Become an effective manager

The Management Fundamentals certificate offers a curriculum designed to equip participants with essential skills for effective leadership. The courses offered in this certificate will provide participants with a foundational understanding of managerial principles, focus on personal growth and leadership style, teach strategies for employee development, cover key project planning and execution concepts, and delve into techniques for enhancing team performance. This certificate will offer individuals with skills to excel in managerial roles and foster organizational success.

Here's what you'll learn:

Describe components of management
Apply components of management to your personal experiences
Apply components of management to leading a team
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Introduction to Management

Developing Your Team

Project Management Fundamentals

Performance Management

Developing Yourself

Management Fundamentals Certificate Assessment

This course is the final assessment for the Management Fundamentals Certificate. All other courses for the certificate's completion must be completed prior to this course.

Earn your Management Fundamentals certificate

Complete all of the courses and earn your certificate

Target Audience

This certificate is intended for collegiate students and young professionals with little to no background in management who are interested in taking on a managerial role in the future or have begun in their first management role.

Eligibility/Prerequisites

To participate in this certificate, individuals must be an initiated member of Alpha Kappa Psi. There are no additional educational prerequisites.

Assessments Included

To demonstrate learning and be awarded the certificate, individuals will complete ungraded formative knowledge checks throughout each course, as well as a scored cumulative examination as part of the final reflection course.

Course Contributor

Mike Johnson

Coach and Chief Empowerment Officer

Mike Johnson serves as a catalyst to help people move from survival toward significance in their careers. He blends extensive coaching and corporate experience to help develop and empower others professionally and personally. He focuses on the areas of leadership development, employee engagement and development, and career management. He has a diverse business background with over 35 years’ experience from a career in Information Technology with IBM - including systems, sales, marketing, application development and implementation, strategic planning, leadership, people management/professional development, organizational culture, and mentoring. He has worked with clients and segments across Healthcare (Provider-Health Systems, Payor, Pharmaceutical-Life Sciences), Public Sector, Insurance, Communications, Distribution, Finance and Manufacturing. Examples of Mike’s impact include co-developing marketing strategy and campaigns for a territory of Independent Software Vendors, which grew to contribute over 20% of tracked revenue; and managing account relationships, business development and communication at 10 leading IBM clients in Indiana, and a network of Business Partners nationwide. After leaving IBM, Mike was led into the coaching arena. He has worked with hundreds of individuals seeking help with career exploration, advancement, mid-career transition/professional rediscovery, and with organizations focused on talent and leadership development. He works with people one-to-one and with universities, public and non-profit organizations, and multinational corporations, including: Indiana Department of Workforce Development’s WorkOne system Alpha Kappa Psi Business Fraternity Butler University Lacy School of Business (Leadership Coaching with Butler’s MBA program) Women Working in Technology (sponsored and hosted by Ball State University) George P. Johnson Experience Marketing. Mike serves as Co-Director for Passport to Employment, an outreach to the unemployed, under-employed in the greater Indianapolis area. In 15+ years, “P2E” has helped 2,400 people find full-time employment. He is a published author, including Survive and Thrive in Your Job Search: The Team Networking Group Process to Your Next Job, Abbott Press (co-author), and Editor, Passport to Employment Guidebook: Your Companion for the Journey to Employment, now in its seventh edition. Mike is a Certified Professional Coach and member of the International Coaching Federation. Chief Empowerment Officer and Certified Professional Coach www.coachfortomorrow.com | 317-214-7069 | [email protected]