Skip to main content

DoaneX: Understanding the Business Environment

An introduction to the business environment.

This course is eligible for Audit and Verified Certificate only.

Understanding the Business Environment
8 weeks
5–10 hours per week
Self-paced
Progress at your own speed
Free
Optional upgrade available

There is one session available:

After a course session ends, it will be archivedOpens in a new tab.
Starts Mar 28
Ends Jun 27

About this course

Skip About this course

This course introduces the functional concepts of business in terms of economic systems, global markets, corporate social responsibility, and the importance of small businesses to the American business system. Although the functional areas of business will be the core of the course, it is not intended to present those areas in depth. Instead, all functional areas will be addressed using a stakeholder lens allowing students to become familiar with how and why businesses operate the way they do.

At a glance

  • Language: English
  • Video Transcript: English
  • Associated skills:Economic Systems, Global Marketing, Auditing, Business Systems, Corporate Social Responsibility

What you'll learn

Skip What you'll learn
  • Demonstrate a basic understanding of business.
  • Define capitalism and explain the basics of how free markets work
  • Discuss the forces that affect trading in global markets.
  • Define corporate social responsibility and its impact upon various stakeholders.
  • Discuss the importance of small business in the American economy.

Interested in this course for your business or team?

Train your employees in the most in-demand topics, with edX For Business.