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!



Fundamentals of Management
This course is part of Career Success Specialization

Instructor: Dave Nagy
Access provided by The National Institute of Engineering
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What you'll 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'll gain
- Smart Goals
- People Management
- Organizational Leadership
- Leadership
- Operations Management
- Professional Networking
- Change Management
- Planning
- Business Management
- Goal Setting
- Organizational Strategy
- Professional Development
- Leadership and Management
- Staff Management
- Customer Relationship Management
- Business Administration
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Reviewed on Feb 6, 2020
I found Dave Nagy very interesting and easy to understand. It is obvious how 2nd nature this area of knowledge is to Prof. Nagy in the way that he makes it all seam so easy and possible.
Reviewed on Jul 29, 2025
Its good experience .. Everything in this course was arranged in such a way that it was easy to remember. The lecturer explained everything simply
Reviewed on Sep 11, 2020
I really enjoyed learning this course.It gave me a whole infrastructure of a manager and how a manager deals with the things.I also learnt about how to do organizational planning and implementing it.
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