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This course examines the historical evolution and current human and organizational contexts in which scientists, engineers and other professionals work. It outlines today’s major challenges facing the management profession and uses interactive exercises, simulations and problems to develop critical skills in negotiations, teamwork and leadership. It also introduces concepts and tools to analyze work and leadership experiences in optional undergraduate fieldwork projects.

Below is an overview of the topics covered.

1 Introduction and Overview (PDF)
2 Introduction to Teams and Teamwork (PDF)
3 Contemporary Management Challenges (PDF)
4 Work and Careers – Past, Present and Future
5 Organizational Analysis – Strategic Design Lens (PDF)
6 Organizational Analysis – Political Lens (PDF)
7 Organizational Analysis – The Cultural Lens (PDF)
8 Organizational Analysis – The Lincoln Electric Case
9 Shareholders or Stakeholders – A Debate (PDF)
10 The Nike Case (PDF)
11 Teams Revisited – Feedback and Workshop Session
12 Introduction to Negotiations (PDF)
13 Multi-party Negotiations
14 Recruitment/Job Offer Negotiations (PDF)
15 Leadership and Change – Introduction (PDF)
16 The Big Dig, Part 1
17 The Big Dig, Part 2
18 Social Influence, Communications and Selling Ideas
19 Organizational Change
20 Organizational Change (cont.)
21 Managing the Innovation Process
22 Team Presentations
23 Alumni Panel
24 Technology and Its Social Context
25 Inventing the Future
26 Inventing the Future (cont.)

Click here to access more information about this MIT course, and download course material

Here is another email based course in the HR field, or for people in small businesses who have to do their own hiring. Of course there is no way, in advance, to tell if this course will fill your needs, but then again, it is free, and you can also stop if you find it isn’t for you. Below is their description (from about.com).

Recruit and Hire the Best

Recruiting the best employees for your organization is an ongoing challenge for every manager, supervisor and Human Resources professional. If you’re looking for solid, proven best practices and up-to-the-minute ideas in recruitment, interviewing and selection, you’ve found the right course.

Participants in the class will cover the following areas of interest during the five weeks of the course. You will learn:

* Why an effective job description makes good business sense as the starting point for recruiting staff,
* Creative ways to find potential employees,
* How to use your team for recruitment,
* Top ten recruiting tips,
* How to screen potential employees,
* Eight hiring mistakes employers make: from application to interview,
* Ask right to hire right: how the interview approach can help you select the best candidate,
* Tips for interview approaches, and
* Best practices in interviewing.

You will learn to develop a superior workforce via a documented hiring process that:

* Defines the outcomes desired from the person you hire,
* Develops a job description that clearly describes performance responsibilities,
* Develops the largest pool of qualified candidates possible,
* Devises a careful candidate selection process to hire the best staff,
* Performs appropriate background checks,
* Makes an employment offer that confirms your position as an employer of choice.

Classes start every week. You will receive the weekly study guide on the same morning on which you signed up to have the course delivered to your email address. You can take the class at your own pace, but you will receive the emails every week.

The Recruit and Hire the Best training class is free. The only cost to you is the time you spend working on the lessons.

Click here for more information or to signup

As the author of a number of books on performance management I recognize the need for managers and supervisors to develop their understanding of this important and oft misused process. I’m not sure that an email course is sufficient, but it’s free, and you can “study” on your own time. Here’s a brief description:

Managers cite performance appraisals or annual reviews as one of their most disliked tasks. Performance management eliminates the performance appraisal or annual review as the focus and concentrates on the entire spectrum of performance management and development issues. Employee performance development, training, cross-training, the provision of challenging assignments and regular performance feedback are included in an effective performance management system.

Participants in the e-course will cover the following areas of interest during the four weeks of the course. You will learn:

• The definition of performance management,
• Why performance appraisals are universally disliked and don’t work,
• How to use performance management to help people succeed and improve,
• How to communicate performance feedback,
• How to set measurable goals as part of the performance development planning meeting,
• How to participate effectively in a performance management system, and
• How to integrate 360 degree or multi-rater feedback into your performance management system.

You can get more information and sign up to start your involvement in the email based powerful Performance Management course here.

The majority of people really don’t like workplace meetings and for good reasons, since often they end up using time that could be best spent being productive. That’s particularly true in tough times when everyone is under the gun.

Meetings don’t have to be onerous, however, and if well run, can be both satisfying and contribute to productivity.

This free 1.5 hour course might be of some help in learning how to run effective meetings.

This free course looks at the way meetings can be led, facilitated, controlled and influenced in order to achieve positive outcomes. Making Meetings Work will help learners develop the skills of chairing effective meetings and of presenting information. All Global Mindset online courses are self-paced free training courses that are divided into short lessons with slide examples to illustrate issues clearly and in real-world settings. These training course provide plenty of practice situations, drag-and-drop interactive choices, and feedback allow you to engage the concepts and remain fairly active throughout.

Click here to sign up for and take this free 1.5 hour course on leading meetings