Competing Strategically

Course Available
3 Units
Online Fixed-Date

Course Description

Gain a Comprehensive Understanding of How to Manage Technology Teams and Projects to Become Influential Leaders of Global Technology Organizations

An engineer’s career path in business leads to general management — guiding a business internally and externally. It starts with understanding the market structure and evolves into managing competitive performance, or profit-and-loss (P&L). This course covers the fundamentals of competitive strategy, market access, business development, and market positioning. Accounting, finance, performance measures, and decision-making are examined and applied in the context of how to remain competitive.

This course and certificate are only available for students participating in India. 

Course Details

Number of Units: 3.0 graduate level extension credit(s) in semester hours

Who Should Attend: The technical professionals looking to assume leadership positions in global technology organizations. It is valuable for experienced managers who intend to serve as CEOs, Directors, Vice Presidents or C-level executives in technology companies in India.

Prerequisites: Bachelor’s degree in a professional field (STEAM or Business) from an accredited institution: official transcripts required.
- Bachelor’s GPA of 2.75 or higher. Candidates with GPA under 2.75 can apply, but will be asked to provide relevant explanations in an essay (guidelines provided on applications page).

Course Options

Course Date Units Price
EML-X530 – 001 27 May 202514 Jul 2025 3 $1080

Competing Strategically

27 May 202514 Jul 2025
3
$1080
Online Fixed-Date
Online

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This course and certificate are only available for students participating in India. 

What You Will Learn

  • Explain the concept of business strategy
  • Conduct a comprehensive PESTEL analysis to evaluate the impact of political, economic, sociocultural, technological, environmental, and legal factors on a firm's external environment
  • Employ Porter's Five Forces framework to assess the competitive dynamics of an industry, including the threat of new entrants, bargaining power of buyers and suppliers, threat of substitutes, and intensity of competitive rivalry
  • Explore business-level strategies and their implementation based on value drivers and cost drivers
  • Examine the distinctions between shareholder and stakeholder capitalism, and investigate the transition from corporate social responsibility (CSR) to
    creating shared value (CSV)
  • Define the concepts of globalization, multinational enterprise (MNE), foreign direct investment (FDI), and global strategy
  • Develop skills in structuring impactful pitches to craft a diverse portfolio of messages that effectively communicate strategies to different stakeholders

Instructors

Professional development courses offered by the University of San Diego’s Division of Professional & Continuing Education are taught by faculty that possess a depth and breadth of academic and real-world professional experience.

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Online Fixed-Date

Online Fixed-Date: Online fixed-date courses offer a convenient, yet rigorous style of learning that enables you to collaborate with your instructor and other students in a shared, online learning environment. These courses have fixed start and finish dates, but as an online student you will have 24/7 online access to your classroom assignments, syllabus and course resources. Our online fixed-date courses allow you to work on your assignments anytime, although you are required to complete the assignments by specific dates.

How is the learning structured? In an online fixed-date course, you and your classmates will proceed through the curriculum together, collaborating in a shared learning experience. Each online fixed-date course is asynchronous, meaning that you can work on your assignments anytime, although required to complete the assignments by specific dates. The course is designed with learning modules where all of the content is grouped into weekly assignments. Each module covers one or more topics. Within each of the learning modules, you can expect the following components:

  • Module introduction that outlines what you can expect to learn in the module.
  • Required readings (textbook, articles, journals, etc.) and presentations (audio and/or video).
  • Assignments with due dates (which may include: written assignments, journal entries, research, blogs, etc.) based on the readings and presentations.
  • Discussion forum where you answer prompts from the instructor and interact with your classmates.
  • Module conclusion to review the topics and what you should have learned.
  • Typically, there is a final project, paper, or exam due in the last module that culminates all of the topics covered in each of the learning modules. You’ll find that the design of the learning modules has a rhythm to help you manage your time in the course.