Basic Management

For you who

• are an aspiring or current manager in need of practical leadership tools and basic theoretical knowledge of management.
• seek inspiration to lead and motivate your employees based on different management styles.
• wants tools and resources to handle conflicts and de-escalate difficult situations among employees.

You will become better at

• manage your employees because you will become more aware of your own role and influence on each individual employee.
• manage diversely in a world that is constantly changing.
• ensuring good and constructive communication among your employees and avoiding conflicts.

Content

In Basic Management, you will work on your role in developing each employee and in fostering teamwork within your team or department. You will be introduced to tools and management styles that can promote collaboration and motivation among your employees, and you will learn how your communication can de-escalate and escalate conflicts. As something completely new, you will also have two days to work on how you as a manager can motivate and engage your employees in the work towards green transformation and sustainable solutions.

Module-based and practical-focused

Basic Management is practice-oriented and structured with various cases from the instructor’s own experiences and perhaps from input from you. The theory you learn will be linked to examples that you can relate to and use in your daily management afterward. The course consists of six modules spread over three months, where you can try what you learned at your own place of business and come back to follow up on your experiences.