Leadership and organizational behavior
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Leadership and organizational behavior
This course is part of Leadership and Critical Thinking Specialization
Instructor: Elliott Kruse
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What you'll learn
Develop a style of leadership that is suited to your strengths and the needs of the situation.
Design tasks for yourself and others that are motivating and effective.
Communicate your perspective to others in a credible and persuasive way.
Skills you'll gain
- Leadership Studies
- Organizational Leadership
- Influencing
- Industrial and Organizational Psychology
- Stress Management
- Persuasive Communication
- Motivational Skills
- Business Ethics
- Strategic Leadership
- Leadership Development
- General Networking
- Leadership
- Professional Networking
- Empowerment
- Business Leadership
- Leadership and Management
- Emotional Intelligence
- Team Motivation
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There are 4 modules in this course
Leadership is everywhere. It is involved in nearly every social action, in some form. Many people who have the potential to be leaders do not realize it. Many who become leaders do not know how to manage those responsibilities.
Great leaders can inspire change; bad leaders can cripple their followers with stress and frustration. What differentiates these two is a clear vision, an effective plan, and knowledge of how people work. In this class, you will learn the foundations of psychology at work, so that you can better understand others and guide them to shared goals. Along the way, you will answer these questions: Why do you want to be a leader? What kind of leader can you be? How can you persuade and influence people? How can you motivate and inspire people? Whether you are a formal or informal leader.
What's included
2 videos17 readings4 assignments1 discussion prompt
2 videos•Total 9 minutes
- Workplace Outcomes•5 minutes
- Job Design•3 minutes
17 readings•Total 270 minutes
- Welcome•10 minutes
- General objective and list of topics•10 minutes
- Schedule•10 minutes
- Frequent questions•10 minutes
- Evaluation•10 minutes
- Bibliography•10 minutes
- Methodology•10 minutes
- Policies•10 minutes
- Introduction•10 minutes
- Work Outcomes•30 minutes
- Infographic•30 minutes
- To learn more•10 minutes
- PDF. Job Design•30 minutes
- Infographic•30 minutes
- Contextualized situation•30 minutes
- Evaluation of Topic 1. Why do you want to be a leader?•10 minutes
- Invitation to continue with the next topic•10 minutes
4 assignments•Total 120 minutes
- Contextualized situation•30 minutes
- Evaluation of Topic 1•30 minutes
- Self-evaluation•30 minutes
- Self-evaluation•30 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
- Networking topic 1•10 minutes
What's included
2 videos9 readings3 assignments1 discussion prompt
2 videos•Total 11 minutes
- Personality & values•6 minutes
- Personality & values•6 minutes
9 readings•Total 190 minutes
- Introduction•10 minutes
- Personality & values•30 minutes
- Infographic•30 minutes
- To learn more•10 minutes
- PDF. Leadership Style•30 minutes
- Infographic•30 minutes
- Individual practice with peer evaluation•30 minutes
- Evaluation of Topic 2. What kind of leader do you want to be?•10 minutes
- Invitation to continue with the next topic•10 minutes
3 assignments•Total 90 minutes
- Evaluation of Topic 2•30 minutes
- Self-evaluation•30 minutes
- Self-evaluation•30 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
- Networking topic 2•10 minutes
What's included
2 videos10 readings4 assignments1 peer review1 discussion prompt
2 videos•Total 10 minutes
- Power, politics•5 minutes
- Persuasion, influence•6 minutes
10 readings•Total 205 minutes
- Introduction•10 minutes
- Sources of Power•30 minutes
- Infographic•15 minutes
- To learn more•10 minutes
- PDF. Persuasion•30 minutes
- Infographic•30 minutes
- Challenge•30 minutes
- Individual practice with peer evaluation•30 minutes
- Evaluation of Topic 3. How can you persuade and influence people?•10 minutes
- Invitation to continue with the next topic•10 minutes
4 assignments•Total 120 minutes
- Challenge•30 minutes
- Evaluation of Topic 3•30 minutes
- Self-evaluation•30 minutes
- Self-evaluation•30 minutes
1 peer review•Total 60 minutes
- Delivery of the final project evaluated by pairs•60 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
- Networking topic 3•10 minutes
What's included
2 videos9 readings4 assignments1 discussion prompt
2 videos•Total 9 minutes
- Motivation•3 minutes
- Emotions•6 minutes
9 readings•Total 170 minutes
- Introduction•10 minutes
- Motivation•30 minutes
- PDF. Motivation•30 minutes
- To learn more•10 minutes
- PDF. Emotions•30 minutes
- Infographic•30 minutes
- Evaluation of Topic 4. How can you motivate and inspire people?•10 minutes
- Final exam•10 minutes
- Closure•10 minutes
4 assignments•Total 180 minutes
- Evaluation of Topic 4•30 minutes
- Final exam•90 minutes
- Self-evaluation•30 minutes
- Self-evaluation•30 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
- Networking topic 4•10 minutes
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A very helpful and interesting course ,which i would reccommend a anyone .
Reviewed on Feb 3, 2025
very good course can be recommended I learnt a lot in this course like decision making discussions to carry forward etc
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Feedback on assessments is great. It clarifies principles and helps esnure one has got the intended knolwdge and understanding.
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