Become a manager.

What language are the courses taught in?

The catalog records a teaching language for over 40 of them, and over 30 of those are Swedish. 2 are recorded as taught in English.

The rest record no language at all, so the course page, and then the provider, is where to settle it.

The catalog shows only what providers have filled in themselves. Where the field is empty the course card says nothing rather than guess. A Swedish course name says nothing certain about the teaching language either.

Which programmes lead all the way to manager?

Over 20 programmes carry the job title or a close one in their name, and they come first on the page.

The titles here are written for managers: programmes for new managers, for experienced managers and for managers in one sector. The page is based on ESCO's description of a department manager, the manager who leads a department or unit and its staff.

What skills does a manager need?

ESCO lists, among others, managing staff, delegating activities, human resource management, planning health and safety procedures, managing budgets, tracking key performance indicators and strategic planning. The courses on this page are arranged in five skill areas after them.

Leadership is where the catalog has the most courses, and many of them are programmes a company has built for its own managers. People and work environment are the parts of the job where a manager carries duties under Swedish law and agreements, and a shorter course suits them well.

Who provides the management courses?

Over 40 providers offer at least one course on this page. The largest are IHM Business School (over 20 courses), SSE - Handelshögskolan Executive Education (over 20) and Tuff ledarskapsträning (over 20).

Every provider puts its own name on every certificate it issues, and the name on the course card leads to the provider page.

How were the courses on this page chosen?

The skills come from ESCO, the European Commission's classification of occupations and skills, which describes what the job asks for. Under each skill are the courses in the catalog whose name is about that skill, and each course appears under one heading.

Matches are read from the course title and not from the provider description, because a description mentions much that the course is not about. A word counts only where it starts a word in the title, and titles that only resemble the subject are excluded by name.

A heading with no courses is not shown, and the list is never filled out with courses that do not belong. The counts change when the catalog does, because every figure is read from the catalog when the page is shown.

Are the courses online or on site?

The catalog records a format for over 40 of the courses here: 8 online, 8 blended and over 20 on site. Over 100 courses record no format.

Where the provider has filled in the format it is on the course card. Where it is empty, the provider is the person to ask.

Do the courses qualify for Swedish student finance (CSN)?

9 courses here belong to vocational college (yrkeshögskola), and the rest are shorter courses from commercial providers and industry bodies.

Student finance from CSN belongs to vocational college and other regulated forms of education. Whether a course is open for applications, what it costs and when it next starts are questions for the provider.

What does a verified certificate prove?

That the provider named on the certificate issued it to the person named on it, and that an employer can check it directly with the provider.

Together they have issued over 14,000 certificates. Over 100 courses have issued at least one, and the rest have not issued any yet.