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!
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Career Success SpecializationUniversity of California, IrvineAbout this Course
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got a tangible career benefit from this course
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Subtitles: Arabic, Vietnamese, Afrikaans, English, Spanish
What you will learn
Explain the difference between managers and leaders
Describe the five functions of management
Use the SMART goal-setting technique
Understand the power of building a network
Skills you will gain
Management TheoryManagement StylesLeadershipManagement
Learner Career Outcomes
61%
started a new career after completing these courses
37%
got a tangible career benefit from this course
17%
got a pay increase or promotion
Shareable Certificate
Earn a Certificate upon completion
100% online
Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
Course 7 of 10 in the
Flexible deadlines
Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
Approx. 6 hours to complete
English
Subtitles: Arabic, Vietnamese, Afrikaans, English, Spanish
Offered by
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.
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
3 hours to complete
Managers vs Leaders
3 hours to complete
9 videos (Total 88 min), 5 readings, 1 quiz
9 videos
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 exercise
Review34m
1 hour to complete
Skills for Today's Manager
1 hour to complete
3 videos (Total 32 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz
3 videos
2.2 Management Functions 7m
2.3 The Fundamental Business Model18m
2 readings
Module 2 Lecture Slides10m
Suggested Readings10m
1 practice exercise
Review10m
1 hour to complete
Planning
1 hour to complete
4 videos (Total 30 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
4 videos
3.2 Goal Setting 6m
3.3 The Planning Process 5m
3.4 Planning Tools3m
1 reading
Module 3 Lecture Slides10m
1 practice exercise
Review10m
1 hour to complete
Management Styles and Networking
1 hour to complete
4 videos (Total 38 min), 3 readings, 1 quiz
4 videos
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 exercise
Review10m
Reviews
TOP REVIEWS FROM FUNDAMENTALS OF MANAGEMENT
by ETAug 17, 2015
Really simple and easy to follow along. I learned things that will definitely help me work more efficiently in my business. I found it faster to just go over the slides instead of watching the videos.
by MJNov 8, 2015
Great for people that, like me, does not have a management background but maybe end up dealing with this type of position. Good guidelines, simple but complete and using understandable examples.
by YPMay 27, 2020
This course is very useful for management fraternity whether they are practitioners or academicians it changes my orientation with relevant examples. Thank you for the wonderful course.
by AANov 10, 2017
This course help me to know about how to planning and organizing and how leading people in organization ,I recommend it for anyone who wants to know more about fundamentals of management
About the Career Success Specialization
This series of courses will help you build, develop and hone the essential skills needed to improve your employability and advancement in today’s dynamic workforce. The courses in this Specialization may be taken in any order. Each course can also be taken independently. The Specialization concludes with a Capstone project that will give you the opportunity to integrate and apply the skills you have gained throughout the courses to your individual and organizational needs.
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