Business Management and Leadership

340 Hours/12 Months/Instructor Supported

Course Overview:

Do you want to enhance your business management skills? Are you interested in working toward a career as a business development specialist or in one of many other exciting careers in business?
Whether you already work as a business development specialist or want to improve your business management skills, this distance learning course can help you learn quality business skills that could lead to one of many money-making careers in business.

Course Outline:

Our business management course offers comprehensive training in many important management areas, including:

Business management skills
Business organization and systems
Managing globally
Planning and strategy
Fundamentals of decision making
Organizational design
Managing human resources
Work motivation
Dynamics of leadership
Managing work teams
Cultural diversity and much more.

Looking for ways to make your company great, motivate your employees, and grow profits? Then Leadership & Goal Attainment is the course for you. In the first part of this course you will learn how relational leadership is not just a theory or a buzzword, but a way of managing through relationship-building to bring out the very best in one's employees. You will see how some executives succeeded where others failed and take advantage of those lessons of success to create your own.

Why do some genius-level leaders seem to drain intelligence and performance out of the people around them, while others stimulate, motivate, and get so much more out of their work associates? The second part of this course uses Liz Wiseman's book to label the former group, people who need to be the smartest person in the room, as diminishers, while the latter are multipliers, people who use their smarts to stimulate and enhance the creativity of the group. This section of the course identifies what is considered the five most important disciplines that help managers to think and act more like multipliers, bringing people together, and giving others on the team more freedom, power, and responsibility, which ultimately generates self-worth and satisfaction.

The third part of this Leadership & Goal Attainment course will help you with setting and achieving your goals. While it can be difficult to set truly meaningful and motivational goals, it is one of the most essential steps to business success. Goals tell individuals and teams what needs to be accomplished, why it's a priority, and how to do it. Even more importantly, setting, working toward and achieving measurable goals is how we all grow personally while contributing to organizational success.

The Business Management and Leadership program includes 2 courses:

Business Management
Leadership and Goal Attainment

Business Management

Business Management Module 1
An Overview of Management

Managing in a Dynamic Environment
Managers and Management
What Managers Do
Managerial Competencies
Traditional Viewpoint of Management
Behavioral Viewpoint of Management
Teamwork Competency
Systems Concepts
The Quality Control Process

Business Management Module 2
Managing the Environment

Competitive Forces in an Industry
Political – Legal Forces
Managing Globally
Cultural Forces
Strategies for International Business
Entrepreneurship
Attributes of Successful Entrepreneurs
Planning Essentials for Entrepreneurs
Shaping Ethical Conduct
Making Ethical Judgments
Stakeholders Social Responsibility

Business Management Module 3
Planning and Control

The Planning Function
Two Types of Planning
Degree of Diversification and Planning
Fundamentals of Decision Making
Decision Making Conditions
Models of Decision Making
Fostering Knowledge Management
Fostering Creativity
Fostering Quality
Preventive and Corrective Controls
Controlling an Organization
Corporate Governance

Business Management Module 4
Managerial Organizing

Organizational Design
Differentiation and Integration
Vertical & Horizontal Design
Organizational Integration
Planning for Organizational Change
Implementing Change
Strategic Importance of Innovation
Managing Human Resources
Legal and Regulatory Environment
Hiring Personnel
Training and Development of the Workforce
Performance Appraisals
Understanding Compensation

Business Management Module 5
Leadership, Part 1

Work Motivation and Satisfaction
Setting Goals
Offering Incentives and Rewards
Psychological States in Job Satisfaction
Treating People Fairly
Dynamics of Leadership
Personal Characteristics of Effective Leaders
Types of Leadership Styles
Organizational Communication
Hurdles to Effective Communication
Fostering Effective Communication
Ethical Issues in Communication

Business Management Module 6
Leadership, Part 2

Managing Work Teams
Types of Work Teams
Teamwork Effectiveness
Internal Team Process
Diagnosing the Causes of Poor Team Performance
The Elements of a Culture
Basic Types of Organizational Cultures
Subcultures within Organizations
Managing Cultural Diversity

Leadership and Goal Attainment

Leadership & Goal Attainment Module 1
Relational Leadership

Overview of the Relational Model
Comparing Leadership Styles
Enhancing Your Personal Leadership
Exploring and Assessing the Basic Framework
Assessment, Compromise, and Focus as Leadership Traits
In-Depth View of the Relational Leadership Model
Understanding the Core Elements
Key Components of a Relational Organization
Shifting from Non-Relational to Relational Leadership
Adopting a New Style for Dealing with People
The Critical Role as Leader
Preserving the Organization's Environment

Leadership & Goal Attainment Module 2
Developing as a Leader

Apply Discipline
Execute Winning Activities
Avoid Shortcuts
Manage Risk
The Power of Leadership
Building on Strengths
Applying Your Self-Knowledge
Creating a Great Place to Work
The Building Blocks of Trust
Make Stress a Positive Force
The Value of Relationalism
Community Leadership
The Relational Leader at Home

Leadership & Goal Attainment Module 3
Multiplier versus Diminishers

The Multiplier Effect
Resource Leveraging
The High Cost of Diminishers
The Mind of the Multiplier
The Five Disciplines of the Multiplier
The Talent Magnet
Four Practices of the Talent Magnet
The Diminishers' Approach
The Liberator
Tyrant versus Liberator
Three Practices of the Liberator
The Challenger
The Know-it-All versus the Challenger

Leadership & Goal Attainment Module 4
Becoming a Multiplier

The Debate Maker
Practices of the Debate Maker
Debate Making as Resource Leverage
The Investor
The Micromanager versus the Investor
The Diminishers' Approach to Execution
Leveraging Your Investment
Becoming a Multiplier
From Resonance to Resolve
The Accelerators
Sustaining Momentum
Genius or Genius Maker

Leadership & Goal Attainment Module 5
Goals and Goal Setting

What is a Goal?
Goals & Objectives Pyramids
Who Sets Goals?
The Goal Setting Process
Adopt & Adapt the Goal
Identifying and Documenting Goals
Writing S.M.A.R.T. Goals
Goal Development and Planning
Action Plans
Obstacles to Goal Attainment
Goal Achievement
Taking Action

All necessary materials included.

System Requirements:

Internet Access

Broadband or high-speed internet access is required. Broadband includes DSL, cable, and wireless connections.
Dial-Up internet connections will result in a diminished online experience. Moodle pages may load slowly and viewing large audio and video files may not be possible.

Hardware & Software

Windows hardware configurations and processors are acceptable.
Mac computers MUST have Microsoft Window Operating Systems.
1 GB RAM recommended
Software
Operating Systems
Windows XP, Vista or 7 and Mac OS X 10 and higher with Windows
Web Browsers
Google Chrome
Safari, Internet Explorer & FireFox are not currently recommended as they cannot display certain Moodle editing menus for both students and instructors
Adobe PDF Reader
Media Plug-ins (These may be required depending on your course media-click on the links below to download the latest versions)
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Apple Quicktime
Windows Media Player
Real Player
PowerPoint Viewer (use this if you don't have PowerPoint)

Business Management and Leadership