Companies today confront an increasing array of choices regarding markets, locations for key activities, outsourcing and ownership modes, and organization and processes for managing across borders. This course provides students with the conceptual tools necessary to understand and work effectively in today’s interconnected world by developing strategic perspectives that link this changing environment, the state of the global industry, and the capabilities and position of the firm.
The goal of this subject is to provide the foundations for taking effective action in the multi-layered world of international business. The first section of the course provides frameworks for identifying and taking advantage of the opportunities presented in a dynamic global environment at the level of the country and industry. The second section of the course focuses on firm-level strategic choices regarding where to engage in which activities. The third section focuses on the challenges of integrating the multiple perspectives, functions, and interests that constitute the multinational firm.

This subject focuses on the specifics of strategy and organization of the multinational company, and provides a framework for formulating successful and adaptive strategies in an increasingly complex world economy. Topics include the globalization of industries, the continuing role of country factors in competition, organization of multinational enterprises, and building global networks. This particular version of the subject is taught and tailored specifically to those enrolled in the MIT Sloan Fellows Program.

Course Description:
“Gold Investment for Beginners – Full Guide 2024” is a comprehensive online course designed from Investorempires.com tailored for beginners, providing essential knowledge and practical skills to confidently navigate the world of gold investment. Whether you’re new to investing or looking to broaden your understanding, this course offers a structured learning path covering foundational concepts, strategies, and responsible investing practices in the gold market.

Course Duration:
Estimated Duration: No Time Limited (Self-paced learning)

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, participants will:

Understand the Basics:
Grasp fundamental concepts and terminologies related to gold investment.

Navigate Gold Markets:
Gain insights into the dynamics of the gold market and its role in the global economy.

Setup and Manage Gold Investment:
Learn how to choose reliable sources for gold investment, understand investment types, and manage a gold investment portfolio.

Analyze Gold Markets:
Develop skills in both fundamental and technical analysis specific to gold for informed decision-making.

Implement Risk Management:
Understand the importance of risk management in gold investment and apply practical strategies to mitigate risks.

Develop Gold Investment Plans:
Create personalized gold investment plans, set goals, and establish effective routines.

Explore Gold Investment Strategies:
Understand different investment styles and explore strategies specific to gold investment.

Master Practical Tips:
Manage emotions, stay updated with relevant market news, and learn from common gold investment mistakes.

Access Resources and Tools:
Explore recommended books, online courses, forums, and essential software tools for gold investors.

Target Audience:
- Beginners with little to no prior experience in gold investment.
- Individuals seeking a solid foundation in gold markets and investment strategies.

This textbook provides an innovative, internationally oriented approach to the teaching of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and business ethics. Drawing on case studies involving companies and countries around the world, the textbook explores the social, ethical, and business dynamics underlying CSR in such areas as global warming, genetically modified organisms (GMO) in food production, free trade and fair trade, anti-sweatshop and living-wage movements, organic foods and textiles, ethical marketing practices and codes, corporate speech and lobbying, and social enterprise. The book is designed to encourage students and instructors to challenge their own assumptions and prejudices by stimulating a class debate based on each case study.

This is an input tool from Google allowing the generation of Arabic text through transliteration. This allows the user to type using the latin Keyboard and google transliterates that to Arabic. This tool is similar to Yamli.com but has a bigger box to write in which makes it faster and somewhat more convenient.

There are government based budgeting loans that can help you fill your unexpected expenses and make your life steady again. Also, for the ill and people with disabilities, there is Personal independence payment (PIP) that they can avail. To know more about them, there are budgeting loan numbers and PIP contact numbers that you can contact too.

Course Description: This graduate course is designed to combine classroom theory with practical application through job-related experiences. Students are actively employed in diverse organizations and agencies that relate to their graduate academic training and career objectives. Students will create obtainable SMART goals that apply to their personal and professional goals. Students will build skills related to interviewing etiquette to assist in successful job acquisition. Additionally, students will have the opportunity to reflect on supervisor feedback and their overall experience in the graduate internship.

Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:

Create achievable SMART goals.
Connect academic knowledge with a professional setting.
Recommend etiquette for professional interviews.
Evaluate personal accomplishments and experiences related to master’s program of study.
Analyze how to achieve professional growth in industry.
Reflect on feedback provided by supervisor.

    Green entrepreneur, Earth , Global warming, environmental, ecopreneurs.                                           

The 3-Circle model was developed over the past several years, initially in strategic planning for a university graduate program and in an executive MBA course designed to integrate the concepts ofmarketing and competitive strategy. Over the course of time, the 3-Circle model has beensuccessfully used by hundreds of organizations throughout the world in establishing and growing their market positions. Many of the case examples in this book demonstrating applications of the 3-Circle model applications are from executives who have attended executive education training at the University of Notre Dame.

The purpose of this book is to help boards of directors of nonprofit organizations improve their performance after completing the Board Check-Up, online board performance self-assessment tool found at www.boardcheckup.com. This book is also valuable as a stand-alone resource for any board seeking to assess its performance in that it contains the diagnostic questions on which the online self-assessment tool is based. It goes further by providing a framework for boards to use in discussing needed changes in board performance. It also forms an integral part of a University at Albany, SUNY online course titled, The Governance of Nonprofit Organizations. This massive open online course (MOOC) can be taken for free or academic credit through Coursera’s online teaching and learning platform.

Doing a MOOC or an Online Course is like booking a cab or ordering food online. There is an unprecedented expansion and ease. But the same way we see the limitations and see there are haves and have-nots in this COVID-stricken damaged world, we need to know that many of us do not know good enough about MOOCs as well. Apart from the update to you that even you can host and launch an Online Course, let us share a good platform of free MOOCs- HP EdcastCloud.

This lecture video describes HR Planning and its linkage with other HR Functions. HRP is a process of bridging the gap between manpower demand and manpower supply. The manpower gap may entail that the organization is either under staffed or overstaffed.
If a shortage of employees is expected …
Hire new full-time employees
Offer incentives for postponing retirement
Rehire retired employees on part time basis
Attempt to reduce turnover
Bring in overtime for present staff
Subcontract work to another company
Hire temporary employee
Re-engineer to reduce needs
If a surplus of employees is expected…..
Don’t replace employees who leave
Offer incentives for early retirement
Transfer or reassign excess employees
Use slack time for employees training or equipment maintenance
Reduce work hours
Lay-off employees

Global Spin is a corporate learning programme aiming to improve the competiveness of European Academic Spin-Offs and Start-ups by supporting them to effectively deal with the challenges faced when internationalising their businesses. The programme is divided into three units, containing ten pillars each one, completed by a forth section of Success and Failure Cases about “Commercialization of new products and services abroad” and “Attracting and recruiting international high-qualified human capital”.

The training programme has been developed in the framework of the Global-Spin Project: Transnational Entrepreneurship and Corporate Learning: Fostering Effective Internationalization Strategies in Academic Spin Offs, with the support of the European Union and the Erasmus+ Programme. The course’s contents are based on the knowledge, the experience and the researches carried out by the consortium, which is composed of Higher Education Foundation, two Universities and four companies specialized in consultancy, training and research. To know more about the project and the consortium’s partners, visit the website: https://globalspin.eu/ and the GLOBAL-SPIN - Transnational Entrepreneurs Forum: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1970586499822258/

Authors are the seven project partners:

CCS Digital Education (Greece)
University of Patras (Greece)
Advancis Business Services, Lda. (Portugal)
Vaasa University of Applied Sciences Finland)
Promimpresa srl (Italy)
Inova Consultancy (United Kindom)
Fundación General Universidad de Granada Empresa (Spain)

This course is a collaborative offering of Sana, Partners in Health, and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). The goal of this course is the development of innovations in information systems for developing countries that will (1) translate into improvement in health outcomes, (2) strengthen the existing organizational infrastructure, and (3) create a collaborative ecosystem to maximize the value of these innovations. The course will be taught by guest speakers who are internationally recognized experts in the field and who, with their operational experiences, will outline the challenges they faced and detail how these were addressed.
This OCW site combines resources from the initial Spring 2011 offering of the course (numbered HST.184) and the Spring 2012 offering (numbered HST.S14).

Healthcare Finance (15.482x) provides students with the background, resources, and framework to influence the healthcare industry. Topics include applying financial techniques such as portfolio theory, securitization, and option pricing to biomedical contexts to develop more efficient funding structures to reduce financial risks, lower the cost of capital, and bring more life-saving therapies to patients faster.
As part of the Open Learning Library, this course is free to use. You have the option to sign up and enroll if you want to track your progress, or you can view and use all the materials without enrolling.

Building High-Impact Online Icebreakers

The collection of handouts, tools, and deliverables used at the Distance Teaching & Learning Conference in Madison, WI in 2017.

The goal of this course is to review grammar and develop vocabulary building strategies to refine oral and written expression. Speaking and writing assignments are designed to expand communicative competence. Assignments are based on models and materials drawn from contemporary media (newspapers and magazines, television, Web). The models, materials, topics and assignments vary from semester to semester.

The histories of information, communication, and computing technologies have attracted attention from scholars across a variety of disciplines. This course introduces students to prominent voices in these topics across fields. Alongside readings introducing students to this broad scholarly terrain, the course offers guidance in research and writing for publication based on the reality that PhD candidates on the job market need to be published authors, and that every term paper has the potential to be a journal article. We work towards publication by reading widely-cited scholarly histories both for their content and for what they can tell us about scholarly craft.

What is homeland security and why do we need it? What was unique about the 9/11 attacks that prompted the largest reorganization of the Federal government since the end of World War II? What is the difference between homeland security and national security? Why is critical infrastructure protection so critical? Why is emergency management an essential mission area within homeland security? What is the relationship between homeland security and DoD, National Guard, FBI, and State and Local law enforcement? Explore these questions and the events that made homeland security what it is today. Find out why homeland security is an unprecedented historical challenge requiring an unprecedented government response. Review the homeland security mission areas and understand not only what is being done but also why. Discover “who’s who and what do they do” within the Department of Homeland Security and the greater Homeland Security Enterprise. This book provides the most comprehensive overview and most concise resource for understanding homeland security today. Within these pages you will find insight to the most pressing challenges of the 21st century confronting the nation, your community, and you.