Managing People: Understanding Your Organisational Culture (FutureLearn)

You will consider the effect of organisational culture on decision-making, social relations and managing people particularly in multicultural organisational contexts. You will evaluate assumptions about the topic through reflective exercises and deepen your understanding as your share your experience with other learners. You will also reflect on your own experience of organisational culture and how your learning can be applied to your own management practice.

What topics will you cover?

Week 1

- Introduction to organisational culture

- Culture in business organisations and implications for managing people

- Key theories and typologies of organisational culture

Week 2

- Organisational culture in the recruitment process

- The relationship between motivation and organisational culture

- Motivation and organisational culture

Week 3

- How organisational change and organisational structure are relevant to our understanding of organisational culture

- The relationship between leadership and organisational culture

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you'll be able to...

- Understand the concept of culture

- Identify theoretical themes

- Understand the range of theoretical tools for cultural analysis in organisations

- Apply this understanding to management practice