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The ROI and Management of Distributed Teams

BUS ADM 852

63373747

Learn what you need to know about building and managing distributed teams. Working from home is just the start. From the vision and opportunities to recruit the best and most diverse team to tactical tips to build and maintain connectedness among employees, make sure you understand how to do it right and how to avoid common pitfalls. During this asynchronous lecture, you also have the opportunity to examine the ripple effects and benefits of strengthening local communities, reducing cost of living and commutes for employees, reducing the costs and physical footprint for companies, and improving the environment for all.

Expert speaker: John O’Duinn, author of Distributed Teams: The Art and Practice of Working Together While Physically Apart, senior strategist at CivicActions

Guest speakers:

  • Jamie Orr, Ph.D., co-founder of CoworkTahoe
  • Michelle Skoor, director at OnwardUS, Bitwise Industries
  • Wesley Alexander, CEO at CoBizRichmond

Prerequisites:

No specific prerequisites or entrance requirements needed to enroll.

Before starting the course, we strongly recommend that you have viewed the recording of the free expert panel public event:
The New HR: New Leadership Skills, Distributed Teams and AI.

Course Outline

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Course Objectives

You gain an understanding and learn the leadership skills to address the following issues:

  • Introduction to the benefits of distributed teams and how to take advantage of the covid crisis to change policies and practices
  • Practical practices to minimize downsides and maximize upsides of working with distributed teams
  • Understanding of how recruiting and retention practices need to change to support distributed teams
  • Key strategies for managers to effectively manage distributed teams, build cohesion and belonging and promote effective collaboration
  • Essential best practices, tools and tips to making remote teams sustainable and overarching opportunities for distributed teams to improve ROI for companies and the planet

Intended Audience

  • Executive leadership in private and public sector
  • Human resources and talent management professionals (including recruiters)
  • Aspiring tech leaders in Silicon Valley and beyond
  • Other educational institutions with an interest in the cutting-edge research, education and methods developed and implemented at UC Berkeley and at other companies in the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley
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This course applies to the following programs:

Expert Seminar Series: Leading Trends in Human Resources

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Core Courses

  • The New HR—Employing Equitable AI
  • Inclusive Leadership Through Social Change
  • The ROI and Management of Distributed Teams

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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.
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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: 115

Note: You do not need to submit test scores.

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