Managing the Company of the Future

1 Assignment

• Week 1 Quiz

11 Videos

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

3 Readings

• Videos from Management Innovation eXchange (MIX)
• Week 1 slides
• Week 1 reading

1 Assignment

• Week 2 Quiz

12 Videos

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

2 Readings

• Week 2 slides
• Week 2 reading

1 Assignment

• Week 3 Quiz

13 Videos

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

2 Readings

• Week 3 slides
• Week 3 reading

1 Assignment

• Week 4 Quiz

11 Videos

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

3 Readings

• Week 4 slides
• Worksheets
• Week 4 reading

1 Assignment

• Week 5 Quiz

1 Peer Review

• Final assignment

11 Videos

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

2 Readings

• Week 5 slides
• Week 5 reading