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Management Theories and Global Leadership

Discuss management and leadership theories and investigate the key challenges facing managers across different regions.

  • Duration

    2 weeks

  • Weekly study

    10 hours
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Leadership theories and challenges facing managers across geographies

In this course we identify and detail three leadership styles. Contingency theories of leadership are outlined, including influences on the culture of leadership effectiveness.

We’ll also evaluate conflict and stress in the workplace and propose strategies for managing them.

Finally, the course considers globalisation and international business and the different options that a company has to consider to become international.

What topics will you cover?

Describe management and leadership

  • Understand the basic concept of leadership
  • Consider what makes a good leader
  • Differentiate between management and leadership

Identify management and leadership styles

  • Theories of management
  • Situational leadership - path-goal theory
  • Skills approach article
  • Style approach article
  • Transformational and transactional leadership discussion
  • Transactional leadership
  • Great man theory
  • Are leaders born or made?

Evaluate conflict and stress in the workplace

  • Categories of workplace conflict
  • Sources of conflict
  • Conflict scenario
  • Avoiding conflict
  • Propose strategies for managing conflict
  • Conflict strategies for small workforce
  • Common causes of stress
  • Coping with stress
  • Necessity of stress
  • Stress management in the workplace

Explore globalisation

  • Going global
  • Defining globalisation
  • An international opportunity
  • Different forms of international business
  • Benefits and pitfalls of globalisation
  • Using an international PESTLE
  • Globalisation, diversity and global teams

Managing internationally

  • Outline the forces that encourage international business
  • Evaluate the different options that a company has to become international
  • Go global business cycle
  • Compare the benefits and costs of different approaches
  • Cultural dimensions in managing internationally

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 management and leadership
  • Identify management and leadership styles
  • Evaluate conflict and stress in the workplace
  • Explore globalisation
  • Investigate managing internationally

Who is the course for?

This course is designed for junior and middle managers, either with a degree in a non-business-related discipline or without a degree, entrepreneurs who want to be equipped with a range of skills to run their business, and learners who want to progress either within their existing workplace or pursue opportunities outside of their employer.

What software or tools do you need?

No specific software required.

Who will you learn with?

Clare Garrick

Clare Garrick BA,(Hons), MA, FHEA, CMgr MCMI – business course leader. Coventry University Scarborough

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

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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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