What
You’ll Learn
You’ll Learn
- Understand the nature of organizations and how they work
- Be able to identify and understand the common models for the way organizations work
- Recognize and work with different forms of power in organizations
- Understand organizational culture and how it forms
- Recognize different organizational cultures
- Understand the principal contributions of six critical organizational thinkers
Requirements
- No experience is necessary
- but a familiarity with different types of organizations will help you to put the course into context.
Description
We all work within one form of organization or another. And, if you want to advance, you’ll need to understand how organizations work.
A great number of smart people have made a detailed study of organizations. And, if you work in one, their ideas can teach you a lot that is valuable. So, this course summarizes the most important of these ideas.
It is designed to serve the needs of working managers, who need a broad-brush overview of all the important thinking. It will help you if you need to understand:
What an organization is
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How different organizations are structured
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How to navigate the power structures within organizations
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What we mean by organizational culture and where it comes from
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The different types of organizational culture
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The ideas of the leading thinkers on organizational theory and practice
Five Sections
This course is made up of five sections, which cover:
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Introduction to Organizations
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Organizational Models
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Power in Organizations
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Organizational Culture
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Masters of Organizations
In this course, you’ll meet the work of people like Kim Cameron, Peter Drucker, Amitai Etzioni, Charles Handy, Geert Hofstede, Henry Mintzberg, Gareth Morgan, Edgar Schein, Max Weber, and many more.
But, more importantly, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of the way the organizations you work in and with operate. This will give you a real edge in climbing the organizational ladder.
Who this course is for:
- Anyone who works in organizations and needs to know how they work
- Anyone studying organizations as part of a further or higher education coure.
