The Open University
Critical thinking for sustainable business solutions
The Open University

Critical thinking for sustainable business solutions

Haider Ali

Instructor: Haider Ali

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Intermediate level

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10 hours to complete
3 weeks at 3 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Intermediate level

Recommended experience

10 hours to complete
3 weeks at 3 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Understand how the creative ideation process functions to generate a broad range of relevant outcomes to your challenge domain and systems map.

  • Converge on a selection of the most impactful ideas to take forward for implementation and (in)validation.

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9 assignments

Taught in English

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This course is part of the Sustainable Business Strategy for Future Leaders Specialization
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There are 4 modules in this course

This week, you will dive into the process of creative thinking to solve systemic challenges. You will learn how to generate a broad range of ideas to address your defined sustainability issues.

What's included

8 readings2 assignments1 discussion prompt

This week, you will learn how to converge your ideas into concrete concepts to take forward and test throughout the rest of the course.

What's included

11 readings2 assignments1 discussion prompt

This week, you will converge your thinking to make decisions about which ideas to take forward or to leave behind.

What's included

5 readings3 assignments1 discussion prompt

This week, you will refine the ideas you are considering taking forward and reflect on how this will affect your draft systems map from course 2 in the Coursera Specialization 'Sustainability for business success'.

What's included

4 readings2 assignments2 discussion prompts

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Haider Ali
The Open University
4 Courses508 learners

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