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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

About this Course

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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/.

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Skills you will gain

Organizational Culture
Ethics
Decision-Making
Strategic Leadership
Organizational Change

Flexible deadlines

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Shareable Certificate

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100% online

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Approx. 13 hours to complete

English

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Instructors

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4.85/5 (188 Ratings)

Michael Bednar

Associate Professor

Business Administration

51,291 Learners

2 Courses

E. Geoffrey Love

Associate Professor

Department of Business Administration, Gies College of Business

96,952 Learners

5 Courses

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week

Week 1

1 hour to complete

Course Orientation

1 hour to complete

4 videos (Total 16 min), 5 readings, 1 quiz

3 hours to complete

MODULE 1: POWER AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE

3 hours to complete

9 videos (Total 65 min), 2 readings, 8 quizzes

9 videos

1.1 Introduction48s

1.2 Sources of Power9m

1.3 Networks and Power7m

1.4 Using Power5m

1.5 Organizational Change10m

1.6 Getting People to Commit to Change and Overcoming Resistance to Change9m

1.7 Choosing Strategies for Change9m

1.8 A Model for Implementing Major Change10m

Like this course? Learn more with the iMBA! (optional)1m

2 readings

Module 1 Overview10m

Module 1 Readings10m

8 practice exercises

Lesson 1.2 Practice Quiz10m

Lesson 1.3 Practice Quiz10m

Lesson 1.4 Practice Quiz10m

Lesson 1.5 Practice Quiz10m

Lesson 1.6 Practice Quiz10m

Lesson 1.7 Practice Quiz10m

Lesson 1.8 Practice Quiz10m

Power and Organizational Change: Quiz20m

Week

Week 2

2 hours to complete

MODULE 2: MANAGING ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE

2 hours to complete

5 videos (Total 33 min), 2 readings, 6 quizzes

5 videos

2.1 What is Culture5m

2.2 Levels of Culture7m

2.3 The Pros and Cons of a Strong Culture6m

2.4 Culture and Competitive Advantage4m

2.5 Sources of Culture9m

2 readings

Module 2 Overview10m

Module 2 Readings10m

6 practice exercises

Lesson 2.1 Practice Quiz10m

Lesson 2.2 Practice Quiz10m

Lesson 2.3 Practice Quiz10m

Lesson 2.4 Practice Quiz10m

Lesson 2.5 Practice Quiz10m

Managing Organizational Culture: Quiz20m

Week

Week 3

4 hours to complete

MODULE 3: DECISION-MAKING AND ETHICS

4 hours to complete

7 videos (Total 51 min), 2 readings, 9 quizzes

7 videos

3.1 Introduction to Decision Making in Organizations4m

Lesson 3.2 Rational, Boundedly Rational, and Intuitive Decision-Making9m

3.3 Biases in Human Decision-Making9m

3.4 Prospect Theory and How Losses Loom Larger than Gains9m

3.5 Ethical Decision-Making Traps7m

3.6 Rationalization5m

3.7 Ethical Decision-Making Tests5m

2 readings

Module 3 Overview10m

Module 3 Readings10m

8 practice exercises

Lesson 3.1 Practice Quiz10m

Lesson 3.2 Practice Quiz10m

Lesson 3.3 Practice Quiz10m

Lesson 3.4 Practice Quiz10m

Lesson 3.5 Practice Quiz10m

Lesson 3.6 Practice Quiz10m

Lesson 3.7 Practice Quiz10m

Decision-Making and Ethics: Quiz20m

Week

Week 4

2 hours to complete

MODULE 4: LEADERSHIP IN ORGANIZATIONS

2 hours to complete

7 videos (Total 47 min), 4 readings, 5 quizzes

7 videos

4.1 Introduction to Leadership9m

4.2 Path-Goal Model of Leadership7m

4.3 Transactional vs. Transformational Leadership10m

4.4 Leadership as Organization Building8m

4.5 Leadership and the Problems of Organizations3m

4.6 Course Recap4m

Gies Online Programs3m

4 readings

Module 4 Overview10m

Module 4 Readings10m

Congratulations!10m

Get Your Course Certificate10m

5 practice exercises

Lesson 4.1 Practice Quiz10m

Lesson 4.2 Practice Quiz10m

Lesson 4.3 Practice Quiz10m

Lesson 4.4 Practice Quiz10m

Leadership in Organizations: Quiz20m

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TOP REVIEWS FROM MANAGING THE ORGANIZATION

by JGDec 20, 2020

I really like the materials discussed in this course. Although, this course would be best if it discuss and deep dive on company case studies. Overall, it is still a very effective course.

by EKDec 28, 2018

A good course for those interested in some of the basic concepts that underly why senior executives make the decisions they do regarding organizational design and management.

by RAMar 10, 2021

It was good and useful course offering a combination of clear explanation of organizational management and covering most important theoretical approaches

by ROOct 15, 2017

A well presented course for implementing strategy related to the elements from organizational design to execution. This course stresses the importance and necessity of an integrated process that is

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