OU - Management of Uncertainty: Leadership, Decisions and Action

Offered byFutureLearn

Management of Uncertainty: Leadership, Decisions and Action
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Overview

Develop greater leadership skills and learn to make effective decisions in conditions of radical uncertainty

Duration	12 weeks
Total fee	₹89,229
Mode of learning	Online
Official Website	Go to Website
Credential	Certificate

Management of Uncertainty: Leadership, Decisions and Action
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Highlights

Earn a certificate after completion of course from The Open University
Learn online with expert instructors
Complete project-based assessments

Management of Uncertainty: Leadership, Decisions and Action
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Course details

Who should do this course?

Senior roles in business, the public sector or third sector

Strategic analysis or consulting

New product development

Managing or commissioning large complex projects

What are the course deliverables?

Critical analysis

Perspective taking

Personal resilience

Engaging with uncomfortable knowledge

Tolerance of ambiguity and ambivalence

Ethical awareness

Leadership

Influencing

Management

Planning for uncertainty

Decision making

Strategic thinking

More about this course

The "Management of Uncertainty: Leadership, Decisions, and Action" course equips leaders and decision-makers with the tools and strategies needed to navigate complex and unpredictable environments

This course focuses on developing the skills to make effective decisions under uncertain conditions, balancing risk with opportunity

Participants learn to lead with confidence, even when outcomes are unclear, by mastering techniques for assessing risks, anticipating potential challenges, and taking decisive action

The course also emphasizes the importance of adaptability, resilience, and strategic thinking, enabling leaders to guide their organizations through uncertainty with clarity and purpose

Management of Uncertainty: Leadership, Decisions and Action
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Curriculum

Identify the ways in which an individuals, organizations and societies we construct certainty and avoid uncertainty

Apply multiple perspectives on uncertainty and tools for engaging with uncertainty whilst still being able to act

Reflect critically on the uses, limitations and dangers of big data, artificial intelligence, and models, in contexts of uncertainty

Demonstrate a critical and ethical awareness of how uncertainty is socially distributed in society and in organizations and how your actions as a manager/leader can impact this

Reflect on and develop your own capacity for leadership under uncertainty

Evaluate assumptions critically, in planning, forecasting, modeling and strategizing to support more mindful organizing and greater resilience in the face of uncertainty

Management of Uncertainty: Leadership, Decisions and Action
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Faculty details

Prof. Mark Fenton-O'Creevy

I am a Professor of Organisational Behaviour who researches and advises on how consumers, bankers and leaders make decisions in conditions of uncertainty

Dr Layla Branicki

Dr Layla Branicki is Senior Lecturer in HRM and Organisation Studies in The Open University Business School. Layla has a specific interest in understanding uncertainty and resilience.