Elevate Your Managerial Approach
Management Essentials, formerly known as Becoming a Better Manager, provides the real-world tools and strategies needed to excel in decision-making, implementation, organizational learning, and change management.
Management Essentials
Management Essentials
Elevate Your Managerial Approach
Management Essentials, formerly known as Becoming a Better Manager, provides the real-world tools and strategies needed to excel in decision-making, implementation, organizational learning, and change management.
What You'll Learn
- Design, direct, and shape organizational processes to your advantage
- Influence the context and environment in which decisions get made
- Implement strategies, plans, and projects on time, on budget, and at the highest quality
- Spearhead learning initiatives that enable your organization to improve and innovate
- Manage and lead change in organizations of varying sizes
About the Professors
Joseph Fuller is a Professor of Management Practice in General Management and co-leads the Harvard Business School initiative Managing the Future of Work. He was a founder and first employee of the global consulting firm Monitor Group, now Monitor-Deloitte. He is currently researching the evolution of the roles of CEOs and the C-suite in public companies.
David Garvin was the C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business Administration and an influential and prolific scholar whose distinguished career at Harvard Business School spanned nearly four decades. His research focused on business and management processes, the principles of organizational learning, and the design and leadership of large, complex organizations. He authored or co-authored 10 books and 37 articles over the course of his career.
Who Will Benefit
Newly Appointed Managers
Whether you're managing people, products, or projects, gain the skills you need to succeed from day one.
Seasoned Managers
Elevate your management skills by applying insights from Harvard Business School faculty and expert practitioners.
Aspiring Managers
Start preparing for a future managerial role through access to best-in-class tools and frameworks.
Program Structure
Management Essentials consists of 35 to 45 hours of material delivered over an eight-week period. You can complete the coursework on your own time while meeting regular deadlines. Three group exercises, including two decision-making simulations and a capstone assignment, are required for course completion.
August 2020
Course Start Date: 5th August
Length: 8 Weeks
Regular price $1,600
Enrolment process needs to be completed 2 weeks prior of the program Start Date
October 2020
Course Start Date: 14th October
Length: 8 Weeks
Regular price $1,600
Enrolment process needs to be completed 2 weeks prior of the program Start Date
January 2021
Course Start Date: 13th January
Length: 8 Weeks
Regular price $1,600
Enrolment process needs to be completed 2 weeks prior of the program Start Date
Syllabus
Management Essentials provides participants with key tools and techniques to become more effective managers and get things done. The course takes a process approach to managerial work and teaches managers how to artfully shape decisionmaking, implementation, learning and improvement, and change processes within their organizations.
Learning requirements: In order to earn a Certificate of Completion, participants must thoughtfully complete all 4 modules by stated deadlines.
Syllabus
Management Essentials provides participants with key tools and techniques to become more effective managers and get things done. The course takes a process approach to managerial work and teaches managers how to artfully shape decisionmaking, implementation, learning and improvement, and change processes within their organizations.
Learning requirements: In order to earn a Certificate of Completion, participants must thoughtfully complete all 4 modules by stated deadlines.
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| Module 1: A Process Perspective on Management |
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| Module 2: Shaping the Decision-Making Process |
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| Module 3: Implementing for the Present and Learning for the Future |
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| Module 4: Managing and Leading Change |
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Stories from Our Learners
Alex Glavkov,
Technical Program Manager at Amazon Robotics
Samir Ghosalkar,
Chemical Engineer at Norbrook Laboratories
Earn Your Certificate
Enroll today in Harvard Business School Online’s Management Essentials course.
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