Managing the Organization from Coursera

This course is intended to help you become a better manager by helping you more fully understand and deal with the complexities and challenges associated with managerial life in organizations. You will learn theories, principles, and frameworks that will help you more effectively manage and lead your organizations.

You will be able to:

- Analyze common managerial challenges and develop solutions to these challenges

- Use power effectively and strategically to implement organizational change

- Understand the foundations of organizational culture and decision-making

- Navigate common decision-making pitfalls and ethical challenges

- Apply principles of organization management to common challenges of management

This course is part of Gies College of Business’ suite of online programs, including the iMBA and iMSM. Learn more about admission into these programs and explore how your Coursera work can be leveraged if accepted into a degree program at https://degrees.giesbusiness.illinois.edu/idegrees/.

What's inside

Syllabus

Course Orientation

You will become familiar with the course, your classmates, and our learning environment. The orientation will also help you obtain the technical skills required for the course.

MODULE 1: POWER AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE

This module will introduce you to principles of power so that you can recognize where power comes from and use you power more effectively as a manager. This module will also explore models of organizational change and best practices that can help you successfully implement a change initiative.

MODULE 2: MANAGING ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE

This module will explore the concept of organizational culture and will help you to understand where it comes from and how you can manage and shape culture in your organization.

MODULE 3: DECISION-MAKING AND ETHICS

This module will introduce different types of decision-making processes and will highlight some common decision-making biases that can affect managers, including a number of ethical decision-making traps.

MODULE 4: LEADERSHIP IN ORGANIZATIONS

This module will highlight several perspectives on organizational leadership and will use a leadership lens to review key principles that have been discussed in the course.

Good to know

Know what's good

, what to watch for

, and possible dealbreakers

Informs managers about some common challenges and their solutions

Equipping managers to sharpen their skills in using power strategically

Familiarizes managers with organizational culture in the context of management

Emphasizes decision-making ethics, considering the variety of decision-making methods

Taught by recognized instructors, Michael Bednar and E. Geoffrey Love

Presents leadership in terms of organizational structure, using prior modules as stepping stones

Career center

Learners who complete Managing the Organization will develop knowledge and skills that may be useful to these careers:

Project Manager

Project Managers will need a bachelor's degree, and sometimes may have a master's degree. They will need to know how to analyze common managerial challenges and develop solutions to these challenges. This course can help build that foundation.

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Marketing Manager

Marketing Managers typically need a bachelor's degree. This course can help them to understand how to use power effectively to implement organizational change, which is a necessary skill for this role. This course also helps build a foundation of organizational culture and decision-making, which would both be highly beneficial to this kind of professional.

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Sales Manager

Sales Managers typically need a bachelor's degree. This course can help them to understand how to use power effectively to implement organizational change, which is a necessary skill for this role. This course also helps build a foundation of organizational culture and decision-making, which would both be highly beneficial to this kind of professional.

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Business Analyst

Business Analysts typically need a bachelor's degree. This course may be helpful to them because it teaches how to analyze common managerial challenges and develop solutions to these challenges.

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Chief Financial Officer

Chief Financial Officers typically need a master's degree, like an MBA. This course can help them to understand how to use power effectively to implement organizational change, which is a necessary skill for this role. This course also helps build a foundation of organizational culture and decision-making, which would both be highly beneficial to this kind of professional.

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Training and Development Manager

Training and Development Managers will need at a minimum a bachelor's degree, and often need a master's degree. This course can help them to understand how to use power effectively to implement organizational change, which is a necessary skill for this role. This course also helps build a foundation of organizational culture and decision-making, which would both be highly beneficial to this kind of professional.

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Market Research Analyst

Market Research Analysts typically need a bachelor's degree. This course can help build a foundation of organizational culture and decision-making, which would be highly beneficial to this kind of professional.

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Chief Executive Officer

Chief Executive Officers typically have a master's degree, like an MBA. This course can help them to understand how to use power effectively to implement organizational change, which is a necessary skill for this role. This course also helps build a foundation of organizational culture and decision-making, which would be highly beneficial to this kind of professional.

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Chief Operating Officer

Chief Operating Officers typically need a master's degree, like an MBA. This course can help them to understand how to use power effectively to implement organizational change, which is a necessary skill for this role. This course also helps build a foundation of organizational culture and decision-making, which would be highly beneficial to this kind of professional.

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Financial Analyst

Financial Analysts typically have a bachelor's or master's degree. This course can help them to understand how to use power effectively to implement organizational change, which is a necessary skill for this role. This course also helps build a foundation of organizational culture and decision-making, which would both be highly beneficial to this kind of professional.

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Operations Manager

Operations Managers will usually have a bachelor's degree and may need an MBA. This course will be particularly helpful for them because it teaches how to analyze common managerial challenges and develop solutions to these challenges.

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Human Resources Manager

Human Resources Managers may have a bachelor's or a master's degree. They will find this course useful in developing their understanding of organizational culture and decision-making, which are essential to the role.

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Data Analyst

Data Analysts typically need a bachelor's degree. This course may be helpful to them because it teaches foundational theories in management, including models of organizational change, decision-making processes, and effective leadership.

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Program Manager

Program Managers are typically required to have a bachelor's degree. This course may be helpful to them because it teaches foundational theories in management, including models of organizational change, decision-making processes, and effective leadership.

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Management Analyst

Management Analysts, who typically need a master's degree, may find the “Managing the Organization” course helpful. This course provides an overview of foundational theories in management, including models of organizational change, decision-making processes, and effective leadership.

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