Managing the Organization

Instructor: Michael Bednar , E. Geoffrey Love

Beginner Level • 3 hours to complete • Flexible Schedule

What You'll Learn

  • Identify and explain common challenges faced by managers in organizations.
  • Apply theory and principles to become a more effective manager in your own professional life.
  • Analyze the effectiveness of managerial decisions in various organizations.
  • Make managerial recommendations to increase organizational effectiveness.

Skills You'll Gain

Decision Making
Business Ethics
Culture
Organizational Effectiveness
Change Management
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Business Management
Strategic Leadership
Organizational Leadership
Strategic Decision-Making
Organizational Change
Organizational Structure
Leadership

Shareable Certificate

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Outcomes

  • Learn new concepts from industry experts
  • Gain a foundational understanding of a subject or tool
  • Develop job-relevant skills with hands-on projects
  • Earn a shareable career certificate

There are 5 modules in this course

You will become familiar with the course, your classmates, and our learning environment. The orientation will also help you obtain the technical skills required for the course.

This module will introduce you to principles of power so that you can recognize where power comes from and use you power more effectively as a manager.  This module will also explore models of organizational change and best practices that can help you successfully implement a change initiative.  

This module will explore the concept of organizational culture and will help you to understand where it comes from and how you can manage and shape culture in your organization.  

This module will introduce different types of decision-making processes and will highlight some common decision-making biases that can affect managers, including a number of ethical decision-making traps.  

This module will highlight several perspectives on organizational leadership and will use a leadership lens to review key principles that have been discussed in the course.