Managing the Company of the Future
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Managing the Company of the Future at Coursera Overview
Duration | 13 hours |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Intermediate |
Official Website | Go to Website  |
Credential | Certificate |
Managing the Company of the Future at Coursera Highlights
- SKILLS YOU WILL GAIN: Management Theory, Strategic Management, Leadership, Management
- Enroll for free
- Pay for Certification Examination
- 38% individuals got a tangible career benefit from this course
- Offered By University of London, London Business School
Managing the Company of the Future at Coursera Course details
- Shareable Certificates
- Self-Paced Learning Option
- Course Videos & Readings
- Practice Quizzes
- Graded Assignments with Peer Feedback
- Graded Quizzes with Feedback
- Graded Programming Assignments
- The aim of the course is to provide you with a comprehensive framework for understanding both the traditional principles of management inside companies today as well as the alternative principles that are becoming increasingly important. It provides both theoretical and practical perspectives on the nature of management in today's organisations.
Managing the Company of the Future at Coursera Curriculum
Course Introduction
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Syllabus
Grading
Week 1
Overview of the course
Management versus Leadership
How the business world is changing (Part 1)
How the business world is changing (Part 2)
The Failure of Traditional Management (Part 1)
The Failure of Traditional Management (Part 2)
The Need for Management Innovation (Part 1)
The Need for Management Innovation (Part 2)
What does this mean for me? (Part 1)
What does this mean for me? (Part 2)
Week 1 Summary
Week 2
Defining your management model
Principles of co-ordination (Part 1)
Principles of Coordination (Part 2)
Steven Weber, University of Berkeley: Making our actions visible to others enables better coordination and overall social welfare
Principles of co-ordination (Part 3)
Moving from bureaucracy to emergence
Principles of decision making (Part 1)
Principles of decision making (Part 2)
Gary Hamel, London Business School : A crowdsourcing approach to getting new ideas funded in large companies
Principles of decision making (Part 3)
Moving from hierarchy to collective wisdom
Week 2 summary
Week 3
Principles of motivation - Managing within (Part 1)
Principles of motivation - Managing within (Part 2)
Principles of motivation - Managing within (Part 3)
Andrew McAffee, MIT: How do we tap into everyone's 'slice of genius-in an organisation?
Moving from Extrinsic to Intrinsic Motivation (Part 1)
Moving from Extrinsic to Intrinsic Motivation (Part 2)
Principles of Objective Setting (Part 1)
Jeffrey Pfeffer, Stanford University: The problem with traditional measures in large organisations
Principles of Objective Setting (Part 2)
Moving from Linear Alignment to Obliquity
Putting the four dimensions together (Part 1)
Putting the four dimensions together (Part 2)
Week 3 summary
Week 4
Diagnosing your current and future models (Part 1)
Diagnosing your current and future models (Part 2)
How can you change your management model? (Part 1)
How can you change your management model? (Part 2)
How can you change your management model? (Part 3)
How can you change your management model? (Part 4)
How can you change your management model? (Part 5)
A methodology for experimenting with new ways of working
Rise and fall of "outlier" companies with unusual models
Learning from outlier companies
Week 4 summary
Week 5
From firm to individual (Part 1)
From firm to individual (Part 2)
An employee's eye view
Understanding our biases
How do I change my own way of working?
What will the company of the future look like? (Part 1)
What will the company of the future look like? (Part 2)
Changing nature of work (Part 1)
Changing nature of work (Part 2)
Concluding thoughts
Week 5 summary
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