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Management of Multinational and Cross-Cultural Teams SpecializationUniversity of California, Davis

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Whether you are currently a manager or not,  you should now be ready to learn to play a leadership role in a multinational team. Leadership is more than management, and culture greatly affects what is expected of leaders. For instance, some cultures expect their leaders to give directives; others expect them to facilitate so that everyone on the team has a chance for their voice to be heard. No matter which way they lean, you are likely to hear “that’s just the way it’s done” if you try to shake things up. Leadership requires adapting your style to build comfort from team members with different backgrounds than yours while also helping change the narrative for people who don’t want to adapt to your strengths. You need to help others find the levers to pull that work for them to adjust to a cross-cultural environment. As leaders you also need to be constantly learning to prepare for the inevitable changes of the future? By looking into the future, how will different cultures grow, and how will climate change and technology fundamentally alter the line between physical and virtual space. What will all this mean for multinational team leadership in the future?

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Management of Multinational and Cross-Cultural Teams Specialization

Intermediate Level

The primary audience for this topic are managers leading cross-cultural teams, employees aspiring to be managers, consultants, and supervisors.

Approx. 11 hours to complete

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What you will learn

Explore different models of leadership and understand how the cultural differences in what is expected of leaders affect team performance.

Skills you will gain

Leadership
Culture
Cross-Cultural Communication
Teams

Flexible deadlines

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Coursera Labs

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Course 4 of 4 in the

Management of Multinational and Cross-Cultural Teams Specialization

Intermediate Level

The primary audience for this topic are managers leading cross-cultural teams, employees aspiring to be managers, consultants, and supervisors.

Approx. 11 hours to complete

English

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Instructors

Daniel Student

Management Consultant and Communications Specialist

Continuing and Professional Education

2,585 Learners

4 Courses

Dr. Cleveland Justis

Management Consultant and Director of Executive Leadership Program

Continuing and Professional Education

2,585 Learners

4 Courses

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University of California, Davis

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week1

Week 1

4 hours to complete

Getting Started and What It Means To Lead

4 hours to complete

5 videos (Total 29 min), 10 readings, 2 quizzes

5 videos

Course Introduction8mModule Introduction2mDefinition of Leadership5mAdaptive Leadership7mStyles Of Leadership6m

10 readings

A Note From UC Davis10mProfessional Panelist: Anneli Adams5mProfessional Panelist: Manisha Gupta5mProfessional Panelist: Donald James5mProfessional Panelist: Maheedharan Thiagarajan5mProfessional Panelist: Pankaj Mehta5mProfessional Panelist: Renato Junqueira Santos Pereira5mProfessional Panelist: Karine Salanon5mProfessional Panelist: Yu-Chao (Justin) Wang5mLeadership10m

2 practice exercises

Leadership vs. Management Practice Quiz30mModule 1 Quiz30m

Week2

Week 2

3 hours to complete

Challenges That Arise From Cultural Expectation Of Leadership

In this module, you will be able to discuss how culture and bias affects your vision of a leader and differentiate between hierarchical and flat leadership and the cultural expectations of those styles. You'll be able to recognize how power is demonstrated across cultures and identify the challenges of other sub-cultures within your team. You will be able to discuss how decisions are made in various cultures and be able to differentiate how leaders are viewed in various cultures.

3 hours to complete

5 videos (Total 36 min), 2 readings, 2 quizzes

Week3

Week 3

3 hours to complete

Becoming a Leader For Everyone

3 hours to complete

4 videos (Total 26 min)

Week4

Week 4

2 hours to complete

Leading Towards the Future for Multinational, Cross-Cultural Teams

In this module, you will be able to envision what a multinational, cross-cultural team will look like in the next 20+ years. You will be able to consider the factors on generational influence like age, global matters, climate, etc. in the future of multinational, cross-cultural teams and leadership. You will be able to anticipate how globalization, technology, economies, and environmental change can impact teamwork. You'll also be able to identify opportunities and challenges these changes will bring for the multinational, cross-cultural team leaders building this new future.

2 hours to complete

5 videos (Total 28 min)

About the Management of Multinational and Cross-Cultural Teams Specialization

In this Specialization, you will learn the essential skills to work in and manage multinational and cross-cultural teams. You will learn from organizational consultants and UC Davis MBA alumni Cleveland Justis and Daniel Student, who have studied, led, and advised cross-cultural teams from a variety of sectors. They will share best practices, research, and tools, as well as first-person narratives from a variety of global leaders. You will learn how to navigate cultural differences in approaches to accomplishing work that can trip up your team, how to take advantage of the rising opportunities and mitigate the new challenges brought on by virtual multinational collaboration, and how to rise as a cross-cultural leader.

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