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Competitive Advantage: Using Information to Build Business Success (FutureLearn)

Offered by Deakin University,

Learn the value of information to businesses and how it can give you a competitive advantage. Apple, Facebook and Google are three of today’s most vibrant companies. What do they have in common? They all understand that the value of their business is built on what they know about their business and their customers. They know that information is the key to contemporary business success.

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Deakin University’s Business School is a global leader.
Its online MBA is ranked in the world’s top 20 and the School is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). AACSB accreditation is recognised worldwide and is awarded to business schools that meet strict standards of quality, academic and professional excellence.

What topics will you cover?

value of information to businesses as a competitive advantage
entrepreneurial spirit and how to elevate yourself above the competition
case studies of how businesses use information to generate distinctive ideas and create new opportunities
situation analysis to develop the confidence to make decisions that lead to achieving personal goals
competitive nature and the ethical implications of having an information advantage
elements that set your business apart and how to use this knowledge to stay ahead.

What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

Identify how information and IT can generate business value for competitive advantage
Discover how different kinds of IT investments provide different types of business value
Analyse your own competitive advantage and the value of informaton you hold
Develop a plan for how you can successfully use the value of information in your career

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