Essential Principles of Management Micro-Certificate

Ready to lead with confidence? This micro-certificate equips you with the foundational knowledge and practical tools to manage teams, make strategic decisions, and drive business success.

You’ll dive into key topics like managerial roles and responsibilities, where you'll learn what it takes to lead effectively in today’s fast-paced business environment. You’ll explore leadership styles and decision-making strategies, and gain insight into how organizational structure and culture shape team dynamics. Finally, you’ll get hands-on experience with essential management tools like SWOT analysis, Gantt charts, and performance metrics to evaluate and improve business outcomes.

This micro-certificate includes 3 micro-courses:

• Foundations of Management: Explore key management concepts, roles, and responsibilities, and understand how organizational structures and cultures influence business operations.
• Leadership and Decision-Making: Learn core HR processes and how they intersect with broader business decision-making strategies.
• Managerial Tools and Performance Metrics: Apply practical tools and methods—such as SWOT analysis, Gantt charts, and performance metrics—to assess and enhance business effectiveness.

Some of the skills that you will gain are:
Management, Leadership, Decision-Making, Organizational Structure, Organizational Culture, SWOT Analysis, Gantt Charts, Performance Metrics

Competencies: 

• Describe key management concepts, managerial roles, and organizational structures and cultures.
• Explain Human Resources processes and management, and describe the intersection of overall business decision-making processes.
• Apply managerial tools and methods to evaluate business performance and increase effectiveness.

Learning Objectives:

1. Define key management concepts and terminology,
2. Describe various managerial roles and responsibilities within an organization,
3. Identify different leadership styles and their impact on team performance.
4. Explain decision-making processes and their importance in management.
5. Explore organizational structures and cultures.
6. Explain human resource responsibilities and processes for management.
7. Review tools and methods for increasing managerial effectiveness like Gantt charts, SWOT analyses, and other methods.
8. Examine business performance using relevant performance metrics.
9. Utilize a SWOT analysis to critique a business-related scenario.

This introductory-level business certificate is the perfect first step in moving forward in your career.