisions. From these assessments, verified learners can identify their current strengths and opportunities for growth. You can set goals for your own development with confidence. And, you will learn key practices for how to move from goal to action to strength. Immediately useful takeaways from this course include enormous self-knowledge of your: self-awareness and how to improve it core personality attributes and benefits thinking styles and how to deploy them best practice management skills personal SMART goals to develop self-awareness thinking styles management skills Verified learners who enroll in the Power Lab will have these additional takeaways: know current level of self-awareness know core personality attributes know details of how you make decisions, thinking style know current level of management skills set SMART goals against benchmarked self-assessments for your personal development Confidently deploy your current strengths You’ll learn how self-awareness is the super Power Skill, the foundation of all other skills needed to be an effective leader.. They are the most sought-after skills by recruiters and hiring managers. Power skills are key to becoming a great leader. Get the Models - Understand what self-awareness is including emotional intelligence, thinking styles, orientation to change, core self-evaluation, personal values. Understand the key skills within management and leadership. Get Why It Matters - Understand the business case for self-awareness and its components and managerial/leadership skills. Get the Data - Establish your personal baseline for self-awareness and its components as well as management and leadership skills. Set the Goals - Set personal development goals for increasing self-awareness and managerial/leadership skills Learn the Tools - Learn tools and techniques for how to build self-awareness and managerial/leadership skills. Take Action - Build effective action plans to increase self-awareness and managerial/leadership skills Make the Change - Practice new skills to increase your ability to act with self-awareness and improve your managerial/leadership skills Get the Benefit - Be able to develop as a great leader able to create great culture: build positive workplaces where individuals flourish and organizations thrive"
Price: 199.00  |
| "Effective Communication for Program and Project Stakeholders and Teams" |
| "“Everyone communicates, but few connect” is a famous book and message by John C. Maxwell on leadership. The meaning behind this message is that as leaders of programs and projects, we need to be not just communicators, but effective communicators. Obtaining your Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) or similar project management certificate is the first step. But, as you gain program management and project management experience, you realize that effective communication goes beyond what you learned in ""A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge"" (PMBOK). Gaining a program management certification or project management certification (such as the PMP certification) equips you with the necessary project management tools to begin your project or project management career. There is more to effective program and project communication than what is on the PMP exam. For communication from program managers and project managers to be truly effective, there must be understanding beyond what you learned from your professional certification. The communicator and the receiver must use feedback to determine how the message was received and if the communicator created the intended level of understanding in the receiver for the communication to succeed. In this course, you will learn about the Understanding Triad - know-what, know-how, and know-why. The Understanding Triad aids you in crafting just the right level of explanation for all your audiences. The Understanding Triad will make you a more effective program manager, traditional project manager, agile project manager, or certified scrum master. The Project Management Institute, Inc (PMI) teaches that project management communication is the transfer of information. The project or program manager sends messages to their project teams, stakeholders, customers, and executive sponsors. If the program manager or project manager believes that communicating a clear message is enough for good communication, then the manager may be fooled into thinking their communication efforts are complete. Even if there is feedback, the feedback is usually limited to confirming that the message was received as intended. However, communication is not merely the transmission of information. The difference can be days, months, or years of wasted time and effort; or successful, early delivery. Certified program and certified project managers earn 10 professional development units (PDU) as they learn how communication can make a difference in every interaction, and become a truly effective program or project manager. Gain the power skill of communication in this certificate program."
Price: 199.00  |
| "Persuasion and Presence for Program and Project Managers" |
| "Persuasion is the central to leading leaders. As a program manager or project manager, you may lead a team with many senior contributors. Often they will have more experience, more skin in the game, and more reputation at stake. As a program manager, this task is even greater because your time is limited and your span of control across projects even greater. Being a compelling communicator takes more than what you learned for the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) exam or Project Management Professional (PMP) exam. It takes program or project management experience and this certificate program. Program managers must persuade quickly, and with great lasting impact. Program and project managers must persuade and manage their leadership presence for program or project success. Even if you are a traditional program or project manager or manage agile programs or projects, persuasive communication is vital to your success. Communicating more persuasively will lead to more effective risk management. There are complete blindsports in the Project Management Institute, Inc's (PMI)""A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge"" (PMBOK Guide). Applying those processes and skills are just the basics of efficient communication. That’s why certified project managers will earn 10 professional development units (PDU) in this program. You will learn the balance needed to communicate effectively. Aristotle first wrote about balancing logic, emotion, and presence over 2,000 years ago. Creating a balance between ethos, pathos, and logos, the persuader creates a message that grabs the attention of the audience and engages them as people. A person doesn’t understand when they are not paying attention, is not engaged with the speaker, and doesn’t remember what was said. Ethos, pathos, and logos aid the speaker and the listener, by helping to select information to present and how to fashion its delivery for the best effect. In this program management and project management training course, you will go beyond the communication skills you learned for the PMP exam to gain your project management certification. You will learn about the rhetorical triangle and how to use it to craft persuasive communications. Social media and online collaboration tools require new ways of establishing your presence and generating trust between you and your audience. You will also learn how to create an emotional impact even through text messages and emails."
Price: 199.00  |
| "Designing Information Hubs for Program and Project Performance" |
| "Communication complexity rapidly increases even with a few program or project team members and stakeholders. Project managers are the “hub” of their project communication. Program managers are the “hub” of their organization communication to meet strategic goals. Managing these networks is essential whether you manage traditional programs or projects. Or agile programs and projects. Program managers have two additional challenges. First, they must empower their project managers with skills, processes, and assets for information management. Second they must sense and integrate the key performance data to ensure strategic objectives are met, and project processes are improved across the program. As you learned from the Project Management Institute, Inc.'s (PMI)""A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge"" (PMBOK) when preparing for the PMP exam, the number of communication channels grows geometrically with team size. If there are “n” communicators, then the number of communication channels is n*(n-1)/2. That means five team members have 10 channels, but 10 team members have 45 channels to manage. That’s over four times as many channels for doubling the size of a small team! If you imagine each communication channel as a radio station, you can see how quickly the program or project manager can be overwhelmed with all the information coming in. As you gain more program or project management experience, what you learned for the PMP certification or similar professional certification is not sufficient. This course will help you go beyond the knowledge you needed to become a certified project manager. This applies to all project leaders. Whether you are a just getting started as a Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM), or a seasoned Project Management Professional (PMP), you need to manage a lot of information transfer and exchange. And this challenge is even greater for agilists, like certified scrum masters (CSMs) and PMI-ACP holders. No matter the scaling methods, having timely information is critical for agile teams at scale, who need to move fast without driving up overhead in team-to-team communication as technical scope changes. In this program and project management training course, you will learn effective and efficient project management tools to receive and transmit program and project-level information. Program managers and project managers need to ensure that information flows freely and where the information can do the most benefit. This online course will teach you how to build communication networks for your program or project’s success. Gain 10 professional development units (PDUs) while sharpening your program or project management skills."
Price: 199.00  |
| "Storytelling That Delivers Program and Project Outcomes" |
| "Program and project managers are master storytellers. They have to be in order to weave high-priority information into a memorable narrative for their people. Customers must commit to and understand their goals, and how the program is meeting them. Stakeholders need to trust the direction and stay engaged with the program intent. Program and project teams and leaders, need to understand what matters and how their work connects to the greater whole. Storytelling is not a part of the Project Management Institute, Inc's (PMI) ""A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge'' (PMBOK). Storytelling is not something that Certified Associate In Project Management (CAPM), Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), certified scrum masters, or other certified project manager credential holders will encounter on an exam. Storytelling is something that successful program or project managers learn from years of experience. If storytelling is not on the PMP exam or similar project management certification exams, why should you bother learning how to tell good stories? Because, human brains are naturally designed for stories. We have brain structures devoted to making sense of the world in cause-effect terms. Good stories are like flight simulators in that you can try out various approaches to a problem before tackling the real problem. Risk management for programs and projects is more effective when using compelling narratives. Stories are also effective ways to transmit large amounts of information to your project teams and stakeholders. People can remember more information and act effectively on that information. For agile project management, stories are how customers communicate their requirements to the agile project team. Stories are the foundation of persuasive communication and will help you become an expert communicator. In this online course of the Program Management and the Art of Communication certificate program, you will learn how great program and project managers use their storytelling skills to create compelling project visions, persuade stakeholders, and design effective risk management strategies. Earn 10 professional development units (PDUs) while completing the only professional certification program that helps you develop storytelling as part of your collection of project management tools."
Price: 199.00  |
| "Structural Materials: Selection and Economics" |
| "From skyscrapers to transportation infrastructure, structural materials dominate the human landscape. Learning the principles that govern their selection is essential for any aspiring or practicing engineer. This engineering course will introduce you to the key principles of structural materials selection through a practical curriculum rooted in the real world. The principles taught are general enough to be applied across many domains. Key points are emphasized with interesting examples and anecdotes from industry and academia. This course benefits aspiring engineers and students with no previous experience as well as the seasoned professional. Image (c) Eagar, Thomas"
Price: 50.00  |
| "Managing Conflicts on Programs and Projects with Cultural and Emotional Intelligence" |
| "Every program and project has a social world. The program managers, project managers, project teams, and stakeholders mutually agree on roles and interact based on those roles. Great program managers sense, manage, and influence the social worlds across their projects. They bring order and understanding through conflict management and conflict resolution. Success is not guaranteed, and often teams clash as a new social order is established on every project. They heal divides that can grow under the stress of projects and increase the team’s problem solving ability. Dr. Pearce, the inventor of the Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM), explains the social world as a “dance between the two faces of the communication process: coordinating actions and making/managing meaning. A social world is the site where speech acts, episodes and forms of communication, selves and forms of consciousness, and relationships and minds are made.” Our cultural differences and emotions significantly shape our social worlds. The program and project manager with good emotional intelligence and cultural intelligence (EI/CI) can better understand and navigate the social worlds of the project team and the stakeholders. High EI/CI also aids in creating understanding in program/project management communications. A program manager or project manager with high EI/CI is more adept at creating understanding because they are self-aware while understanding other’s emotions.Thus, the program manager or project manager can test if the recipient of his or her communication has the requisite know-what, know-how, and know-why understanding of the intended messages. Program managers and project managers with high EI/CI will be perceived as having a high ethos. Team members will see the high emotional intelligence and cultural intelligence even in the manager’s nonverbal communication. Being more aware of our feelings and other people’s feelings helps enhance our connection to others and make us more credible. Program managers and Project managers with high EI/CI can use pathos more effectively and make the logos portion of their communication more effective. The right balance of ethos, pathos, and logos makes the project manager more persuasive. Along with increasing the program manager or project manager’s EI/CI, this course will aid the manager in using the tools of CMM. Dr. Pearce created Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM) in the mid-1970s. Over the years, CMM practitioners have created methods and tools to make the communication perspective visible. One such tool is SEAVA, which is an acronym for Storyboarding, Enriching, Analyzing, Visioning, and Acting. You can use the SEAVA tool to examine communication problems among your project team members and to generate a solution. Understanding the different social worlds of your program and its project team members and stakeholders will help you create persuasive communications, have a positive impact, and increase understanding among the project team members and stakeholders. CMM will help you become a master of communication and persuasion."
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| "Let’s Get Personal: Working with Personality Type" |
| "Great leaders are just ordinary people with the right skills at the right time. To become a great leader, however, you have to know yourself well. What are your core personality attributes? How do you make decisions? What’s your decision-making style? How do you know? This certificate offers an extraordinary opportunity to spend some quality time with yourself to assess your current level of soft skills, clearly define your core self, and build soft skills which are essential to professional, not to mention life, success. In this course, you will learn about the Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator, MBTI for short. It is the most frequently used assessment of personality type in the world. Nearly 90% of the Fortune 100 companies use MBTI for recruitment, promotions, job-fit decisions, and building more effective teams. Within this course, you will find the following topics: What is personality type Why personality type matters personally and professionally How type preferences influence behavior Your personality type Strengths and pitfalls of your personality type How to use personality type to Have constructive conflict Increase your energy Build better teams Communicate more effectively Learn more effectively Contribute more at work Better manage stress Core personality traits are much more difficult to change than any single Power Skill. So, it’s very important to understand your type, its strengths & weaknesses, and how to use your understanding of your type to be happier and happier at work. Personality type describes how you prefer to get data, make decisions, generate energy and are oriented to the outside world. These are preferences which are your personality's default setting. Your behavior may differ, may have to differ sometimes from your preferences, but that takes extra energy to do. Your take-aways from this course will include: understanding of type difference between preferences and behavior characteristics typical of each preference pair Generate energy: extroversion/introversion Gather data: sensing, intuitive Make decisions: thinking, feeling Orientation to Outside World: judging, perceiving how to optimize your type at work solve problems using type dynamics communicate more effectively better manage stress learn in alignment with your type do constructive conflict with type use type for career choice building teams with group type understand type and energy management project management understand type watching Verified learners can access the Power Lab to take the MBTI, Step 1 for Organizations which helps you to identify and confirm your type and understand how your type shows up in the workplace. You will develop understanding of how you prefer to communicate, your likely behaviors at work, and your work style. You will receive your own individual MBTI report. Verified learners will have these additional take-aways: confirmed type detailed report of your type at work your workplace contributions your ideal workplace how you like to learn how you communicate your work style your preferences at work potential pitfalls of your type suggestions for optimizing your type at work"
Price: 199.00  |
| "Let’s Get Emotional: Emotions & Emotional Intelligence!" |
| "Emotional intelligence is expected to be the most in-demand power skill in workplaces across sectors and industries by 2024. Are you prepared? This certificate offers an extraordinary opportunity to spend some quality time with yourself to assess your current level of soft skills, clearly define your core self, and build soft skills which are essential to professional, not to mention life, success. If you aren’t sure or just want to brush up on this critical skill, this course is for you. Employers are Emotional intelligence is a core power skill for the workplace. Emotions are an essential secondary intelligence system. As a learned skill, emotional intelligence can be measured, increased and deployed with education and practice. Central to emotional intelligence is a strong vocabulary of emotions. This course covers the following topics: what are emotions why are emotions important survival growth assess current situations inform our actions building your emotional vocabulary understanding & managing from context to trigger to action what is emotional intelligence business case for emotional intelligence how to build emotional intelligence how to apply emotional intelligence at work Immediately useful takeaways from this course include: understanding the value of emotions building your emotional vocabulary understanding & managing the link between trigger, emotion and action understanding the purpose of positive and negative emotions understanding how emotions impact work performance understanding of emotional intelligence models learning how to build each element of emotional intelligence understanding the business case for emotional intelligence at work Verified learners who access the Power Lab may take a validated, benchmarked self-assessment of emotional intelligence and receive their individualized report including suggestions to build increased emotional intelligence. From these assessments, verified learners can identify their current strengths and opportunities for growth set goals for personal development learn key practices for how to move from goal to action This course provides both new ideas and practical applications you can use immediately. You’ll learn how understanding and building your level of emotional intelligence will make you an in-demand recruit or a highly promising candidate for promotion. Get the Models - Understand what emotions and emotional intelligence are. Get Why It Matters - Understand the how emotions are evolutionarily designed to support our safety and development and why emotional intelligence is the most in-demand Power Skill Get the Data – Learn your current level of emotional intelligence and assess your emotional vocabulary Set the Goals - Set personal development goals for becoming a highly effective leader with high emotional intelligence Learn the Tools - Learn tools and techniques for developing your personal emotional vocabulary and emotional intelligence. Take Action - Build effective action plans to become highly emotionally intelligence Make the Change - Practice new skills to increase your personal and interpersonal abilities through emotional intelligence"
Price: 199.00  |
| "Let’s Get Strong: Strengths at Work" |
| "This course will help you build the confidence to bring your best self to work by identifying and learning to capitalize on your unique strengths. Strengths-based management is the secret ingredient to creating employee engagement which increases key performance indicators for all organizations. This certificate offers an extraordinary opportunity for you to spend some quality time with yourself to assess your current level of soft skills, clearly define your core self, and build soft skills which are essential to professional, not to mention life, success. Not only will your performance increase when you capitalize on your strengths, you’ll enjoy your work much more. We have been schooled on fixing our weaknesses from grade school to the workplace. Weakness correction only gets you to acceptable, that is no weakness. Weakness correction alone does not get you to outstanding performance levels. Not individually and not as an organization. Identifying, accepting and embracing, and capitalizing on your strengths is the difference between good performance and excellent performance. Doing this with your team or your organization is amazing! This course focuses on strengths, who you are at your best, not on skills, like knowing how to keyboard. Skill weaknesses, of course, must be addressed. They can be improved. The course will define strengths, explore several strengths models, provide a free self-assessment of strengths for all learners, and help you learn to capitalize on your strengths and manage your weaknesses. Verified learners who access the Power Lab to take additional self-assessments and receive confidential individual results from the Realise2 Strengths Profile. The Realise2 Strengths Profile provides strengths feedback along three axes: is it a strength, how often are you using it, and does its use energize you. This strengths assessment provides a dynamic tool to optimize your use of your full portfolio of strengths at work allowing you to increase your energy by how you deploy your strengths. It is a very insightful and practical tool which can be used with teams as well. This course will prepare you to become the leader you hope to be by focusing deeply on understanding your strengths. Practical tools and techniques for use right away to be happier, more productive, more promotable, and more passionate at work. Get the Models - Understand three models of strengths Get Why It Matters - Understand the business case for using strengths-based management versus weakness-correction Get the Data – Learn your unique strengths profile and how to optimize your strengths at work Set the Goals - Set personal development goals for using your strengths more Learn the Tools - Learn tools and techniques for how to use your strengths to improve your performance and your team’s performance Take Action - Build effective action plans to use strengths more at work Make the Change – Put your strengths to work to increase your effectiveness as a leader Get the Benefit - Be able to develop as a great leader able to create great culture: build positive workplaces where individuals flourish and organizations thrive"
Price: 199.00  |
| "Let’s Get Principled: Values, Culture & Intelligent Disobedience!" |
| "Great leaders, create great culture, which yields great work: G3. Great leadership requires the ability to set inspiring visions, make critical decisions and establish a positive workplace culture. Building on G3., you will learn about values and decision-making, visioning the future, how values create culture , and how to be intelligently disobedient when the time comes. Remember: know yourself, know others; lead yourself, lead others. This course will prepare you to become the leader you hope to be by focusing deeply on defining your personal values, setting your personal vision statement for you as a leader, understanding the role values play in every work decision, and how to work with competing values on the big decisions. Purpose motivates. This certificate offers an extraordinary opportunity to spend some quality time with yourself to assess your current level of soft skills, clearly define your core self, and build soft skills which are essential to professional, not to mention life, success This course is the sixth and last in a series of leadership courses. This course provides an opportunity to think about your values, what matters to you most, and about culture which is the mediator between great leaders and great work. Understanding and working through competing values at work is discussed in Intelligent Disobedience. Get the Models - Understand what values, culture and intelligent disobedience are Get Why It Matters - Understand how values and culture delivery great work and the consequences of unresolved competing values Get the Data – Explore your personal values and vision for you as a highly effective leader Set the Goals - Set personal development goals for becoming a highly effective leader with integrity Learn the Tools - Learn tools and techniques for acting in alignment with your values for better decision-making Take Action - Build effective action plans to be able to be intelligently disobedient when necessary Make the Change - Practice new skills to increase your effectiveness as a principled leader Get the Benefit - Be able to develop as a great leader able to create great culture: build positive workplaces where individuals flourish and organizations thrive"
Price: 199.00  |
| "Nitrogen: A Global Challenge (Sinhalese)" |
| "නිසි ආකාරයෙන් නයිට්රජන් භාවිතා නොකිරීම විවිධාකාර වූ ව්යසනයන් ඇති කිරීමට හේතුවේ. ඉහල යන ජනගහනය නිසා මතුවන සීමිත ආහාර නිෂ්පාදනය, ජලය හා බලශක්තියේ අසමතුලිත බෙදීයාම සහ ගෝලීය උණුසුම්කරණය ආදී සියලු ගෝලීය අභියෝගවලදී නයිට්රජන් ප්රමුඛ කාර්යභාරයක් සිදු කරයි. නයිට්රජන් මානව ශිෂ්ටාචාරය හා කොතරම් කාවැදී ඇත්ද, එය සාර්ථකව කළමනාකරණය කරගතහොත් අනාගතයේදී කෙතරම් ප්රයෝජනවත් වේද, නැතහොත් ව්යසනයන්/ අවැඩක් වේද යන්න මෙම පාඨමාලාවේදී ඔබ ඉගෙන ගනු ඇත. දැනට නයිට්රජන් පිලිබඳ ඉගෙන ගැනීම විශේෂිතවූ වැදගත්කමක් නොදක්වන , සාමාන්ය පටිපාටියෙන් බැහැර වූ එකක් ලෙස සලකන අතර නිෂ්ක්රිය වායුවක් ලෙස පරිසරයට සහ ජෛව පද්ධති වලට මහඟු මෙහෙයක් සිදු කරයි . නයිට්රජන් ඔබට අවර්තිතා වගුවේ ඇති තවත් විශේෂිත නොවූ මුලද්රව්යයක් පමණක් යැයි සිතෙන්නේ නම් මේ එය නැවත සලකා බැලීමට කාලයයි. ඔබගේ මේ පිලිබඳ දැනුම සහ පසුබිම නොතකා මෙම නැවුම් පාඨමාලාව මගින් නයිට්රජන් සහ ඒ ආශ්රිත ගෝලීය වෙනස්කම් පිළිබඳ මූලික සංකල්ප ඔබට ඉගැන්වෙන අතර, එමගින් එහි අභියෝග සහ ප්රයෝජනයන් හොඳින් අවබෝධ කර ගැනීමට ඉඩ සලසනු ලැබේ. මෙම පාඨමාලාවේ ප්රධාන මාතෘකා ලෙස ආහාර සුරක්ෂිතතාව, දේශගුණික විපර්යාස, වායු දූෂණය, ජල දූෂණය, මානව සෞඛ්යය සහ ඒ ආශ්රිත තවත් වැදගත් දේ අන්තර්ගත වෙයි. එංගලන්තයේ එඩින්බර්ග් විශ්වවිද්යාලයේ සම්මානලාභී ආචාර්ය මණ්ඩලයක මෙහෙයවීම යටතේ සිදු කරන මෙම පාඨමාලාව ඔබටද ඉගෙනගැනීමට අවස්ථාවක් ලබාදී ඇත. මෙම පාඨමාලාව හරහා නයිට්රිජන් මගින් පරිසරයට ඇතිවන අභියෝගයන් පිළිබඳ විශේෂඥ ප්රවේශයක් හා දැනුවත් කිරීමක් සිදු කරන අතර , එමගින් මානව ශිෂ්ටාචාරය මත ඇති කරන තර්ජන වඩාත් හොඳින් ඒකාබද්ධ ක්රමවේදයක් හරහා තිරසාර ලෙස නිරාකරණය කළ හැකි ආකාරයද පෙන්වා දෙයි. දශක ගණනාවක නයිට්රජන් හා ගෝලීය වෙනස්කම් පිළිබඳ පර්යේෂණ සිදු කර අත්දැකීම් සහිත උපදේශක මණ්ඩලයක් විසින් ඉගැන්වීම් කරන, දැනට ලෝකයේ ඇති -ප්රථම පාඨමාලාව වන මෙය, ඉන්දියාවේ සහ එක්සත් රාජධානියේ ප්රධාන පෙළේ විශේෂඥයින්ගේ සහභාගිත්වයෙන්, නයිට්රජන් කාර්යක්ෂමතාව පිළිබඳ නිව්ටන්-භාබා අථත්ය කේන්ද්රය (Newton-Bhabha Virtual Centre on Nitrogen Efficiency) මගින් සිදු කරයි."
Price: 49.00  |
| "Finance for Everyone: Smart Tools for Decision-Making" |
| "Want to learn how to think clearly about important financial decisions and improve your financial literacy? Finance for Everyone will showcase the beauty and power of finance. This introductory finance course will be a gateway into the world of finance and will examine multiple applications to apply to your everyday life. Join us to better understand how to apply frameworks and tools to make smart financial choices. You will be able to value the impact of different choices available to you: from renting or buying, evaluating car, home and student loans, or deciding whether to go to college versus pursuing a new idea to simply understanding how the financial world works. Starting with time value of money, the course will help you develop a full appreciation for the many applications of finance. Using real world examples, the course will enable you to understand and analyze many personal and professional decisions we confront on a daily basis. You will understand stocks and bonds, learn to allocate scarce resources in a value-add way, and adopt smart tools for making every day decisions. Finance is simultaneously a way of thinking and a set of tools. Finance is everywhere. There are no prerequisites for this course except for a sense of curiosity and a positive attitude. However, a comfort level with algebra and numbers and an understanding of accounting (the language of business) will clearly help. We will, however, try to cover everything starting with fundamentals and highlight when there is a need to do some further work in specific subjects."
Price: 49.00  |
