Essential Business MOOCs for September

Discovering Business in Society

School: University of Exeter

Platform: FutureLearn

Registration Link: Discovering Business in Society

Start Date: September 8, 2014 (8 Weeks Long)

Workload: 5 Hours Per Week

Instructor: Robin Mason

Credentials: Mason is the dean of the University of Exeter Business School (United Kingdom). He also teaches courses in game theory and macroeconomics. A Cambridge Ph.D., Mason is particularly interested in the concept of uncertainty in his research.

Graded: Not Specified

Description: Taught in conjunction with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), this futurist course examines how business and society will evolve over the next 50 years. As part of the curriculum, students will examine how emerging technologies, shifting demographic populations, environmental degradation, and dwindling resources will impact how businesses structure themselves and make decisions.

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Additional Note: By completing this course, students seeking an ACCA qualification are exempted from the ACCA paper F1, Accountant in Business.