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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Business Strategy by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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About the Course

In this course you will learn how organizations create, capture, and maintain value. In doing so, you’ll develop an understanding of how and why this process is fundamental for sustainable competitive advantage. You will be able to better understand value creation, and capture and learn the tools to analyze both competition and cooperation from a variety of perspectives, including the industry-level (e.g., five forces analysis) and the firm-level (e.g., business models and strategic positioning). You will be able to: - Understand how managers coordinate different functional areas, resources, and systems inside a company and align them with the external environment to enhance overall performance - Recognize strategic management tools and frameworks and apply them to real business contexts - Process diverse business and industry information to diagnose strategic issues, evaluate strategic alternatives, and formulate a coherent and actionable strategic plan This course is part of Gies College of Business’ suite of online programs, including the iMBA and iMSM. Learn more about admission into these programs and explore how your Coursera work can be leveraged if accepted into a degree program at https://degrees.giesbusiness.illinois.edu/idegrees/....

Top reviews

HL

Aug 25, 2018

I am really honored to review this course. The course and the Professor was really having a high practical approach. 4th Module was little bit confusion although it was a great time doing the course.

SD

Nov 28, 2020

Highly recommended course material. Really enjoyed solving the case studies. The learning from the course on different frameworks was immense. Also the feedback from the peers provided more insights.

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By Jeanine D

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May 8, 2020

Loved this course! The Teacher is amazing and the information is priceless.

By Chenai C M

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Oct 23, 2017

Loved this course. It was easy to follow through and understand. Thank you

By Anitrus J

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Dec 13, 2021

I enjoyed the real-life examples of today's businesses. Very insightful.

By CAROLINA P P

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Apr 8, 2019

Was great to understand the environment and new strategies that are good

By Ihuoma U

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Apr 11, 2018

Use of visual aid in teaching. Thorough research and simplified English.

By sangram d

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Oct 17, 2020

This course is very important to gather knowledge on Business Strategy.

By Aydan G

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Aug 1, 2020

Bigs yhank to course instructor, I really receive important information

By Mahesh S D

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Apr 12, 2018

This was quite comprehensive and practical course on business strategy.

By ALEX M

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Jan 20, 2024

Un buen curso para poder mejorar técnicas de estrategias empresariales

By Aguinaldo S

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Feb 4, 2020

I still growing to understand better what a business look like inside.

By Michael F M

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Jul 29, 2019

Dr. Somaya is excellent. Lectures, readings, videos are all well done!

By XIAO Y

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May 10, 2022

very very useful and tools can be taught and used into real practice

By Nitinkumar D D

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Mar 15, 2020

Excellent learning, Thank you professor to putting together nicely!!

By Srihari G

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Aug 18, 2024

The topics are well researched and relevant for working executives

By Igor M

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Aug 9, 2019

I gained a lot of new and useful knowledge about business strategy

By Ali M

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Aug 23, 2020

I enjoy full to learn about business strategy... it's great class

By LN Y A

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Feb 26, 2018

Great course and complete with executive insights. 5/5 for sure!

By Isaac G

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Feb 21, 2022

great course I learned so much. I would recommend this course.

By Jason T

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Jun 11, 2019

Very Good Course. Really useful systems PESTEL, VAR, even SWOT!

By Greg T

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May 2, 2019

Really awesome course that I found I was able to connect to my

By Pattan A K

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Nov 2, 2020

Lot of things to learn form this course and very useful ones.

By Osman K

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Aug 13, 2018

Great lecturer, almost perfect programme. Highly recommended!

By Abdallah E

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Aug 21, 2020

I got good information that helps me in my current position.

By Naveen K

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Nov 18, 2021

Very well taught. Study materials are great. Thank you sir!

By krishnath s

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Jun 14, 2020

Easy to follow and very interesting industry leaders talks.