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Duration

18 hours

Total fee

Free

Mode of learning

Online

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Credential

Certificate

Management Skills for International Business
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Highlights

  • Shareable Certificate Earn a Certificate upon completion
  • 100% online Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
  • Course 2 of 6 in the International Business Essentials Specialization
  • Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
  • Approx. 18 hours to complete
  • English Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish
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Management Skills for International Business
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  • This course focuses on a range of management techniques. You?ll discover the main skills and competencies of effective leaders, and how to distinguish between management and leadership. The course will cover team dynamics, how to build effective relationships, key motivation theories, and how to use communication to best effect.
  • This course forms part of a specialisation from the University of London designed to help you develop and build the essential business, academic, and cultural skills necessary to succeed in international business, or in further study.
  • If completed successfully, your certificate from this specialisation can also be used as part of the application process for the University of London Global MBA programme, particularly for early career applicants. If you would like more information about the Global MBA, please visit https://mba.london.ac.uk/.
  • This course is endorsed by CMI
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Management Skills for International Business
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Curriculum

How to Measure a Manager's Level of Effectiveness

Introduction to the Course and Week 1

Key Concept: An Introduction to Frameworks of Management Roles

Key Concept: Mintzberg's Framework of Ten Management Roles and Fayol's Principles of Management

Key Attributes for an Effective Manager

Key Skills from the CMI

Paul Taylor

Key Skills from CIMA

Interview with Andrew Harding

Attributes of a Manager: Decision Making

Interview with Andrew Harding

Interview with Jan Cameron

Key Management Skills

Ashridge College

Management Styles

Case Study: An Introduction to Management Skills

Case Study: Management Skills

Example

Interview with Mary Stiasny

Women in Leadership

Interview with Claire Taylor

Leadership

Case Study: Interview with Stephen Hobbs

Key Skills for Leadership and Management

Leadership vs Management

Gary Yukl

Building Expert Power

Introduction

How to Measure a Manager's Level of Effectiveness

Case Study: An Introduction to the Effectiveness of Operational Managers

Case Study: The Effectiveness of Operational Managers

Example 1

Case Study: The Effectiveness of Operational Managers

Example 2

Week 1 Summary

CMI

Henri Fayol

CMI

Henry Mintzberg

CMI

What Attributes Do I Need?

The Psychology of Leadership

CMI

Understanding Management and Leadership Styles

CMI

Adair's Action-Centred Leadership

The Six Griefs of Good Leadership

7 Habits of Remarkably Effective Leaders

CMI

Stephen Covey

End of Week Quiz

How to Achieve Optimum Team Delivery

Week 2 Introduction

Key Concept

Effective Teamwork and Belbin's Team Roles

Case Study

Workplace Applications of Belbin's Team Roles

Case Study: Interview with Stephen Hobbs

Building an Effective Team

Interview with Graham Chase

Teamworking

Interview with Jan Cameron

Building an Effective Team

Case Study: Interview with Valentina Lorenzon

Collaborative Relationships

Case Study: Managing a Team to Optimum Performance

Week 2 Summary

CMI

Belbin's Team Roles

CMI

Steps in Successful Team Building

Three Obstacles to Shaping an Effective Team (And How to Overcome Them)

CMI

Tuckman's Stages of Team Development

CMI

Lencioni's Five Dysfunctions of a Team

CMI

Developing Trust

CMI

5 Ways to Bridge the Trust Gap Between Senior and Middle Management

CMI

How To Use Feedback to Make Your Team Perform Like the All Blacks

Ted Talk

How To Save The World (Or At Least Yourself) From Bad Meetings

How a Manager Can Motivate Their Team

Week 3 Introduction

Key Concept: Motivational Theories

Introduction

Herzberg's Motivation

Hygiene Theory

McGregor's Theory X and Theory Y Models

Adams' Equity Theory

Week 3 Summary

Herzberg and Hygiene Factors

McGregor's Theory X, Theory Y

Adams' Equity Theory

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

CMI

Vroom's Expectancy Theory

Further Reading: Motivation

CMI

Motivate Me, or I'm Changing Job

CMI

The Hawthorne Experiments

Ten Ways To Kill Your Team's Motivation By Accident

CMI

Motivating Your Team

CMI

Motivating the Demotivated

CMI

What Highly Engaged Staff Need From Their Managers

End of Week Quiz

Managing Change

Week 4 Introduction

Interview with Graham Chase

Communication Skills

Case Study: Communication Strategy

Case Study: Interview with Stephen Hobbs

Workplace Communication

Case Study: Interview with Michael Davis

The Role of I.T.

Key concept

Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication

Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication

Key Concept: Frameworks for Managing Change

Introduction

Key Concept

Kurt Lewin's 3 Step Change Management Model

Key Concept: Kotter's 8-Step Change Model

Key Concept

Kubler-Ross's 5-Stage Model

Case Study: An Introduction to the Applications of the Frameworks for Managing Change

Case Study: Applications of the Frameworks for Managing Change

Case Study: Interview with Reetu Kansal

Key Skills in Managing Change

Summary of Week 4 and the Course

Kurt Lewin's Change Model

Kotter's 8-Step Change Model

Hard and Soft Factors of Change

Changing Change Management

Ted Talk

5 Ways to Lead in an Era of Constant Change

Ackerman and Anderson

What Makes an Effective Change Agent?

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