About this course: 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.

Created by: University of London, London Business School

Taught by: Julian Birkinshaw, Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship
London Business School

Commitment	2-4 hours/week
Language	English
How To Pass	Pass all graded assignments to complete the course.
User Ratings	4.8 stars Average User Rating 4.8See what learners said

Syllabus

WEEK 1

Course Introduction

Hello and welcome to 'Managing the Company of the Future'. To help you understand how the course will be structured, we would suggest that you go to the 'Start Here' tab first. After that, feel free to explore the rest of the course including the lectures, rea...

3 readings

Week 1

Hello and welcome to the first week of 'Managing the Company of the Future'. In Week 1, we will be talking about the difference between leadership and management, and the reasons why we need to reinvent management as it is today.

11 videos, 3 readings

Graded: Week 1 Quiz

WEEK 2

Week 2

Welcome to Week 2 of 'Managing the Company of the Future'. This week, we'll be learning about traditional and alternative approaches to coordination and decision making, and how you can experiment with some of the new alternative ideas in your own company.

12 videos, 2 readings

Graded: Week 2 Quiz

WEEK 3

Week 3

Welcome to Week 3 of 'Managing the Company of the Future'. We're almost at the halfway point of the course in terms of content now. This week, we'll learn about traditional and alternative forms of motivation and objective-setting and we'll find out how you ca...

13 videos, 2 readings

Graded: Week 3 Quiz

WEEK 4

Week 4

Welcome to Week 4 of 'Managing the Company of the Future'. In our penultimate week of content, we'll be getting a bit more hands-on. You'll be analysing your company's management model and thinking about how to change it. We'll also be learning about different...

11 videos, 3 readings

Graded: Week 4 Quiz

WEEK 5

Week 5

Welcome to Week 5 of 'Managing the Company of the Future'. So you've made it to the last week - congratulations! This week we'll look at the manager as an individual and help you look at your own practice with tips and tricks for becoming a better boss.

11 videos, 2 readings

Graded: Week 5 Quiz

Graded: Final assignment

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It was great learning experience and first one of its kind for me and has enriched leadership skills specially when we are in Transformation Phase. The portal is highly user friendly and Course was very well designed and delivered on Portal, almost having similar experience as we attend such Courses in Classroom(s)

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