In this course, you will develop and strengthen your capacity to lead and recognize leadership exhibited by others in your organization. The professional business skills related to leadership gained through this course will help you to succeed working in any organization.
Leadership
Leadership
This course is part of Professional Success Skills Specialization
Instructor: Gies College of Business, University of Illinois
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11 hours to complete
3 weeks at 3 hours a week
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What you'll learn
Describe different decision-making processes, including the pros and cons of each approach.
Recognize ethical components to managerial decisions, including common ethical decision-making traps.
Identify the traditional/waterfall approach to project management.
Recognize emotionally intelligent leaders.
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10 assignments
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There are 3 modules in this course
This module starts with a course introduction, then will introduce different types of decision-making processes and will highlight some common decision-making biases that can affect managers, including a number of ethical decision-making traps.
What's included
11 videos5 readings1 assignment1 peer review1 discussion prompt
In this module, you will learn about the life cycle of a project when using the traditional model for project management. Why is it called waterfall, and how does that dictate the process? The focus will be on the first state of the project life cycle, project initiation.
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21 videos3 readings9 assignments
This module starts by defining leadership, then introduces key components of effective leadership.
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9 videos1 peer review
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4.8 (15 ratings)University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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