Are you about to enter the workforce? Are you an emerging professional? Are you new to your role in the organization? All prospective new employees benefit from understanding management principles, roles and responsibilities, regardless of position. Now you can acquire an in-depth understanding of the basic concepts and theories of management while exploring the manager's operational role in all types of organizations. Gain insight into the manager's responsibility in planning, organizing, leading, staffing and controlling within the workplace. It’s never too soon to plan your professional path by learning how the best managers manage for success!
Fundamentals of Management
Fundamentals of Management
This course is part of Career Success Specialization
Instructor: Dave Nagy
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What you'll learn
Explain the difference between managers and leaders
Describe the five functions of management
Use the SMART goal-setting technique
Understand the power of building a network
Skills you'll gain
- Business Administration
- Operations Management
- People Management
- Change Management
- Goal Setting
- Organizational Leadership
- Professional Development
- Smart Goals
- Business Management
- Organizational Strategy
- Customer Relationship Management
- Staff Management
- Planning
- Leadership and Management
- Leadership
- Professional Networking
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5 assignments
Taught in English
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There are 4 modules in this course
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9 videos5 readings2 assignments
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Reviewed on Nov 11, 2017
This course help me to know about how to planning and organizing and how leading people in organization ,I recommend it for anyone who wants to know more about fundamentals of management
MW
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Reviewed on Feb 7, 2020
I found Dave Nagy very interesting and easy to understand. It is obvious how 2nd nature this area of knowledge is to Prof. Nagy in the way that he makes it all seam so easy and possible.
MJ
5
Reviewed on Nov 9, 2015
Great for people that, like me, does not have a management background but maybe end up dealing with this type of position. Good guidelines, simple but complete and using understandable examples.
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