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About the Course

The aim of this course is to give you a practical guide to managing people at work. It does not matter whether you are a first time manager in a shop or a middle manager in an office environment; the same skills apply to every work place. In the course you will engage with some HR theories and then see how they translate into every day working life. At the end of the course we hope you will be better equipped to choose a suitable employee, to motivate and appraise your team, to manage conflict in the work place and to lead and make decision on a day to day basis....

Top reviews

PP

Aug 15, 2020

Excellent! The contents are great for any manager that want to make a significant job within any organization. Clear and key concepts for everyday activities. I enjoyed every single lesson. Thank you!

JG

Apr 16, 2022

I enjoyed this course. I learned a lot from it. Although I am familiar with some of the topics, it expanded my knowledge further, and would definitely help me become a more effective manager at work.

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By Tambrie A

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May 27, 2023

This was my first Coursera course and my first dive into HR. I learned a lot of basic skills that will help me transition into more leadership roles in the future. I do recommend that the answer keys of the tests be revisited, as I am fairly certain there was a question or two where the answer was not presented. I really enjoyed this course.

By Alba V

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Aug 21, 2016

I don't mean to be harsh, but this course is increibly boring and sluggish. The reading material is heavy, the lecturers speak so slowly and dispassionately that it's impossible to engage with the subject.

I'm sure that there is really good content here, but I couldn't find it.

By Rosemary M

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Nov 18, 2022

The course has a great content and has managed to capture key aspects of people management at the workplace. I am a Human Resources Generalist (with a direct reporting line to the Executive team) and I feel that it was a great choice to use this course as a foundation. I may not have any direct reports at the moment but I manage all the HR and administration components of the daily business at work so this was a good one for me. The course has taken me through: The nature and causes of conflicts in organisations, Pay as motivator, Performance management, Leadership and decision making and, Interviews.

By Pari A

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May 12, 2023

I appreciated the theoretical and practical explanations on each topic. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed the supporting articles throughout the course. The additional slides supporting lectures and Coursera feature of highlighted captioning helped me review and understand materials better. Hearing information from several professors was welcome, and the supporting skits added some drama and humor. I was surprised at the quality of acting also!

By Olakunle M

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Mar 23, 2023

As a Chartered

Trainer

in my

Country, Nigeria

and

a first

time

learner

of

Open Distance

(online) Learning, I found

the

Course very

interactive, enlightening, insightful, informative, practical

and

evidence-based. The most desirable

for

me about

the course

is it’s

applicability

to workplace

and actually to

all walks

of life; whether

personal, official

or in business

. Kudos

to Birbeck College

, University

of London

and Coursera. Thank

you.

By mary O

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Apr 12, 2022

I enjoyed this course very much. The videos and examples were great. I have learned so much that I can take forward with me. Online reading was a bit much at times an call me old fashioned but I wish I had a book to flip through, or the handout toolkit itself. Having said that, this has been the best free course I have undertaken and I want to go further.

By Patrick R

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Apr 15, 2020

Being a leader , Building a Team, Making decisions, rewarding and managing conflicts. Everything is here. I like how the first part of each week is about how things used to be and then the rest of the week is about better ways. I have worked for people that seriously needed this course. I feel I will be a good manager from now on. Thank you!

By Arturo M

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Jun 5, 2020

The manager's toolkit:

A practical guide to managing people at work was an enriching experience, in concepts and clear definitions for the development of my leadership functions, reinforcing the commitment to be a better person, a better partner, a better collaborator and to contribute to the organization my best performance.

Thank you.

Arthur.

By CASTA�OS M C A

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Jun 2, 2022

Es un buen curso que te da unas herramientas necesarias para utilizarse durante en la vida laboral, ya que te habla por ejemplo del liderazgo desde las perspectiva de un líder así como la del seguidor, entonces esto hace que veas las situaciones desde dos perspectivas y te ayudara a tomar mejores decisiones en tu trabajo.

100% Recomendado.

By Abiel B

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Mar 31, 2019

It is a practical and interesting course, which challenges the previous held thinking that management and leadership cannot be taught. It helps also to grow one's analytical thinking with evidence based management and leadership theories. The educators are very good and the quizzes keep underscoring the most important points.

By Tom B

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Aug 18, 2019

The Coursera supported online course constructed and delivered by London University, Birkbeck greatly met my current requirements within a new role and also provided more information than expected which will immediately assist me. The presentations, readings and assessment was presented on any easy to use online platform.

By Mriganka B

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Feb 9, 2020

I could relate to all the issues that were mentioned here in this managerial training programme. I had worked on the issues at a subconscious level based on experience and application of mind. From now onwards I will be more conscious after going through all the course material here. This has been very useful for me.

By Michael I

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Jun 5, 2021

The course was easy very insightful and straight forward, as the name aptly implies it was a condensation of knowledge gained from different sources. The lectures were fantastically stright to the heart of practical managing. I would recommend the course to experienced as well as entry level managers

By Kevin A P

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Sep 11, 2020

I took this course to get a head start on what it means to become a manager and I've learned so much! Just from the very first week, I was well equipped with the necessary knowledge to tackle feedback I've received from interviews. I would highly recommend it if you are or want to go into Management.

By Syed H A

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Feb 11, 2023

I have not study that much level of information and detail in any other course (Internationally) Hats off to whoever created the contents and all faculty, lecturer, Professors and staff. Very Wonderful course i wish there is another one related to it as extension or Advanced. Fully recommended

By Mufid K

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Mar 11, 2022

The course gave me key points to understand the role of management and the responsibility and duties of the manager in all the segments, from recruiting interviews, decision making, the importance of the appraisal process, conflict management, etc. in interesting and practical materials. Thanks

By Pedro P

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May 13, 2020

Course well structured, understandable, with interesting content. I was very satisfied and with the feeling of having learned more and having more skills to understand people management at work and ways of dealing with the most diverse situations within organizations. I recommend it to everyone.

By varadaraj

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Apr 19, 2020

it's great opportunity to me for learning on people management and very help full to me for taken candidate hiring ,sellecting, appraisals,management,process and policy and keep holding candidates ,and motivating skills,and extra,,,

thanks to all professors for given great learning skills to me.

By Tolulope O

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Mar 22, 2023

This course is explanatory and very educative for managing people at work. If the leadership, decision making and conflict resolution at work place modules are followed properly in an organization by the line managers , then the organization will run smoothly with little or less conflicts.

By Amtul B

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Nov 10, 2022

It has been an incredible journey so far and has been instrumental in engaging me in the interesting topics and wonderful experience.I would highly recommend it to everyone looking to have a deeper understanding of the Human resources. Looking forward to taking up more full time courses.

By Md. A J

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Jun 1, 2020

I really enjoyed this course. The good thing about this course was thorough discussion with practical visualization alongside with supplemented study materials which broaden my knowledge on variety of aspects. And this is an absolutely gain for my further career and personal development.

By Pilar D

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Mar 12, 2023

El curso de 6 semanas es muy completo, cada semana se trata un tema distinto y se abarcan los grandes tems básicos de la direccion de personas en el trabajo. También se dan materiales adicionales para complementar algunos temas en los que en el curso por razones obvias no se profundiza.

By Naveen K N C

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Feb 7, 2021

Excellent course which i have attended in the recent past, and the way it has been designed and developed with each element is extremely useful for all the managers and many things, could able to learn from this course. I strongly recommend to all the managers to gothrough the same.

By Olga I

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Jul 26, 2023

The course I have found very useful for manager's level with perspective to guide the company as CEO. For myself I have learned many additional tools in practical point of view such as team guidance, control of KPIs, real samples.

Good experinced teachers and sources for reading.

By Azeez A A

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Apr 6, 2020

This course is a full package on management filled with lessons that can easily be put to practice by practice. I have no doubt, that any manager who's opportune to take the course and follow its teachings to the latter won't regret taking it, instead, be a better manager/leader.