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Mobilizing the Coalition for Action

Course ID: ILRSM512
React to change with an appropriate leadership style. Lead a coalition to manage the change and ensure successful implementation.

Description

In most organizations, it is no longer sufficient to identify what needs to get done, and how it should get done. A leader must have the skills to implement his or her initiative and to overcome the dynamics of opposition and resistance that exist in every organization.

This course, the fourth in the series, "Getting Things Done in Organizations: Creating Change and Building Support," is designed to help learners:

• Apply the leadership style appropriate to the situation
• Put a change coalition into place
• React to changing conditions in the organization to ensure successful implementation
• Anticipate and prepare for the future

Who Should Take This Course?

This course is essential for department heads, team leaders, and managers working at all levels of organizations in virtually any industry sector who wish to understand the process of organizational analysis and change.

Certificate Information

This course can be applied toward the following certificates:
 

• High Performance Leadership
• Change Leadership

Course Format

eCornell takes a problem-based approach to learning, and our courses are built around realistic case studies and scenarios. All courses are self-paced, and are facilitated by an eCornell instructor, who leads the online discussions and is available to answer any questions about the course content.

This course contains the following modules:

• The Essentials of Coalition Leadership
  • Solidifying your coalition
  • Managing differences among coalition members
  • Diffusing your ideas and expanding your network
• Pitfalls to Avoid and Leading for the Long Term
  • Strategies for preventing your coalition from becoming insular
  • Avoiding complacency and differentiating your coalition
  • Negotiating changing conditions and uncertainties
  • Political analysts, consensus builders, and politically competent leaders

Benefits to the Learner

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

• Solidify their coalition
• Map differences among coalition members
• Propagate ideas and diversify their network
• Identify the two dimensions of coalition leadership
• Avoid traps of insular coalitions
• Recognize and respond to changing conditions within the organization
• Employ a Change Outcome Matrix and respond to different outcomes
• Effect ongoing and proactive change

Authoring Faculty

Samuel B. Bacharach, Ph.D., McKelvey-Grant Professor

Sponsoring School

Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations

Total Learning Time

Approximately five to six hours over a period of two weeks.

Enrollment

Price: $625.00
To register, click 'Add to Cart' at right, or contact an Enrollment Counselor at info@ecornell.com or 1-866-326-7635 (+1-607-330-3200 from outside the United States).

Certificate programs are eligible for eCornell Payment Plans. Discounts are available for military personnel, veterans, and Cornell University Alumni. eCornell programs are not eligible for financial aid or federal Pell Grants. Contact an enrollment counselor for more information. March 31, 2010
April 28, 2010
May 26, 2010

Click 'Add to Cart' to see available dates beyond May 26, 2010.

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• Negotiating Support and Buy-In for Your Agenda
• Mapping the Political Terrain of Allies and Resistors
• Developing an Agenda for Change

ACE CREDIT Recommendation

This course contributes to an eCornell Certificate Program that has been recommended for college credit by the American Council on Education's College Credit Recommendation Service (CREDIT). Please refer to the Certificate information page for additional details.

HRCI Recertification

This course been approved for six (6) Strategic Management recertification credit hours toward SPHR and GPHR recertification and six (6) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR, and GPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute. Please contact the Human Resource Certificate Institute (HRCI) for further information about certification or recertification.

Project Management Institute Professional Development Units

This course qualifies for 7.00 Professional Development Units (PDUs) from the Project Management Institute (PMI) for Professional Project Managers (PMPs) seeking ongoing education and professional development for continuing certification. eCornell is a Global Registered Education Provider of PMI. PDUs are designated as Category 3.

Technical Requirements

With all eCornell courses, access is easy. Participants only need a computer and an Internet connection. To view specific technology requirements, visit our Technology Requirements page.

 
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