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About the Course

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....

Top reviews

DM

Oct 19, 2018

Excellent Course. Understanding human behavior is one of the most difficult challenges in an organization. This course describes the challenges well and offers approaches to tackling those challenges.

CE

Jan 12, 2022

Really enjoyed the cases studies throught the weeks and well having the pdfs for taking notes. The final notes on management and decision making will be on my note list for work reflection for sure.

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By shirinsamani

Oct 31, 2017

I really recommend this course because the instructors bring the real examples and analyse them. That really helps to understand the concepts. I enjoy taking this course.

By GARETH G

May 25, 2020

A lot more in depth than I expected which was great ! Also hearing real world examples from the most recognised companies in the world gives it some real substance !

By Chris

Aug 1, 2020

Outstanding presentations with valuable insights into the complexity of humans and organizations. Excellent ideas on how to work and lead with wisdom and character.

By Natalie F

Nov 17, 2021

Amazing course led by both Professor Cappelli and Professor Useem! This has helped me so much in learning more about human resources and human capital management.

By Lu L

Nov 4, 2018

This is a good course where you could learn a lot about management in case studies. Professors also provide useful tips and highlights which is quite useful.

By Shail U

Mar 30, 2017

Great course for learning how the social and human capital works! Excellent Faculty and teaching!

Many Thanks to Prof. Peter Cappelli and Prof. Michael Useem

By Krithika

Jun 19, 2018

Excellent course! Great insights about organizational behaviour and management of human capital. Lectures of Peter Capelli and Mike Useem were very useful.

By Shrinivas G U

Dec 7, 2018

Excellent course. The lecture are short but the point. As an employee in a large organization it is easy to relate to the examples and suggested practices

By João B S d S

Aug 13, 2021

Very interesting course and great teacher. Although it's just an introduction course, I believe it gives a great foundation to start exploring the field.

By Chinedu E

Aug 15, 2019

This was a very engaging, enlightening and rewarding course as I learnt new ways and method of approaching different issues and tasks in an organisation

By Romina M

Aug 4, 2018

Great examples, however sometimes a bit to long to come to the point and lost focus due to that. I enjoyed how the topics are divided into videos making

By Nandini s

Sep 12, 2021

This is my first course in course era, it was so informational with good illustrated examples. Thank you to the professors for bringing up this course.

By Joshua S

Apr 6, 2020

I love how psychology plays such a large role in the world of business and how this course teaches you how to understand the people you are managing.

By Justin M

Jul 28, 2019

Insightful and well put together. The course-work contained a great variation of real world examples in regards to leadership and decision making.

By Thuy T

Sep 11, 2021

Excellent course on the Management of People and Change Leadership! Thank you Professor Useenm and Professor Cappelli for your great instruction!

By Pyro W

Jul 14, 2020

Really enjoyed this course. Took home many points and principals I deeply believe in and clearly defined how to make those work with any company.

By Julien O

Mar 2, 2021

Excellent course. It really got me thinking about incentive structures and organizational architectures and their impact on performance.

Thanks!

By Jay J

Oct 13, 2018

Great course which is easy to supplement while taking more quantitative courses, or in my case, while working FT at an engineering firm, HNTB.

By Amrish S

Nov 27, 2017

Comprehensive program that explains well into the topic. Professors have take the core o the subject and opened avenues to learn more. Thanks!

By Sharyn I

Oct 17, 2019

Really enjoyed this course. Very helpful content and considerations for a complex and difficult topic. Excellent and memorable case studies.

By Ib S P

Sep 15, 2020

Very good overview with interesting aspects regarding good and timely decision making. The professors were interesting and well-presented.

By Ashish M

Oct 4, 2022

Really helpful in learning about how to deal with real life situations. Could be made better by including some reference documents/books.

By Bob L - p l

Aug 9, 2024

The course itself was excellence it teaches you about personal and organizational success with social media and human capital resources.

By Chidurum E

Feb 26, 2019

I enjoyed the new knowledge I have acquired. The professors are great facilitators, and I will continue to take classes through coursea.

By Jennifer F

Jun 10, 2020

I loved this class - the examples really helped to grasp the content. Excited to apply the skills and techniques learned to my agency!