Saturday, December 29, 2012

Free online mini MBA course

Following the trend of Mass Open Online Courses (MOOC) introduced by Ivy League universities like Harvard and Stanford, a Chennai-based portal called myBskool.com has launched a 100-day, 100-hour learning mini-MBA programme for free. This online programme will offer management lessons for an hour a day. The programme has been launched in partnership with the Madras Management Association (MMA).
It is said that the programme is a condensed version of a full-fledged MBA programme and its content has been co-created in partnership with IIM Ranchi.  Available on the website’s Social Learning Platform, this online mini-MBA is already being used by B-school students like that of IIM Ranchi and IMT – Ghaziabad.
myBskool.com’s mini-MBA course would offer students basics about current business theories and practices. It includes online video lectures and case studies by top management faculty on subjects like Essentials of Business Communication and Business Strategy, Managing Human Resource, Fundamentals of Accounting and Principles of Marketing.
Since it is available free of cost, it can be extremely useful for students, working professionals, executives, and small business owners who are just looking to learn and upgrade their business knowledge and managerial skills, even without the formal qualification. Open for the masses, the content of this course is not only relevant in the Indian context but also in the global context.
The pedagogy will include live virtual classrooms, online chats, discussion forums, online chat and quizzes that will be available anytime, anywhere.
myBskool.com will also award a ‘Badge of Honour’ to every learner who successfully fulfills certain pre-defined parameters.

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