Certificate of Completion Requirements: Management Essentials

Overview

Participants in Harvard Business School Online Courses are eligible for a Certificate of Completion from Harvard Business School Online. As part of your Management Essentials course, we expect all participants to complete coursework in a thoughtful and timely manner and actively contribute to peer learning.

To earn the certificate, participants must meet all certificate requirements. Participants who fail to complete the certificate requirements will not receive a certificate and will not be eligible to retake the program. Read on or utilize the navigation buttons below to view the detailed certificate requirements and further information about awarding certificates.

Detailed Certificate Requirements
Awarding the Certificate of Completion
Take Your Learning a Step Further

Detailed Certificate Requirements

To earn the Certificate of Completion in your Management Essentials course, you must meet all the following requirements:

Thoughtful & Timely Completion of All Coursework

Complete all modules by the required deadline. While you will have a great deal of flexibility to work on modules on your own time, we are very firm that all work in all modules must be completed by the required deadline. If all modules are not completed by the deadline, you will not be eligible for a Certificate of Completion.

Originality of Responses and Use of Outside Sources

All work must be your own and in your own words. We do not tolerate plagiarism (i.e., cutting and pasting text from the internet as your answer). If you utilize an outside source to support your answer to a question, please cite that source.
Skipping questions by providing cursory responses, not responding to all parts of a question, or simply putting in filler text is disrespectful to your peers and does not count as full participation.
Citations are expected to be applied to your responses whenever you include outside information that is not from your personal knowledge, such as a website or Generative AI. This includes facts, statistics, definitions, and company information such as descriptions, earnings, and accounts. Please review the HBS Citation Guide for assistance with citing your sources. Improper citations or unauthorized use of Generative AI are considered a violation of the HBS Online Honor Code and are strictly prohibited. For more information regarding responses, properly cited sources, and acceptable Generative AI use, please consult the Academic Honesty Guidelines page.

Active Engagement & Contributions

Throughout the course you will be able to see the reflections and insights from other participants. We encourage you to read and interact with these posts. While we do not have a specific number that we expect from each participant, we value the quality of each contribution.
Participants who fail to complete the program requirements will not receive a certificate and will not be eligible to retake the program.

Awarding the Certificate of Completion

Following the required deadline in Management Essentials, our team will begin the process of reviewing all coursework to determine each participant’s eligibility for the Certificate of Completion. Certificate eligibility is determined within 30 days of the final deadline of the course. Please visit our Certificate Guidelines page for a detailed overview of the certificate process, and our Certificates, Credentials & Credits page to see what your certificate will look like.

All participants who successfully meet the required deadline and fulfill all course learning requirements will earn the Certificate of Completion and become distinguished leaders in our growing community of HBS Online past participants. This community offers wonderful opportunities for networking, whether through community events or the official LinkedIn group, and provides access to previews of new content and other exciting initiatives underway at HBS Online.

Take Your Learning a Step Further

Develop Your Expertise

Learning Tracks enable you to immerse yourself in a particular subject area and develop deeper insights and expertise to take your career to the next level. Those who successfully complete three courses from their selected Learning Track within 18 months will earn a Certificate of Specialization.
Participants who successfully earn a Certificate of Completion in Management Essentials may put this coursework toward earning a comprehensive Certificate of Specialization in Leadership & Management.
Are you interested in this immersive offering? Visit our FAQ page to learn more about Learning Tracks.

To show our appreciation for your participation in Management Essentials, we're offering a 30% discount on some of our upcoming courses. This discount is applied automatically to the program fee upon time of payment and cannot be combined with any other discounts, scholarships, grants, or financial aid options. Participants enrolled via a Corporate Learning Package are not eligible for the past participant discount. Please view the full discount terms and conditions for more information.

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