Harvard University · edX
Exercising Leadership: Foundational Principles
4.71,590 ratingsMobilize people to tackle tough problems and build the capacity to thrive through the dangers of change
Overview
This course covers the essential skills that non-finance professionals need in finance and accounting, expenditure proposals, reporting against budgets, Excel modeling and quantitative skills.
What you'll learn
- Essential financial acumen and accounting fundamentals
- How to understand, apply & discuss with specialist & non-specialist colleagues.
- How to work with budgets & other financial proposals.
- How to get budgets & capital investment proposals considered & approved.
- How to own & report against an approved budget or other forecast.
- The core responsibilities of budget owners-holders.
- How to carry them out.
- Essential financial modelling principles.
- Identifying & stating purposes, zoning workbooks into modules, workflow, visualization & commentary.
- The important differences between navigation, selection and editing.
- The essential quantitative skills you need.
- Setting up, solving and rearranging financial equations.
Skills you'll practise
Advantages and disadvantages
Advantages
- University courses you can audit for free, with lectures, readings and practice quizzes.
- A verified certificate from the university if you pay for it.
- Taught by University of Cambridge, one of the strongest names in its field.
- Self-paced: start any time.
Disadvantages
- Graded assignments and the certificate need the paid track.
- Audit access can expire a few weeks after the course ends.
- Learning is free, but the certificate costs money.
- Some parts (graded work, certificate) are paid.
Some points apply to every course of this kind; see how we rank.
Free to audit
- Free: Choose "Audit this course" when you enrol: lectures, readings and practice are free.
- Paid: Graded assignments and the verified certificate (Certificate $299). Audit access may end after the course closes.
Taught by
- Doug WilliamsonCourse Tutor
University of Cambridge is in Tier 1: world-leading universities and India's top institutes of our institution ranking (96/100).
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