Fundamentals of Management and Organizations
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Fundamentals of Management and Organizations
This course is part of Supply Chain & Operations Specialization
Instructor: Matheus Graciani
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Skills you'll gain
- Organizational Strategy
- Process Improvement
- Value Propositions
- Project Design
- Organizational Structure
- Process Mapping
- Business Process Improvement
- Project Management
- Operations Management
- Business Modeling
- Operational Analysis
- Business Strategy
- Process Analysis
- Innovation
- Business Process
- Leadership and Management
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There are 5 modules in this course
This course will guide you through the basic concepts, tools and practices in management. It is designed for students from diverse backgrounds as a crash-course to understand the most fundamental aspects of management in organizations. In this course we will see how management began as a discipline, what are the building blocks of management in organizations (processes and projects), and how to analyze external environment and internal capabilities. All that with a focus on how to properly apply the tools and concepts to manage yourself and your work.
In this module, you will be introduced to the fundamental concepts in management and organizations. You will go through the basic insights of this field, from the pioneering work developed by Taylor in the early 20th century to the modern approach that organizations use to manage processes and tasks.
What's included
5 videos5 readings6 assignments1 discussion prompt
5 videos•Total 72 minutes
- Introduction•3 minutes
- Work, Tasks, and Management•5 minutes
- Designing and Improving Business Processes•8 minutes
- Designing and Improving Business Processes 2•6 minutes
- Recording of Fundamentals of Management and Organizations Live Session on 22-03-14 20:04:00 [31:32]•49 minutes
5 readings•Total 120 minutes
- Read this Before you Start!•10 minutes
- Course Syllabus•10 minutes
- The Principles of Scientific Management•40 minutes
- Improving Business Processes: Chapter 1•30 minutes
- Improving Business Processes: Chapter 2•30 minutes
6 assignments•Total 40 minutes
- Course Objective•5 minutes
- Scientific Management and its Applications•5 minutes
- What is a business process?•5 minutes
- Self Reflection: Processes•5 minutes
- Business Process Improvement•5 minutes
- Self-Reflection: Business Process Improvement•15 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
- Course expectations•10 minutes
In this module we will go over the basic concepts in project management and how to think about productivity in a knowledge intensive economy. We will see the difference between managing projects and processes and how proper problem identification is the key to succesful project management in organizations.
What's included
4 videos5 readings4 assignments
4 videos•Total 20 minutes
- Managing Business Projects•9 minutes
- Business Project Implementation•5 minutes
- Productivity in the Age of Knowledge•5 minutes
- Case Study: A Rush to Failure•1 minute
5 readings•Total 130 minutes
- HBR Guide to Project Management Chapter 1•30 minutes
- HBR Guide to Project Management: Chapter 2•30 minutes
- The New Productivity Challenge•30 minutes
- Case Study - A Rush to Failure•30 minutes
- Essay instructions - Case Study: A Rush to Failure•10 minutes
4 assignments•Total 30 minutes
- Fundamentals of Project Management•5 minutes
- Self Reflection: My MBA Project•15 minutes
- Project Implementation•5 minutes
- Productivity in Modern Organizations•5 minutes
In this module we will go over some fundamental concepts about organizational forms and functions. All organizations can be understood by analyzing how they structure their operations, what are the different functions they use to organize their work and how their environment influences their structure.
What's included
5 videos4 readings7 assignments
5 videos•Total 82 minutes
- Organization Design I•6 minutes
- Organization Design II•7 minutes
- Matrix Organizations•6 minutes
- The Star Model•6 minutes
- Recording of Fundamentals of Management and Organizations Live Session on 22-03-28 20:04:06 [31:48]•58 minutes
4 readings•Total 100 minutes
- Organization Structure - Chapters 7.1 and 7.2•30 minutes
- Organizational Structure - Chapter 7.5•10 minutes
- Matrix Organizations - Introduction•30 minutes
- Matrix Organizations - Chapter I•30 minutes
7 assignments•Total 100 minutes
- Organizations and Their Structure•5 minutes
- Some Concepts on Organizational Structure•10 minutes
- Reflections About Organizational Structure•10 minutes
- Matrix Organizations•5 minutes
- Matrix Multinationals•30 minutes
- The Star Model (tm)•10 minutes
- Reflections on Organizations and Culture•30 minutes
In this module we will understand the fundamentals of environmental analysis and how to understand the relationship between the external environment and organizational structure and design.
What's included
5 videos5 readings5 assignments1 discussion prompt
5 videos•Total 77 minutes
- Environmental Analysis I•9 minutes
- Environmental Analysis II•9 minutes
- New Organizational Forms•9 minutes
- Case Study: N12 Technologies•1 minute
- Recording of Live Session - Fundamentals of Management and Organizations on 22-11-22 12:03:04 [57:16]•49 minutes
5 readings•Total 70 minutes
- Environmental Analysis - Chapter 1.2•10 minutes
- Environment and Structure - Chapter 2.3.1•10 minutes
- New Organizational Forms - Chapter 4•30 minutes
- Case Study - N12 Technologies•10 minutes
- Essay Instructions (2nd Essay)•10 minutes
5 assignments•Total 135 minutes
- Organizations and their Environment•30 minutes
- Organizations and Environments•15 minutes
- Structure, Strategy and Environments•30 minutes
- Reflections on the Covid-19 Pandemic•30 minutes
- Cooperation and Competition•30 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
- Cooperation and Competition: Apple vs Epic Games•10 minutes
In this module we will go over the business model concept and how it can help managers see the bigger picture when analyzing organizations, innovative products and new ventures
What's included
5 videos6 readings7 assignments1 discussion prompt
5 videos•Total 26 minutes
- Business Models•6 minutes
- Business Model Canvas•5 minutes
- Applying the Business Model Canvas•7 minutes
- Business Model Innovation•6 minutes
- Application: The AirBnB Case•2 minutes
6 readings•Total 140 minutes
- Business Models - Chapter 1•30 minutes
- When Your Business Model is in Trouble - Chapter 3•30 minutes
- Business Model Innovation - Chapter 2•30 minutes
- Four Paths to Business Model Innovation•30 minutes
- Case Study - AirBnB•10 minutes
- Instructions - 3rd Essay•10 minutes
7 assignments•Total 360 minutes
- Business Models•30 minutes
- Business Model Canvas•30 minutes
- Using the Business Model Canvas•30 minutes
- Business Model Innovation•30 minutes
- Business Model Concept•30 minutes
- Business Model Innovation II•30 minutes
- SATS LTDA•180 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
- Business Models - Uber•10 minutes
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