Critical Perspectives on Management
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Critical Perspectives on Management at Coursera Overview
Duration | 17 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Critical Perspectives on Management at Coursera Highlights
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- Beginner Level
- Approx. 17 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: French, Portuguese (European), Afrikaans, Russian, English, Spanish
Critical Perspectives on Management at Coursera Course details
- This course is designed for students of all backgrounds who have an interest in how firms are governed, the forces that have helped define modern management practice, and the outcomes of that practice not only for the firm itself, but also for the societies in which they operate. For students who are thinking of a career in management, it may also prove useful as a basic introduction to some of the conceptual vocabulary and ideas behind modern theories of management.
- Using a wide disciplinary approach - from economics and history to social theory and even a smattering of biblical criticism - the course will invite students to consider several core management strategies and priorities from often unexpected perspectives in order to judge their success or failure. The key objective of the course is to bring into critical focus how we think about the function and culture of management, how managers understand their role within a firm, how they take decisions, set priorities and benchmark success and failure.
- Topics include: the function of the firm; the role of incentive; the ways in which narrative forces shape decision making, and how market relationships define the managerial culture in ways that can lead to sub-optimal outcomes.
Critical Perspectives on Management at Coursera Curriculum
The Lessons from Rome Part I
Before We Begin
Introduction
The Problem of Information
The Problem of Transaction Costs
Institutional Solutions and The Agency Dilemma
Supplemental (optional) Video - Class Discussion on the role of Freedmen
Syllabus & Readings
Grading and Logistics
Reading & Study Questions
Introduction
The Problem of Information
The Problem of Transaction Costs
Agency & Agency Costs
One: The Lessons from Rome Part I
The Lessons from Rome Part II
The Value of Monitoring
Some Drawbacks
Weighing the Method
Concluding Lessons from the Roman Grain Market
Reading & Study Questions
The Value of Monitoring
Drawbacks to Competitive Evaluation Schemes
Weighing the Method
Two: The Lessons from Rome Part II
What is Innovation?
Defining Innovation
The Box: Explaining Its Introduction
The Box: Conditions for Success
The Box: The Story of Failure
Conclusion: Thinking Beyond Innovation
Reading & Study Questions
Defining Innovation
The Box: Explaining its Introduction
The Box: the Story of Failure
Three: What is Innovation?
The Power of Narrative
Examples of Commonplace Narratives
Towards a Metacritical Concept of Narrative
Home-Buying as An Investment
Irrationality in The Marketplace
Context Analysis
The Behavior of Market Actors
A Cognitively Dissonant Market?
Why Didn't The Federal Reserve Act?
Narrative Structures and Managerial Decisions: Concluding Remarks
Reading & Study Questions
Commonplace Narratives & Metacritical Understanding
Four: The Power of Narrative
Is Shareholder Value a Good Idea?
Shareholder Value: Origins I
Shareholder Value: Origins II
Regulatory and Market Changes
Shareholder-centric Strategy
Who is The Shareholder?
Conclusion
Reading & Study Questions
Five: Is Shareholder Value a Good Idea?
Case Studies
Case Studies: Apple
The Rise and Fall of Nokia I
The Rise and Fall of Nokia II
Assessing Nokia's Strategy
Explaining Nokia's Decline
Conclusions
Now It's All Over
Reading
Six: Case Studies
FINAL EXAM
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