In this course you will learn about the “head and heart” of everyday leadership, individual decision making, group decision making, and managing motivation. The objectives are to understand why and how leadership skills are so critical to organizational success, and learn the foundations of effective leadership skills.
Learners:
• Understand why and how leadership skills are so critical to organizational success
• Know how to use leadership skills to work more effectively with others, and are able to organize teams to work more effectively together
• Will be able to apply the foundations of effective leadership skills to everyday situations faced by leaders.
This course is part of the iMBA offered by the University of Illinois, a flexible, fully-accredited online MBA at an incredibly competitive price. For more information, please see the Resource page in this course and onlinemba.illinois.edu.
Ce cours fait partie de la Spécialisation Strategic Leadership and Management
Foundations of Everyday Leadership
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À propos de ce cours
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Compétences que vous acquerrez
Decision-MakingCommunicationGroup Decision-MakingLeadership
Programme du cours : ce que vous apprendrez dans ce cours
Semaine
1Course Orientation
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.
3 videos (Total 7 min), 6 lectures, 1 quiz
3 vidéos
Know More about Professor Jack Goncalo1 min
Know More About Professor Jeff Loewenstein1 min
6 lectures
Syllabus10 min
Information About the Case Study Activity10 min
About the Discussion Forums10 min
Glossary10 min
Updating Your Profile10 min
Social Media10 min
1 exercice pour s'entraîner
Orientation Quiz20 min
Module 1: Head and Heart of Everyday Leadership
This module will examine what critical levers an everyday leader has available (the management of information and the management of motivation) to accomplish a leader’s core tasks (making and implementing decisions), and why inclusiveness may be the most important skill in a leader’s toolbox.
8 videos (Total 53 min), 4 lectures, 3 quiz
8 vidéos
Lecture 1-1.1: The Challenge of Everyday Leadership4 min
Lecture 1-1.2: The Tasks of Everyday Leadership6 min
Lecture 1-1.3: The Levers of Everyday Leadership10 min
Lecture 1-1.4: Leading in a Virtual World12 min
Module 1 Case Study Activity Debrief Video13 min
Module 1 Summary4 min
Like this course? Learn more with the iMBA! (optional)1 min
4 lectures
Module 1 Overview10 min
Module 1 Readings10 min
Module 1 Class Notes from Professor Northcraft10 min
Module 1 Case Study Activity10 min
2 exercices pour s'entraîner
Practice Quiz for Concepts of Everyday Leadership4 min
Confirmation Question to Access the Case Study Activity 1 Debriefing2 min
Semaine
2Module 2: Individual Decision Making
This module will focus on the management of information (head) side of everyday leadership. We will examine decision analysis as a systematic approach to using information to make decisions, as well as the weaknesses and limitations of decision analysis.
6 videos (Total 35 min), 3 lectures, 3 quiz
6 vidéos
Lecture 2-1.1: Decision Analysis8 min
Lecture 2-1.2: Subjectivity and Anchoring8 min
Lecture 2-1.3: Fostering Creativity in Decision Making8 min
Module 2 Case Study Activity Debrief Video5 min
Module 2 Summary3 min
3 lectures
Module 2 Overview10 min
Module 2 Readings10 min
Module 2 Case Study Activity10 min
3 exercices pour s'entraîner
Practice Quiz for Concepts of Individual Decision Making4 min
Confirmation Question to Access the Case Study Activity 2 Debriefing2 min
Graded Quiz over Modules 1 & 210 min
Semaine
3Module 3: Group Decision Making
This module will focus on group decision making as a vehicle for helping an everyday leader address some of the limitations of individual decision making. We will also consider the three key determinants of process loss in group decision making that need to be overcome for group decision making to be effective.
7 videos (Total 53 min), 3 lectures, 3 quiz
7 vidéos
Lecture 3-1.1: The Composition Problem5 min
Lecture 3-1.2: The Participation Problem8 min
Lecture 3-1.3: The Influence Problem13 min
Lecture 3-1.4: Diversity as a Resource12 min
Module 3 Case Study Activity Debrief Video7 min
Module 3 Summary4 min
3 lectures
Module 3 Overview10 min
Module 3 Readings10 min
Module 3 Case Study Activity10 min
2 exercices pour s'entraîner
Practice Quiz for Group Decision Making4 min
Confirmation Question to Access the Case Study Activity 3 Debriefing2 min
Semaine
4Module 4: Managing Motivation
This module will focus on the managing motivation (heart) side of everyday leadership. We will examine how leaders can best manage motivation, and the importance for individual motivation of a leader's management of interdependence among group members.
6 videos (Total 39 min), 3 lectures, 3 quiz
6 vidéos
Lecture 4-1.1: The Law of Effect and Expectancy Theory8 min
Lecture 4-1.2: Managing Perceptions & Social Dilemmas9 min
Lecture 4-1.3: The Promise of Groups Realized4 min
Module 4 Case Study Activity Debrief Video7 min
Module 4 Summary8 min
3 lectures
Module 4 Overview10 min
Module 4 Readings10 min
Module 4 Case Study Activity10 min
3 exercices pour s'entraîner
Practice Quiz for Managing Motivation4 min
Confirmation Question to Access the Case Study Activity 4 Debriefing2 min
Graded Quiz over Modules 3 & 410 min
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Meilleurs avis
par DB•Feb 22nd 2018
This course is a very good introduction to the iMBA program. The content is exactly the sort of knowledge I want to gain; which is how to be a purposeful leader. Great foundation! Thank you!
par PJ•Nov 17th 2016
Wonderful course\n\nHelped me on the job. If you are part of a team, learnings from this course can be immediately applied to have a successful team. Especially helpful for a team leader
Enseignants
Gregory Northcraft
Professor of Business Administration and Harry J. Gray Professor of Executive LeadershipCollege of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jack Goncalo
ProfessorDepartment of Business Administration
Jeffrey Loewenstein
Associate Professor of Organizational BehaviorDepartment of Business Administration
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À propos de la Spécialisation Strategic Leadership and Management
Enhance leadership and business skills for immediate impact. Practice everyday leadership, manage people, learn and apply concepts and techniques to effectively manage organizations through organizational design, and formulate and implement strategy.
Through the courses in this specialization, you will learn the fundamentals to effectively lead people and teams, manage organizations as well as tools to analyze business situations and develop strategies. The Specialization covers the strategic, human resource, and organizational foundations for creating and capturing value for sustainable competitive advantage – including how to manage people and organizations, analyze the competition, and develop strategies both within a business and across a portfolio of businesses.
The capstone is a strategic leadership and management plan where you’ll apply what you will learn to an actual business situation with participation by one or more focal companies. The deliverable will be designed to create value from the perspective of potential employers while achieving pedagogical and experiential goals for learners.
This Specialization is part of the University of Illinois Masters of Business Administration degree program, the iMBA. Learn more about the admission into the program here and how your Coursera work can be leveraged if accepted into the program. You can also start with for-credit courses within the Illinois iMBA degree program.
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