Career Success Specialization

Are you about to enter the workforce? Are you an emerging professional? Are you new to your role in the organization? All prospective new employees benefit from understanding management principles, roles and responsibilities, regardless of position. Now you can acquire an in-depth understanding of the basic concepts and theories of management while exploring the manager's operational role in all types of organizations. Gain insight into the manager's responsibility in planning, organizing, leading, staffing and controlling within the workplace. It’s never too soon to plan your professional path by learning how the best managers manage for success! Upon completing this course, you will be able to: 1. Describe the difference between managers and leaders 2. Explore the focus of a manager’s job 3. Cite the required skills for a new manager’s success 4. Describe the five functions of management 5. Explain the new model management operating philosophy 6. Describe the hierarchy of planning 7. Use the SMART goal setting technique 8. Discuss the concept of evolution of leadership 9. Explain how customer satisfaction is linked to controlling 10. Discuss the power of building a network

100% online course

Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.

Approx. 5 hours to complete

Suggested: 4-8 hours of videos, readings, and quizzes

English

Subtitles: English, Vietnamese

What you will learn

Describe the five functions of management

Explain the difference between managers and leaders

Understand the power of building a network

Use the SMART goal-setting technique

Skills you will gain

ManagementProcess ManagementPlanningProject Management

100% online course

Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.

Approx. 5 hours to complete

Suggested: 4-8 hours of videos, readings, and quizzes

English

Subtitles: English, Vietnamese

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

1

Section

3 hours to complete

Managers vs Leaders

...

9 videos (Total 88 min), 5 readings, 1 quiz

9 videos

1.1 Managers and Leaders: What's the Difference? 7m

1.2 The Manager's Role12m

1.3 Organizational Behavior10m

1.4 Lean10m

1.5 The Nine Wastes8m

1.6 Change and Transition10m

1.7 Behavior Change9m

1.8 Facilitating Change11m

1.9 Common Reactions to Change7m

5 readings

About this Course10m

Please Take this Survey10m

Lecture Slides10m

Leadership Tool Box10m

Lecture Slides10m

1 practice exercises

Review34m

2

Section

1 hour to complete

Skills for Today's Manager

...

3 videos (Total 32 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz

3 videos

2.1 Essential Skills for Today's Manager 6m

2.2 Management Functions 7m

2.3 The Fundamental Business Model18m

2 readings

Module 2 Lecture Slides10m

3

Section

1 hour to complete

Planning

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4 videos (Total 30 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

4 videos

3.1 Organizational Planning14m

3.2 Goal Setting 6m

3.3 The Planning Process 5m

3.4 Planning Tools3m

1 readings

Module 3 Lecture Slides10m

1 practice exercises

Review10m

4

Section

1 hour to complete

Management Styles and Networking

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4 videos (Total 38 min), 3 readings, 1 quiz

4 videos

4.1 More Functions of Management2m

4.2 Leadership Styles9m

4.3 Control Process13m

4.4 Networking12m

3 readings

Module 4 Lecture Slides10m

Course Wrap-Up10m

End of Course Survey10m

1 practice exercises

Review10m

Instructor

Dave Nagy

Instructor, University of California, Irvine Extension

About University of California, Irvine

Since 1965, the University of California, Irvine has combined the strengths of a major research university with the bounty of an incomparable Southern California location. UCI’s unyielding commitment to rigorous academics, cutting-edge research, and leadership and character development makes the campus a driving force for innovation and discovery that serves our local, national and global communities in many ways....

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Career Success Specialization