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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Managing the Organization

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/.

Status: Culture Transformation
Status: Business Ethics
BeginnerCourse13 hours

Featured reviews

DD

5.0Reviewed Apr 12, 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.

GS

5.0Reviewed Oct 26, 2020

Dear professors, I really enjoyed the course! Thank you for all your efforts, interesting presentations and lectures, your valuable tips. Take care and Good luck!!!

DH

5.0Reviewed Dec 11, 2019

I found this course very helpful in showing what the true responsibilities of managers are, and explaining the organizational designs we often see in companies.

CA

5.0Reviewed Dec 12, 2020

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

RR

5.0Reviewed Feb 16, 2022

This Course is great, support with slides handsout to make it easier to revisit some content. Some Gies Course dont provide slides handsout..

TH

5.0Reviewed May 9, 2020

This was an awesome course! The concepts were thoroughly and clearly explained, the content was interesting, and the examples were relatable. Definitely recommend!

NA

5.0Reviewed May 21, 2017

An excellent course, which has been created by the professor keeping in mind the upcoming challenges of setting up and managing larger organizations

RO

5.0Reviewed Oct 16, 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

AA

5.0Reviewed Jul 14, 2019

Excelente curso. Claro, preciso y muy retador. Con grandes aprendizajes. Prof. Leblibici extraordinario instructor para aprendizaje significativo. Recomendable al 100%

JG

4.0Reviewed Dec 21, 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.

RA

5.0Reviewed Mar 11, 2021

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

PK

5.0Reviewed Apr 11, 2020

Really interesting course with interesting videos and useful reading material! I warmly recommend it to those who want to get a first knowledge of the issues presented.

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