Business Leadership, Operations, and Strategy

This module develops the professional knowledge and soft skills necessary for understanding and applying business strategy, marketing, communications, leadership, and teamwork into a workplace environment.

Module instruction is done using a combination of online instruction and simulation.

The purpose of this module is to learn, develop, and apply the professional knowledge and soft skills associated with leadership, business fundamentals, business integration, and strategy in the workplace.

The learning hub for this module is OneDay, a multi-episode Interactive Learning eXperience (I-L-X) business simulation, that teaches learners about the concept of business strategy, communications, time management, critical thinking, and business decision-making.

1. Apply concepts associated with business leadership, marketing, and macroeconomics.
2. Model time management within a business setting.
3. Evaluate the business environment relative to the global dimensions of business, organizational behavior, and human resource management.
4. Recognize operational opportunities and constraints.
5. Conduct business analysis with emphasis on operations/production management, qualitative analysis using statistics, and microeconomics.
6. Formulate strategic options and quantitative support for strategic options.
7. Know how to lead teams, manage conflict, and lead change.
8. Conduct hypothesis testing and follow-up.
9. Apply accounting, business finance, and business ethics concepts and principles.
10. Conduct feasibility and implementation analysis.
11. Apply interpersonal communication skills within a legally compliant business operation.
12. Communicate strategy to key stakeholders.
13. Explain business information management systems.
14. Explain business integration and perform strategic management. 

The Leading Edge Learning® modules are created specifically for today’s learners who demand interaction and engagement with online learning opportunities. Sequential presentation of largely static content in page-after-page delivery is not the best delivery experience for adult learners.

This module can be used for both Higher Education and Business & Industry. For example:

Higher Education - Used for advanced academic leveling where the need is to teach business and leadership fundamentals with application in the workplace.

Business, Industry, Nonprofits, & Agencies -  Used to develop managers and executives on the integration of business areas in today's global operational environment.