Grow as a Manager with this Management and Leadership Course – Free

Explore the foundations of successful management with the free online course “Management and Leadership: Growing as a Manager” from The Open University and CMI. The course is designed for new or aspiring managers, who wish to supplement their experience with formal training and begin thinking about their continuing professional development. Over four weeks, the course will enable you to define the concepts of management and leadership, evaluate different management and learning styles, recognize the need for and importance of data as evidence in good decision making, define the term “stakeholders” and explain why they’re important, and begin the on-going process of personal development planning.

Management and Leadership: Growing as a Manager – Course Content

This course provides an introduction to the foundation skills and knowledge that you need when becoming a manager. It is part of the Management and Leadership program, which will enable you to earn a CMI Level 5 Award – the first step to Chartered Manager status.

The course includes the following topics:

Week 1 – What is Management?
- What is management?
- Personal development planning
- Influencing and communicating
Week 2 – Management Styles
- An introduction to management styles
- Classic management style theories
- The importance of management styles – trust in the workplace
Week 3 – Decision Making and Data
- An introduction to decision making
- A possible approach to decision making
- The importance of data and information
- Decision information
Week 4 – Stakeholders
- An introduction to stakeholders
- Categorising stakeholders
- Understanding stakeholders and meeting their needs

Summary of Main Course Features

Educator: Angela Lilley – an Open Media Fellow for the OU Business School.
Created by: The Open University Business School and the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).
Duration: 4 weeks x 3 hours per week
Start Dates:
- 12 June 2017
- 2 October 2017