Get ready for the Future of Work. Leading people and organisations to adapt, compete and succeed in a complex, global environment.

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Leading: Human Resource Management and Leadership SpecializationMacquarie University

What you will learn

Analyse how to motivate staff with meaningful work
Understand how to enable your organisation to deliver on its strategic objectives
Examine the ways you can harness your team’s diversity and use teamwork to innovate and increase your organisation’s output
Evaluate leadership theories and develop your personal leadership skills

Skills you will gain

About this Specialization

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Become an adaptable leader, ready to face the challenges of the disrupted workplace. This Specialization will equip you with the skills to lead and navigate the ever-changing global environment we now work in. Through four themed courses you will: learn how to motivate staff with meaningful work (Become a Meaning Maker); better enable your organization to deliver on its strategic objectives (Know Your Organisation); harness your team’s diversity and use teamwork to innovate and increase your organization’s output (Know Your People), and strengthen your personal leadership skills (Adapt Your Leadership Style).

Applied Learning Project

In each module, you will review how organisational science can help address real-life leadership and organisational challenges. Based on these reviews, you will learn how to develop and evaluate strategies that can help ensure you, your people and your organisation can adapt, compete and succeed.

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Includes hands on learning projects.

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Flexible Schedule

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Intermediate Level

Approximately 6 months to complete

Suggested pace of 4 hours/week

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Shareable Certificate

Earn a Certificate upon completion

100% online courses

Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.

Coursera Labs

Includes hands on learning projects.

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Flexible Schedule

Set and maintain flexible deadlines.

Intermediate Level

Approximately 6 months to complete

Suggested pace of 4 hours/week

English

Could your company benefit from training employees on in-demand skills?

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Hands-on Project

Every Specialization includes a hands-on project. You'll need to successfully finish the project(s) to complete the Specialization and earn your certificate. If the Specialization includes a separate course for the hands-on project, you'll need to finish each of the other courses before you can start it.

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When you finish every course and complete the hands-on project, you'll earn a Certificate that you can share with prospective employers and your professional network.

There are 4 Courses in this Specialization

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Course 1

Organisational design: Know your organisation

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How do you lead your organisation when today’s work environment is so competitive and complex? When you become responsible for leading an organisation, your most important leadership challenge will be enabling your organisation to deliver on its strategy while ensuring it remains sufficiently agile. This course will prepare you to tackle this challenge. You will examine what organisational culture is, the primary organisational structures, and what we mean by ‘systems’, before building on your foundational knowledge and taking a more strategic perspective. The structured learning activities that complement this course (video lectures, quizzes, discussion prompts and written assessments) will not only prepare you to take your organisation forward in a more strategic direction, but to make better decisions along the way.

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Course 2

Organisational behaviour: Know your people

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Organisations have changed and now, more than ever, personnel management is crucial to organisational success. In this course you’ll explore a range of concepts, theories and methodologies that will help you navigate and optimise your work environment. Via structured learning activities (video lectures, quizzes, discussion prompts and written assessments) you will be exposed to the latest best-practice leadership strategies to enable your employees to achieve more at work. You’ll examine case studies on advanced leadership strategies and be challenged to consider how these might apply to your own workplace. And you’ll discover that your ability to manage and lead people in a flatter, more team-driven context is now the key to organisational success. As the world continues to undergo dynamic change, this course will prepare you to be the one to lead your team and your organisation into the dynamic work environments of tomorrow.

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Course 3

Adapt your leadership style

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Why are organisational misbehaviours such as cynicism, apathy, bullying and disengagement increasingly prevalent in the workplace? This course examines these tensions and how transformational, authentic and inclusive leadership styles offer an alternative to the more autocratic, job-centred and controlling leadership styles of the past. You’ll learn how the digital revolution, along with an increased focus on projects and teamwork, has dramatically altered the perception of leadership in a way that now demands all organisational members take on some form of self-leadership. And you’ll learn how this change is causing tensions between traditional leaders and the contemporary practices vital to maintain agility in today’s ultra-competitive marketplace. This learning will be complemented by structured activities such as video lectures, quizzes, discussion prompts and written assessments.

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Course 4

Visionary leadership, identity & motivation: Become a meaning maker

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When faced with a complex and ambiguous work environment, how do you, as a potential leader, envision the future? How can you deliver on your vision in a way that conveys meaning and drives positive change within your organisation? In this course you will explore how leaders can create a compelling vision and communicate it, and how they create meaning and make work more meaningful. You will look at the role the brain and the body play in processing meaning, and how this can inspire your employees to follow you and your vision. This course will also teach you how to develop meaningful brand identity and the role it can play in clarifying and reinforcing your leadership vision within your organisation, for your partners and for your customers. You will discover that meaning crosses into almost every aspect of management. Finally, you will better understand how social and cultural factors can influence what you can achieve and your limitations when seeking to create meaning.

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Is this course really 100% online? Do I need to attend any classes in person?
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Will I earn university credit for completing the Specialization?
No, but this Coursera Specialization provides a taster of the Global MBA learning experience, featuring high-quality video lectures, practice quizzes and discussion forums.
For the full graduate experience and access to exclusive content such as interviews with industry leaders, live webinars, expert panel discussions, faculty-graded assessments and AACSB-approved postgraduate qualification you should consider enrolling in Macquarie University’s Global MBA today!
Visit the Macquarie University's Global MBA degree page for more information.
How long does it take to complete the Specialization?
There are four courses in this Specialization. Each course contains six modules and we estimate about 6-5 hours learner time on task per module. The courses are self-paced and time to complete can vary from learner to learner depending on their preferred pace.
Do I need to take the courses in a specific order?
No you do not need to take the courses in a specific order. What order you take the courses is entirely up to you!
What background knowledge is necessary?
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Leading: Human Resource Management and Leadership Specialization

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