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Effective Leadership and Management: Understanding and Influencing the Dynamics of Organizations

BUS ADM X498.4

40397

Learn the concepts, application, practice and strategies involved in becoming a highly effective leader. As organizational expectations continue to increase with heavy workloads, fewer staff, increased complexity and reduced resources, you explore how leadership behaviors can increase organization and employee performance. Topics include managing talent, developing teams, resolving conflicts, making decisions, working with the multigenerational workforce, tackling work-family challenges, and addressing diversity and cultural dilemmas. Learn how to move from the tactical to the strategic as a leader, as well as how to address challenges systemically. Learn concrete skills to improve your ability to lead teams and achieve business goals.

Course Outline

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Course Objectives

  • Understand various leadership and management styles and approaches and how they influence organizational structures
  • Realize your own personal leadership style
  • Learn how to adapt your leadership style to the needs of the organization and your staff
  • Create and manage teams and organizational culture
  • Learn how to manage cultural and individual differences among Millennials, Gen-Xers, Boomers and Seniors

What You Learn

  • Distinction between management and leadership and where they overlap
  • Leadership models and styles (Maslow, Herzberg, McGregor, Blanchard, Kouzes, Block, Collins, Transformational, EQ)
  • The 5 Dynamics Assessment
  • Johari Window
  • Characteristics of high-performing teams and how to create one
  • Team development
  • Team projects
  • Diversity and culture
  • Organizational culture, structure and design
  • Decision-making strategies

How You Learn

  • Lectures
  • Discussions
  • Experiential activities
  • Team projects
  • Quizzes
  • Final paper

Is This Course Right for Me?
If you are a current or aspiring manager or supervisor, this course is perfect for you.

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This course applies to the following programs:

Certificate Program in Leadership and Management

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Required Courses

  • Effective Leadership and Management: Understanding and Influencing the Dynamics of Organizations
  • Business Negotiating
  • Power and Influence in Organizations
  • Managing Change and Ambiguity in the Workplace
  • Organizational Communication Strategies for Managers

Electives

  • Business Communication: Writing and Speaking
  • Essentials of Business
  • Essentials of Management
  • Marketing Management
  • Making Power Moves: Women and Leadership
  • Organization and Management
  • Organization Development and Change
  • Talent Management and Workforce Development

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Departmental contact: extension-business@berkeley.edu

Instructional Types

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Online, Start Anytime
Continuous enrollment course begins when you enroll. You have a minimum of 90 days and a maximum of 180 days to complete the course.
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Enroll in this course by its start date and complete it by its specified end date. There are no live sessions, but plenty of opportunities to collaborate with your classmates and instructor.
Classroom
Take classes in-person at one of our buildings or partner locations.

English Language Proficiency Requirements

All of our courses are taught in English. If English is not your first language, please use the following test scores as guides in order to be successful:

  • TOEFL: 90
  • IELTS Academic Format: 7
  • DAAD: C1
  • TEM-4 or TEM-8: Level 70
  • Duolingo: 125

Note: You do not need to submit test scores.

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