What if you could become really good at both giving and receiving feedback? Imagine the effect that would have on your overall development, as well as on the various relationships you have in both your professional and personal life. Your ability to grow and improve would expand dramatically. So would the positive impact you could have on the people with whom you interact … [Read more...] about Feedback Loops: Feedback Fundamentals
Social Sciences
Foundations of Career Navigating and Coaching
This course is for those who are passionate about helping people find jobs aligned with their skills and interests so they can earn a living through fulfilling work. This first course in the Career Coach and Navigator Professional Certificate will provide foundational knowledge of the Career Navigator and Coach roles, and introduce relationship management and human-centered … [Read more...] about Foundations of Career Navigating and Coaching
Creating a Portfolio
This course integrates all the learning from the first three courses and guides the learner about ways of building a portfolio of strategies and integrating the same into a hedge fund. In the first part of the course, you will be taught ways of measuring the contribution of a strategy to a portfolio in terms of risk and return. You will be able to appreciate the consequences … [Read more...] about Creating a Portfolio
Employment Law: The Gig Economy
Gig work, a type of work that is done on a short-term or freelance basis, has exploded in popularity in recent years. The term gig work is commonly used to discuss work for businesses that facilitate peer-to-peer transactions. People usually think of ridesharing apps such as Uber and Lyft, but the categories of gig work have expanded rapidly. Although people are quick to … [Read more...] about Employment Law: The Gig Economy
The Power of Markets III: Input Markets and Promoting Efficiency
The final module of the Power of Markets course begins by further exploring firm behavior in imperfectly competitive market settings: how firms with monopoly power can increase profits through price discrimination; and the price-output combinations we can expect firms to select in cases of monopolistic competition and oligopoly. We will also analyze monopolies from an … [Read more...] about The Power of Markets III: Input Markets and Promoting Efficiency
