8-week, 35-hour online certificate program from Harvard Business School. Focuses on four essential management processes: decision-making, implementation, learning, and change. No grades assigned, participants evaluated as complete or not complete. Program costs $1,850 plus international taxes
Change management is essential for organizations to adapt to environmental changes. External factors like market, technology, and regulations drive organizational change. Internal factors include strategy, workforce composition, and employee attitudes
CM establishes consistency between product attributes and requirements throughout life. Widely used in military, ITIL, civil engineering, and industrial sectors. Provides visibility and control of system performance and attributes
OD studies and implements practices affecting organizational change. Emerged from human relations studies in 1930s. Kurt Lewin is considered founding father, died before mainstream adoption
Textbook divided into five main parts covering management fundamentals. Each part contains chapters on planning, organizing, leading, controlling, and entrepreneurship. Text includes chapter-by-chapter activities and study plans for active learning
Organizations exist to increase specialization, use technology, and manage environment. Organizational structure balances differentiation, integration, and centralization. Mechanistic and organic structures differ in structure and environmental adaptation