University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Leadership

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
4.8

(54 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

11 hours to complete
3 weeks at 3 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Develop and strengthen your capacity to lead and recognize leadership exhibited by those around you in the organization

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Taught in English

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There are 3 modules in this course

This module starts with a course introduction, then will introduce different types of decision-making processes and will highlight some common decision-making biases that can affect managers, including a number of ethical decision-making traps.  

What's included

11 videos5 readings1 assignment1 peer review1 discussion prompt

In this module, you will learn about the life cycle of a project when using the traditional model for project management. Why is it called waterfall, and how does that dictate the process? The focus will be on the first state of the project life cycle, project initiation.

What's included

21 videos3 readings9 assignments

This module starts by defining leadership, then introduces key components of effective leadership.

What's included

9 videos1 peer review

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4.8 (15 ratings)
Gies College of Business, University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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