A successful business requires a high-quality workforce. This course provides the strategies and tools needed to acquire the best talent for your team.

HR is an important business function of any organization. Delve into the financial aspects of human resources and gain the financial insight and skill needed to efficiently operate as a business partner.

This course introduces the foundations of human resources management and provides an overview of all the functions needed to be a generalist practitioner.

A general overview of intellectual property rights with a focus on copyright law and its role in the film, music, and digital online industries, including such related areas as celebrity endorsements and branding.

This course reviews the evolution from the Armed Services Procurement Regulations (ASPR) to the Defense Acquisition Regulations (DAR) and the Federal Procurement Regulations (FPR) to the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) in conjunction with purchasing requirement, public law and negotiation requirements.

This course provides the knowledge for effective inventory management that meets organizational objectives and customer requirements at the same time for effective supply chain management.

This course provides an overview of the key elements of a successful logistics organization starting with a strategic decision on logistics design and concluding with day-to-day operation of a logistics system's objectives.  

This course introduces the design, development, and management of geospatial databases, including multi-user enterprise geodatabases. In addition to learning about relational database design, students will construct and maintain spatial databases.

This course provides essential information that elevates a supply chain practitioner by providing new information in the areas of information technology, quality, logistics, inventory, and financial management.

This course covers the implication of business law on purchasing operations from terms and conditions to contract types, buyers' rights and limitations, and differences in government purchasing.

This course covers the duties and responsibilities associated with the purchasing analysis and compliance functions.

This course covers the domain of purchasing and the flow of purchasing tasks--from determining the requirements for goods and services through to their acceptance.

This course provides training on an organized approach to change management in the real work environment. Recognizing all factors impacting and impacted by the unavoidable phenomena of change on the project is a key skill for the experienced project manager.

This course is designed to increase your knowledge on effective approaches for contracting work outside your organization and the relationship between buyers and sellers for products or services.

This course is part of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science (HSSEAS) Master of Science in Engineering Online (MSOL) program.  It is available only to students pre-approved by HSSEAS. For more information visit msol.ucla.edu.

This course covers project communication, motivation, conflict resolution, negotiation, stress management, and effective leadership in the project management context.

Learn how richly drawn characters are the key to fostering compelling conflict in this reading- and exercise-based workshop.

Craft your passion for justice through urgent stories that address pressing social issues in this course.

This course is the capstone for UCLA Extension’s Pre-MBA Studies Certificate and a cornerstone of the Corporate Finance and Financial Strategies Certificate.

Convert your inner critic into your inner champion in this course for writers who struggle with self-doubt, motivation, and feeling worthy.