Top 20 Recommended Online Courses (as per IIM A alumnus and Cadbury HR)

Introduction

• Recently discussed doing free online courses on Coursera and certificate downloads.
• Based on feedback, provided a list of 20 best courses from various fields.
• Recommendations from ex-batchmates at IIM Ahmedabad and HR at Cadbury.
• Each course info: Who offers, course duration, difficulty level.

Finance Courses

1. Financial Markets

   • Offered by: Yale
   • Duration: 33 hours
   • Level: Beginner
   • Overview: Basics of financial markets, instruments, recession, financial market crises.

2. Introduction to Corporate Finance

   • Offered by: Wharton
   • Duration: 7 hours
   • Level: Intermediate
   • Overview: Value of money, returns on investments, interest rates, discount for cash analysis.

3. Trading Basics

   • Offered by: ISB
   • Duration: 8 hours
   • Level: Beginner
   • Overview: Financial statements, pricing theories.

4. Advanced Valuation and Strategy

   • Offered by: Erasmus University
   • Duration: 10 hours
   • Level: Advanced
   • Overview: Economics, game theory, advanced discounted cash flow, finance in corporate strategy.

5. Introduction to Financial Modelling

   • Offered by: Udemy
   • Duration: 2 hours
   • Level: Beginner
   • Overview: Basics of financial modeling, using Excel for prediction and decision-making.

HR Courses

6. Organisational Behavior and How to Manage People

   • Offered by: IESE Business School
   • Duration: 14 hours
   • Level: Beginner
   • Overview: Leadership skills, organizational culture, behavioral impact.

7. Managing Employee Compensation

   • Offered by: University of Minnesota
   • Duration: 15 hours
   • Level: Beginner
   • Overview: Compensation roles, fair employee compensation, non-monetary perks.

8. Recruiting, Hiring, and Onboarding Employees

   • Offered by: University of Minnesota
   • Duration: 20 hours
   • Level: Beginner
   • Overview: Hiring best candidates, alignment with company culture.

9. People Analytics

   • Offered by: Wharton
   • Duration: 8 hours
   • Level: Beginner
   • Overview: Employee performance evaluation using analytics.

Marketing Courses

10. Fundamentals of Digital Marketing

    • Offered by: Google
    • Duration: 40 hours
    • Level: Beginner
    • Overview: Comprehensive digital marketing.

11. Inbound Marketing

    • Offered by: HubSpot
    • Duration: 5 hours
    • Level: Beginner
    • Overview: Creating valuable content, increasing organic reach.

12. Brand Management: Aligning Business, Brand, and Behaviour

    • Offered by: London Business School
    • Duration: 17 hours
    • Level: Beginner
    • Overview: Branding A-Z, brand value components.

13. Brand and Product Management

    • Offered by: IE Business School
    • Duration: 14 hours
    • Level: Beginner
    • Overview: Product life cycle management, branding.

14. Introduction to Consumer Neuroscience & Neurology

    • Offered by: Copenhagen Business School
    • Duration: 25 hours
    • Level: Beginner
    • Overview: Consumer mind perception of marketing.

Consulting & Analytics Courses

15. Data-Driven Decision Making

    • Offered by: PWC
    • Duration: 9 hours
    • Level: Beginner
    • Overview: Using data for business decisions, data analysis tools and techniques.

16. Pre-MBA Statistics

    • Offered by: IIM Ahmedabad
    • Duration: 23 hours
    • Level: Beginner
    • Overview: Basic statistics, regression, correlation.

17. Effective Business Presentations with PowerPoint

    • Offered by: PWC
    • Duration: 10 hours
    • Level: Beginner
    • Overview: Creating presentable and professional business presentations.

18. MS Excel

    • Offered by: Learn Vern
    • Duration: 7 hours
    • Level: Beginner
    • Overview: Basics to advanced Excel tools for business.

19. Problem-Solving with Excel

    • Offered by: PWC
    • Duration: 20 hours
    • Level: Beginner
    • Overview: Decision making using Excel.

20. Introduction to Operations Management

    • Offered by: Wharton
    • Duration: 9 hours
    • Level: Beginner
    • Overview: Operations management, process prediction, quality assurance, resolving bottlenecks.

Additional Information

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