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Managing People: Teamwork and Diversity
- 3 Sequences
- Introductive Level
- Starts on November 10, 2019
- Ends on November 30, 2019
Course details
Syllabus
Week one
- An introduction to the course
- Team formation and structure
- Theories of teamwork
- Putting the principles of good teamwork into practice
Week Two
- Key concepts and processes of human resource management
- Challenges in recruitment and selection
- Performance management
Week three
- Flexibility versus fit
- The value in diversity
- Course summary
Prerequisite
Instructors
Martin Bicknell
Martin teaches at the Henley Business School on a number of people-related modules on our Professional Management Programmes. He was previously a management consultant and is a trained chef.
Yemisi Bolade-Ogunfodun
Dr Bolade-Ogunfodun is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Henley Business School. She enjoys teaching and mentoring. Her research covers the nature and sources of meaning systems in diverse work contexts.
Editor
The University of Reading was founded in 1892 during a period of rapid development in the city of Reading, England. This is one of the Red Brick University.
Platform
FutureLearn is a massive open online course (MOOC) learning platform founded in December 2012.
It is a company launched and wholly owned by The Open University in Milton Keynes, England. It is the first UK-led massive open online course learning platform, and as of March 2015 included 54 UK and international University partners and unlike similar platforms includes four non-university partners: the British Museum, the British Council, the British Library and the National Film and Television School.