People are the most valuable asset of any business, but they are also the most unpredictable, and the most difficult asset to manage. And although managing people well is critical to the health of any organization, most managers don't get the training they need to make good management decisions. Now, award-winning authors and renowned management Professors Mike Useem and Peter Cappelli of the Wharton School have designed this course to introduce you to the key elements of managing people. Based on their popular course at Wharton, this course will teach you how to motivate individual performance and design reward systems, how to design jobs and organize work for high performance, how to make good and timely management decisions, and how to design and change your organization’s architecture. By the end of this course, you'll have developed the skills you need to start motivating, organizing, and rewarding people in your organization so that you can thrive as a business and as a social organization.
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
2 hours to complete
Motivation and Reward
2 hours to complete
6 videos (Total 63 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
2 hours to complete
Task, Jobs, and Systems of Work
2 hours to complete
6 videos (Total 55 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
2 hours to complete
Making Good and Timely Management Decisions
2 hours to complete
5 videos (Total 53 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
2 hours to complete
Designing and Changing the Organization's Architecture
2 hours to complete
6 videos (Total 61 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz
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- 4 stars18.04%
- 3 stars4.45%
- 2 stars1.55%
- 1 star0.22%
TOP REVIEWS FROM MANAGEMENT FUNDAMENTALS
by IGApr 12, 2020
Truly a great course to learn stuff, the best part is the use of case studies to explain the ideologies.
by KMMay 11, 2020
I like the cases in illustrating concepts on human resources management which is very helpful in leading people in my organization
by SHMay 28, 2018
It would have been good if the course included a bibliography for further reading on the topics presented.
by AKOct 7, 2019
I am so grateful to be able to take capsule Business courses from Wharton School Professors on Coursera!
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