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Operations Management Courses

Operations management courses can help you learn process optimization, supply chain management, inventory control, and quality assurance. You can build skills in resource allocation, project scheduling, and performance measurement. Many courses introduce tools like Six Sigma, Lean methodologies, and software for managing logistics and production workflows, showing how these skills can enhance efficiency and effectiveness in various operational contexts.


Popular Operations Management Courses and Certifications


  • U

    University of Maryland, College Park

    Program Management Fundamentals: Driving Strategic Change

    Skills you'll gain: Stakeholder Engagement, Program Management, Stakeholder Management, Change Management, Strategic Leadership, Product Roadmaps, Leadership, Organizational Change, Organizational Strategy, Project Management Office (PMO), Project Management, Digital Transformation, Decision Making

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
    ·
    6 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • U

    University of Minnesota

    Human Resources Management Capstone: HR for People Managers

    Skills you'll gain: Employee Performance Management, Performance Management, Performance Appraisal, Talent Acquisition, Human Resources Management and Planning, Compensation Analysis, Compensation Strategy, Human Resource Strategy, Compensation Management, Human Resources, Talent Management, Employee Retention, Recruitment, Constructive Feedback, Benchmarking

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
    ·
    901 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • U

    Università Bocconi

    Management of International Development: Towards Agenda 2030

    Skills you'll gain: Human Capital, Governance, Sustainable Development, International Relations, Strategic Thinking, Human Resources, Cultural Diversity, International Finance, Policy Development, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Partnership

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
    ·
    220 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • C

    Coursera

    Project Management: Acronyms to Trello Tasks

    Skills you'll gain: Project Management Software, Workflow Management, Project Coordination, Project Management, Organizational Skills, Marketing Operations, Timelines, Verbal Communication Skills, Communication, Vocabulary

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • P

    Packt

    Advanced Data Management in Azure Databricks

    Skills you'll gain: Databricks, Data Governance, Microsoft Azure, Data Lakes, Real Time Data, Data Management, Data Integration, Data Pipelines, Data Quality, User Provisioning, Performance Tuning

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
    ·
    7 reviews

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • R

    Rutgers the State University of New Jersey

    Procurement Basics

    Skills you'll gain: Request For Quotation (RFQ), Stakeholder Management, Procurement, Purchasing, Request for Proposal, Supplier Management, Supply Chain Management, Cost Reduction, Case Studies

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
    ·
    619 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • W

    Whizlabs

    Information System Auditing, Governance and Management

    Skills you'll gain: Audit Planning, Enterprise Architecture, Compliance Management, Regulatory Compliance, Quality Assurance, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Quality Management

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
    ·
    9 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • E

    EDUCBA

    ITIL V4 Introduction to Service Management Concept

    Skills you'll gain: Service Management, Information Technology Infrastructure Library, Service Improvement, IT Service Management, Practice Management, IT Management, Continuous Improvement Process, Business Process Management, Stakeholder Management, Incident Management, Governance, Change Management, Risk Management, Value Propositions

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
    ·
    250 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • E

    EDUCBA

    Develop a Java Library Management System with JUnit

    Skills you'll gain: JUnit, Java Programming, Unit Testing, Java, Software Testing, Quality Assurance, Test Case, Software Development, Application Development, Data Validation, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Debugging, User Interface (UI), Command-Line Interface, Data Modeling, Requirements Analysis

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • P

    Packt

    The Complete Project Management Fundamentals Course

    Skills you'll gain: Agile Project Management, Project Management, Project Coordination, Agile Methodology, Project Management Software, Project Management Life Cycle, Jira (Software), Project Scoping, Budget Management, Risk Management, Cost Estimation, Sprint Planning, Waterfall Methodology, Microsoft Teams

    Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

  • N

    Northeastern University

    Agile Dev Practices: SDLC & Project Management

    Skills you'll gain: Software Development Life Cycle, Agile Software Development, Agile Methodology, Requirements Analysis, Agile Project Management, Software Development Methodologies, Application Lifecycle Management, Interpersonal Communications, Scrum (Software Development), Sprint Retrospectives, User Story, Waterfall Methodology, Sprint Planning, Quality Management, Project Management, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Continuous Improvement Process

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
    ·
    19 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • M

    Microsoft

    Microsoft Big Data Management and Analytics

    Skills you'll gain: Scalability, Azure Synapse Analytics, Data Pipelines, Databases, Microsoft Azure, Data Governance, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Lakes, Databricks, NoSQL, SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), Data Processing, Cloud Management, Performance Tuning, Big Data, Apache Spark, Distributed Computing, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Large Language Modeling, Keras (Neural Network Library)

    Intermediate · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular operations management courses

  • Program Management Fundamentals: Driving Strategic Change: University of Maryland, College Park
  • Human Resources Management Capstone: HR for People Managers: University of Minnesota
  • Management of International Development: Towards Agenda 2030: Università Bocconi
  • Project Management: Acronyms to Trello Tasks: Coursera
  • Advanced Data Management in Azure Databricks: Packt
  • Procurement Basics: Rutgers the State University of New Jersey
  • Information System Auditing, Governance and Management: Whizlabs
  • ITIL V4 Introduction to Service Management Concept: EDUCBA
  • Develop a Java Library Management System with JUnit: EDUCBA
  • The Complete Project Management Fundamentals Course: Packt

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