Managing the Company of the Future

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Managing the Company of the Future

Instructor: Julian Birkinshaw

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6 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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There are 6 modules in this course

The aim of the course is to provide you with a comprehensive framework for understanding both the traditional principles of management inside companies today as well as the alternative principles that are becoming increasingly important. It provides both theoretical and practical perspectives on the nature of management in today’s organisations.

Hello and welcome to 'Managing the Company of the Future'. To help you understand how the course will be structured, we would suggest that you go to the 'Start Here' tab first. After that, feel free to explore the rest of the course including the lectures, readings and quizzes.We would also encourage you all to interact with each other on the Discussion Forums. This is a great way of hearing from others and discussing particular topics so please go and introduce yourself in the Introduce Yourself thread. So let’s get started! Best wishes,Julian Birkinshaw & the MCOF Teaching Team

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3 readings

Hello and welcome to the first week of 'Managing the Company of the Future'. In Week 1, we will be talking about the difference between leadership and management, and the reasons why we need to reinvent management as it is today.

What's included

11 videos3 readings1 assignment

11 videosTotal 75 minutes

1.1 Overview of the course 8 minutes
1.2 Management versus Leadership 7 minutes
1.3.1 How the business world is changing (Part 1) 7 minutes
1.3.2 How the business world is changing (Part 2) 8 minutes
1.4.1 The Failure of Traditional Management (Part 1) 5 minutes
1.4.2 The Failure of Traditional Management (Part 2) 6 minutes
1.5.1 The Need for Management Innovation (Part 1)6 minutes
1.5.2 The Need for Management Innovation (Part 2) 6 minutes
1.6.1 What does this mean for me? (Part 1) 6 minutes
1.6.2 What does this mean for me? (Part 2) 9 minutes
Week 1 Summary5 minutes

3 readingsTotal 30 minutes

Videos from Management Innovation eXchange (MIX)10 minutes
Week 1 slides10 minutes
Week 1 reading10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Week 1 Quiz30 minutes

Welcome to Week 2 of 'Managing the Company of the Future'. This week, we'll be learning about traditional and alternative approaches to coordination and decision making, and how you can experiment with some of the new alternative ideas in your own company.

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12 videos2 readings1 assignment

12 videosTotal 88 minutes

2.1 Defining your management model 11 minutes
2.2.1 Principles of co-ordination (Part 1) 8 minutes
2.2.2 Principles of Coordination (Part 2) 7 minutes
Steven Weber, University of Berkeley: Making our actions visible to others enables better coordination and overall social welfare4 minutes
2.2.3 Principles of co-ordination (Part 3) 6 minutes
2.3 Moving from bureaucracy to emergence 12 minutes
2.4.1 Principles of decision making (Part 1) 6 minutes
2.4.2 Principles of decision making (Part 2) 6 minutes
Gary Hamel, London Business School : A crowdsourcing approach to getting new ideas funded in large companies 4 minutes
2.4.3 Principles of decision making (Part 3) 7 minutes
2.5 Moving from hierarchy to collective wisdom 9 minutes
Week 2 summary8 minutes

2 readingsTotal 20 minutes

Week 2 slides10 minutes
Week 2 reading10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Week 2 Quiz30 minutes

Welcome to Week 3 of 'Managing the Company of the Future'. We're almost at the halfway point of the course in terms of content now. This week, we'll learn about traditional and alternative forms of motivation and objective-setting and we'll find out how you can experiment with some of these new ideas in your own company.

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13 videos2 readings1 assignment

13 videosTotal 81 minutes

3.1.1 Principles of motivation - Managing within (Part 1) 9 minutes
3.1.2 Principles of motivation - Managing within (Part 2) 6 minutes
3.1.3 Principles of motivation - Managing within (Part 3) 6 minutes
Andrew McAffee, MIT: How do we tap into everyone’s “slice of genius” in an organisation? 2 minutes
3.2.1 Moving from Extrinsic to Intrinsic Motivation (Part 1) 5 minutes
3.2.2 Moving from Extrinsic to Intrinsic Motivation (Part 2) 6 minutes
3.3.1 Principles of Objective Setting (Part 1) 6 minutes
Jeffrey Pfeffer, Stanford University: The problem with traditional measures in large organisations 2 minutes
3.3.2 Principles of Objective Setting (Part 2) 7 minutes
3.4 Moving from Linear Alignment to Obliquity 12 minutes
3.5.1 Putting the four dimensions together (Part 1) 5 minutes
3.5.2 Putting the four dimensions together (Part 2) 7 minutes
Week 3 summary8 minutes

2 readingsTotal 20 minutes

Week 3 slides10 minutes
Week 3 reading10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Week 3 Quiz30 minutes

Welcome to Week 4 of 'Managing the Company of the Future'. In our penultimate week of content, we'll be getting a bit more hands-on. You'll be analysing your company's management model and thinking about how to change it. We'll also be learning about different ways of enabling change and, more generally, how management ideas gain and lose currency.

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11 videos3 readings1 assignment

11 videosTotal 74 minutes

4.1.1 Diagnosing your current and future models (Part 1) 5 minutes
4.1.2 Diagnosing your current and future models (Part 2) 6 minutes
4.2.1 How can you change your management model? (Part 1) 6 minutes
4.2.2 How can you change your management model? (Part 2) 5 minutes
4.2.3 How can you change your management model? (Part 3) 6 minutes
4.2.4 How can you change your management model? (Part 4) 5 minutes
4.2.5 How can you change your management model? (Part 5) 9 minutes
4.3 A methodology for experimenting with new ways of working 8 minutes
4.4 Rise and fall of "outlier" companies with unusual models 7 minutes
4.5 Learning from outlier companies 12 minutes
Week 4 summary5 minutes

3 readingsTotal 30 minutes

Week 4 slides10 minutes
Worksheets10 minutes
Week 4 reading10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Week 4 Quiz30 minutes

Welcome to Week 5 of 'Managing the Company of the Future'. So you've made it to the last week - congratulations! This week we'll look at the manager as an individual and help you look at your own practice with tips and tricks for becoming a better boss.

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11 videos2 readings1 assignment1 peer review

11 videosTotal 65 minutes

5.1.1 From firm to individual (Part 1) 5 minutes
5.1.2 From firm to individual (Part 2) 5 minutes
5.2 An employee's eye view 6 minutes
5.3 Understanding our biases 7 minutes
5.4 How do I change my own way of working? 6 minutes
5.5.1 What will the company of the future look like? (Part 1) 7 minutes
5.5.2 What will the company of the future look like? (Part 2) 6 minutes
5.6.1 Changing nature of work (Part 1) 5 minutes
5.6.2 Changing nature of work (Part 2) 6 minutes
5.7 Concluding thoughts 5 minutes
Week 5 summary6 minutes

2 readingsTotal 20 minutes

Week 5 slides10 minutes
Week 5 reading10 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes

Week 5 Quiz30 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 60 minutes

Final assignment60 minutes

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Julian Birkinshaw

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This is an excellent course that gives simple but powerful insights for leaders to run the business in a volatile environment. Thanks a lot and hats off to Prof. Julian and academic staff.

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I learned so much, about the right way to present a case analysis! Very meticulous and the community really care about what you put in your answers. This course deserves to be taken seriously!

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The course content is well articulated and in a sequential manner.The examples given describe real-world scenarios. The professor's style of teaching and delivering the lecture is very good.

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