About this course

This course is offered by University of California, Irvine on the fundamentals of management. It is part of Career Success Specialization in business, focusing on management and leadership. Are you due to enter the workforce? Are you an emerging professional? Is your role new in the organization? All potential new employees take advantage of understanding management principles, roles, and responsibilities, irrespective of position. So, in this course, you can gain a profound understanding of the fundamental concepts and theories of management while eliciting the manager’s operational role in all sorts of organizations. Furthermore, you will gain insight into the manager’s responsibility in managerial functions e.g., planning, organizing, leading, staffing, and controlling within the workplace.

Course details:

• Course developer: University of California, Irvine (UCI)
• Topics: Management & Leadership
• Course provider: Coursera
• Language: English (subtitles in other languages)
• Learning mode: Self-paced
• Length: Approx. 7 hours to complete
• Start date: Available Now

Learning outcomes:

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Differentiate between managers and leaders
• Explore the focus of a manager’s duty
• Enlist the necessary skills for a new manager’s success
• Illustrate the five functions of management
• Describe the new model management operating philosophy
• Illustrate the hierarchy of planning
• Use the SMART goal defining technique
• Debate the concept of evolution of leadership
• Describe how customer satisfaction is linked to controlling
• Converse the power of building a network

Contents of fundamentals of management course

• Differentiation between managers & leaders
• Explanation of the skills required for new managers
• Understanding the five functions of management
• Exploring management styles and networking
• Explanation of the SMART goal setting technique vs. planning hierarchy

Skills you will gain through fundamentals of management course:

• Management theory
• Management styles
• Leadership
• Management

Course Syllabus:

1. Managers vs Leaders
2. Skills for Today’s Manager
3. Planning
4. Management Styles and Networking

Course benefits

You will enjoy these opportunities during this course:

• Earning a certificate upon completion recognizing your achievements of the course
• 100% online _ you can start instantly and learn at your own schedule
• The course plus the full specialization
• Course videos and readings
• Practice quizzes
• Graded assignments and quizzes with feedback

How to apply?

Interested learners can apply online for this course through the link below.

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To learn more about University of California Free Online Course on ‘Fundamentals of Management’, please visit Coursera’s website.

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