Illinois Tech
Business Decision Making Specialization
Illinois Tech

Business Decision Making Specialization

Gain Advanced Business Decision-Making Techniques. Master strategy, economics, and data skills to solve complex business challenges and drive success

Liad Wagman
Liz Durango-Cohen
Priyanka Sharma

Instructors: Liad Wagman

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Specialization - 6 course series

Competitive Strategy

Competitive Strategy

Course 132 hours

What you'll learn

  • Analysis of a company's opportunities, threats, strengths and weaknesses.

  • Different types of competitive strategies and how to choose them.

  • How do today's companies achieve long term success and profitability.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Resource Management
Category: Cost Reduction
Category: Strategic Thinking
Category: Strategic Decision-Making
Category: Business Strategy
Category: Business Analysis
Category: Value Propositions
Category: Analysis
Category: Organizational Strategy
Category: Performance Analysis
Category: Market Analysis
Category: Competitive Analysis

What you'll learn

  • How to explain the basics of supply and demand curves.

  • How to characterize variable and fixed costs.

  • How to analyze short-run and long-run equilibria in competitive markets.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Game Theory
Category: Business Strategy
Category: Profit and Loss (P&L) Management
Category: Consumer Behaviour
Category: Price Negotiation
Category: Market Analysis
Category: Economics
Category: Strategic Thinking
Category: Supply And Demand
Category: Strategic Decision-Making
Category: Policy Analysis
Category: Market Dynamics
Category: Business Economics
Category: Competitive Analysis

What you'll learn

  • Effectively input data and efficiently navigate large spreadsheets.

  • Employ various "hacks" and expertly apply (the most appropriate) built-in functions in Excel to increase productivity and streamline workflow.

  • Apply the "what-if" analysis tools in Excel to conduct break-even analysis, conduct sensitivity analysis and support decision-making.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Game Theory
Category: Business Strategy
Category: Consumer Behaviour
Category: Market Analysis
Category: Market Trend
Category: Revenue Forecasting
Category: Operating Cost
Category: Economics
Category: Business Strategies
Category: Market Opportunities
Category: Supply And Demand
Category: Strategic Decision-Making
Category: Cost Management
Category: Business Economics
Category: Market Dynamics
Category: Competitive Analysis

What you'll learn

  • Disruptive Innovation

  • Blue Ocean Strategy

  • International Strategy

Skills you'll gain

Category: Innovation
Category: Product Lifecycle Management
Category: Strategic Thinking
Category: Technology Strategies
Category: Market Opportunities
Category: Strategic Decision-Making
Category: Business Strategy
Category: Global Marketing
Category: New Product Development
Category: Market Analysis
Category: Competitive Analysis

What you'll learn

  • The economic concept of elasticity, and how to utilize it in making informed decisions on pricing products.

  • Sources of market power and how firms with market power set prices, segment customers, and customize prices to different segments.

  • Concepts in game theory, including simultaneous games, sequential games, auctions, and adverse selection issues.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Spreadsheet Software
Category: Data Management
Category: Data Validation
Category: Productivity Software
Category: Business Modeling
Category: Business Analytics
Category: Data-Driven Decision-Making
Category: Financial Modeling
Category: Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
Category: Microsoft Excel
Category: Analytics
Category: Decision Making
Category: Data Visualization
Category: Data Entry

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Financial Analysis
Category: Loans
Category: Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Category: Pivot Tables And Charts
Category: Business Analytics
Category: Data-Driven Decision-Making
Category: Google Sheets
Category: Business Intelligence
Category: Financial Modeling
Category: Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
Category: Microsoft Excel
Category: Cash Flows
Category: Interactive Data Visualization
Category: Data Visualization
Category: Excel Formulas
Category: Capital Budgeting
Category: Dashboard

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Instructors

Liad Wagman
Illinois Tech
2 Courses5,501 learners
Liz Durango-Cohen
Illinois Tech
2 Courses15,567 learners
Priyanka Sharma
Illinois Tech
2 Courses5,501 learners

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