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Culture and Leadership

Explore the role of culture in organisational settings.

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  • Duration

    2 weeks

  • Weekly study

    8 hours
Overview
Requirements

What is the relationship between organisational culture and leadership?

There are a range of factors that influence effective leadership and management in international organisations. In order to address the question of how managers lead, and how both leaders and managers handle conflict, this course explores managerial theories, examines the influence of organisational history, national culture versus organisational culture, conflict management, human resource management and leadership.

What topics will you cover?

  • Introduction to organisational culture
  • Management theories
  • Conflict management

Learning on this course

On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  • Describe the relevance of culture in organisational settings
  • Investigate the dimensions of culture and how they apply to international organisations
  • Describe the relevance of culture in organisational settings

Who is the course for?

Students studying MSc International Business Management.

Please note that the individuals detailed in the ‘Who will you learn with?’ section below, are current staff members and may be subject to change.

Who developed the course?

Coventry University

Coventry secured 5 QS Stars for Teaching and Online Learning in the QS World University Ranking 2020 and has received No. 1 in the world for Massive Open Online Courses in MoocLab’s World University Ranking 2021.

  • Established

    1992

  • Location

    Coventry

Learning on FutureLearn

Your learning, your rules

  • Courses are split into weeks, activities, and steps to help you keep track of your learning
  • Learn through a mix of bite-sized videos, long- and short-form articles, audio, and practical activities
  • Stay motivated by using the Progress page to keep track of your step completion and assessment scores

Join a global classroom

  • Experience the power of social learning, and get inspired by an international network of learners
  • Share ideas with your peers and course educators on every step of the course
  • Join the conversation by reading, @ing, liking, bookmarking, and replying to comments from others

Map your progress

  • As you work through the course, use notifications and the Progress page to guide your learning
  • Whenever you’re ready, mark each step as complete, you’re in control

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