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Managing the Organization

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
4.8

1,552 reviews

Beginner level
No prior experience required
Flexible schedule
1 week at 10 hours a week
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Identify and explain common challenges faced by managers in organizations.

  • Apply theory and principles to become a more effective manager in your own professional life.

  • Analyze the effectiveness of managerial decisions in various organizations.

  • Make managerial recommendations to increase organizational effectiveness.

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There are 4 modules in this course

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/.

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 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.  

What's included

13 videos7 readings9 assignments1 discussion prompt1 plugin

13 videos•Total 80 minutes
  • Welcome to the course•10 minutes
  • About Professor Michael Bednar•2 minutes
  • About Professor Geoffrey Love•3 minutes
  • Learn on Your Terms•1 minute
  • 1.1 Introduction•1 minute
  • 1.2 Sources of Power•9 minutes
  • 1.3 Networks and Power•7 minutes
  • 1.4 Using Power•5 minutes
  • 1.5 Organizational Change•11 minutes
  • 1.6 Getting People to Commit to Change and Overcoming Resistance to Change•9 minutes
  • 1.7 Choosing Strategies for Change•10 minutes
  • 1.8 A Model for Implementing Major Change•11 minutes
  • Like this course? Learn more with the iMBA! (optional)•1 minute
7 readings•Total 70 minutes
  • Syllabus•10 minutes
  • Glossary•10 minutes
  • About the Discussion Forums•10 minutes
  • Online Education at Gies College of Business•10 minutes
  • Updating Your Profile•10 minutes
  • Module 1 Overview•10 minutes
  • Module 1 Readings•10 minutes
9 assignments•Total 100 minutes
  • Power and Organizational Change: Quiz•20 minutes
  • Orientation Quiz•10 minutes
  • Lesson 1.2 Practice Quiz•10 minutes
  • Lesson 1.3 Practice Quiz•10 minutes
  • Lesson 1.4 Practice Quiz•10 minutes
  • Lesson 1.5 Practice Quiz•10 minutes
  • Lesson 1.6 Practice Quiz•10 minutes
  • Lesson 1.7 Practice Quiz•10 minutes
  • Lesson 1.8 Practice Quiz•10 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
  • Getting to Know Your Classmates•10 minutes
1 plugin•Total 15 minutes
  • Demographic Survey•15 minutes

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.  

What's included

5 videos2 readings6 assignments

5 videos•Total 33 minutes
  • 2.1 What is Culture•5 minutes
  • 2.2 Levels of Culture•7 minutes
  • 2.3 The Pros and Cons of a Strong Culture•6 minutes
  • 2.4 Culture and Competitive Advantage•5 minutes
  • 2.5 Sources of Culture•10 minutes
2 readings•Total 20 minutes
  • Module 2 Overview•10 minutes
  • Module 2 Readings•10 minutes
6 assignments•Total 70 minutes
  • Managing Organizational Culture: Quiz•20 minutes
  • Lesson 2.1 Practice Quiz•10 minutes
  • Lesson 2.2 Practice Quiz•10 minutes
  • Lesson 2.3 Practice Quiz•10 minutes
  • Lesson 2.4 Practice Quiz•10 minutes
  • Lesson 2.5 Practice Quiz•10 minutes

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.  

What's included

7 videos2 readings8 assignments1 peer review

7 videos•Total 51 minutes
  • 3.1 Introduction to Decision Making in Organizations•4 minutes
  • Lesson 3.2 Rational, Boundedly Rational, and Intuitive Decision-Making•10 minutes
  • 3.3 Biases in Human Decision-Making•10 minutes
  • 3.4 Prospect Theory and How Losses Loom Larger than Gains•9 minutes
  • 3.5 Ethical Decision-Making Traps•7 minutes
  • 3.6 Rationalization•5 minutes
  • 3.7 Ethical Decision-Making Tests•6 minutes
2 readings•Total 20 minutes
  • Module 3 Overview•10 minutes
  • Module 3 Readings•10 minutes
8 assignments•Total 100 minutes
  • Decision-Making and Ethics: Quiz•30 minutes
  • Lesson 3.1 Practice Quiz•10 minutes
  • Lesson 3.2 Practice Quiz•10 minutes
  • Lesson 3.3 Practice Quiz•10 minutes
  • Lesson 3.4 Practice Quiz•10 minutes
  • Lesson 3.5 Practice Quiz•10 minutes
  • Lesson 3.6 Practice Quiz•10 minutes
  • Lesson 3.7 Practice Quiz•10 minutes
1 peer review•Total 60 minutes
  • Decision-Making and Ethics: Peer Review Assignment•60 minutes

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.  

What's included

7 videos4 readings5 assignments1 plugin

7 videos•Total 47 minutes
  • 4.1 Introduction to Leadership•9 minutes
  • 4.2 Path-Goal Model of Leadership•7 minutes
  • 4.3 Transactional vs. Transformational Leadership•10 minutes
  • 4.4 Leadership as Organization Building•8 minutes
  • 4.5 Leadership and the Problems of Organizations•4 minutes
  • 4.6 Course Recap•5 minutes
  • Gies Online Programs•4 minutes
4 readings•Total 40 minutes
  • Module 4 Overview•10 minutes
  • Module 4 Readings•10 minutes
  • Congratulations on completing the course!•10 minutes
  • Get Your Course Certificate•10 minutes
5 assignments•Total 60 minutes
  • Leadership in Organizations: Quiz•20 minutes
  • Lesson 4.1 Practice Quiz•10 minutes
  • Lesson 4.2 Practice Quiz•10 minutes
  • Lesson 4.3 Practice Quiz•10 minutes
  • Lesson 4.4 Practice Quiz•10 minutes
1 plugin•Total 15 minutes
  • New Plugin Item•15 minutes

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This course is part of the following degree program(s) offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. If you are admitted and enroll, your completed coursework may count toward your degree learning and your progress can transfer with you.¹

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Reviewed on Apr 11, 2020

This course content is very practical and learned a lot of new methods, theories and tools. Thank you very much for the University of Illinois and professors who did the lecturers.

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Reviewed on Dec 8, 2020

Great Course! Well-structured content with very useful and immediately applicable concepts! I will definitely recommend to a few more people I know who organically became in position of leadership.

CA
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Reviewed on Dec 11, 2020

Professors Michael Bednar and Geoffrey Love were exceptional instructors that made the learning of Managing the Organization interesting and relatable. Thank you.

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