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Explore Management Concepts through Metaphor and Music

Курс от University of London, Royal Holloway, University of London
Начальный≈ 18 чАнглийский
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How can exploring and analysing music and metaphors help us to better understand management, work organisations, working lives, and ultimately ourselves too? As you set out on your journey through this innovative course, the answers to these questions will be revealed. Through the lens of metaphor and music, you will be introduced to core managerial and organisational concepts and theories. You will explore issues related to, for example: organisational and work design; motivation and productivity; employee voice; careers; and management and leadership styles. You will research and analyse contemporary management dilemmas and challenges and gain new insights into the lived experience of work. You will explore the power of music to creatively engage and motivate employees, boost their morale, and give voice to workers who might otherwise remain unheard. The course has been designed to be highly interactive and creative with lots of opportunities for you to share your ideas and engage in discussion and debate with your fellow students. You will develop your own original organisational metaphors, write lyrics to your own company song, write and record your own short radio play, and develop your own motivational music playlist. By the end of the course, your understanding of management, organisations and the lived experience of work will have increased considerably. You will develop new skills in research and creative writing and will have lots of new ideas to take away with you and apply in your own organisation and your own working life.

Навыки, которые вы освоите

Employee EngagementMotivational SkillsOrganizational StructureBusiness ManagementProductivityWorkforce ManagementLeadership StudiesOral ExpressionPerforming ArtsBusiness LeadershipLeadershipStorytellingOrganizational DevelopmentMusical CompositionWriting and EditingLeadership and ManagementOrganizational LeadershipPeople ManagementDrive EngagementMusic

Программа курса

3 модулей · 60 учебных материалов

01Introduction to management, metaphor and music21 материалов

Lesson 1: Introduction to management, metaphor and music

Welcome and introductionВидеоStart a study journalЧтениеOrganisations should mimic jazz bands as well as orchestrasЧтениеJazz and organisational leadership lessonsЧтение

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Dr Amal El-Sawad

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≈ 18 ч

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Язык: Английский

Субтитры: Арабский, Французский, Украинский, Китайский (Китай), Греческий, Итальянский, Бразильский португальский, Вьетнамский, Нидерландский, Корейский, Немецкий, Русский, Тайский, Индонезийский, Шведский, Турецкий, Испанский, Хинди, Японский, Казахский, Польский

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Activity – Researching jazz bands and orchestrasЧтение
Would you rather…?Обсуждение
Would you rather…? – teacher notesЧтение

Lesson 2: Organisational metaphors

Lecture 1 – Management and organisational metaphorsВидеоGareth Morgan’s organisational metaphorsЧтениеReimagining images of organisation – a conversation with Gareth MorganЧтениеActivity – Applying Morgan’s organisational metaphorsЧтениеApplying Morgan’s organisational metaphors – teacher notesЧтениеDeveloping your own organisational metaphorОбсуждениеOrganisational metaphorsЗадание

Lesson 3: Management and machine metaphors

Video – Taylorism and scientific managementЧтениеActivity – Researching Fordism and the assembly lineЧтениеUncovering the musical connectionОбсуждение

Lesson 4: Management, metaphor and McDonaldization

Video – The McDonaldization of societyЧтениеResearch project – scientific management, assembly lines, McDonaldization and the fast food restaurantЧтениеManagement, organisational metaphors and machinesЗаданиеWeek 1 summaryЧтение
02Management, metaphor, music and the lived experience of work19 материалов

Lesson 1: Management, metaphor, music and the lived experience of work

Lecture 2 – Management, metaphor, music and the lived experience of workВидеоBecoming a lifer? Unlocking career through metaphorЧтениеActivity – Reflections on career metaphorsЧтениеInterview with the CEO of NetflixЧтениеInterview with the CEO of Netflix – teacher notesЧтениеActivity – Metaphor analysisЧтениеMetaphor analysis – teacher notesЧтениеDeveloping your own career metaphorОбсуждение

Lesson 2: Management, metaphor and McJobs

What my McJob taught me ЧтениеAre McJobs really history?ЧтениеThe McJob monologuesОбсуждение

Lesson 3: Music and lived experiences of work – singing about work

James Taylor – ‘Millworker’ЧтениеResearching songs about working livesОбсуждениеResearching songs about working lives – teacher notesЧтение

Lesson 4: Management, music and work songs – singing while at work

Sea shantiesЧтениеPearl divers of the Arabian GulfЧтениеActivity – Researching music performed while workingЧтениеManagement, metaphor, music and the lived experience of workЗаданиеWeek 2 summaryЧтение
03Music, motivation, metaphor and management maestros20 материалов

Lesson 1: Management, music, mood and motivation

Lecture 3 – Introduction to the role of music in managementВидеоWhy does music affect the way we feel?ЧтениеExploring the uses of music in organisational settingsОбсуждение

Lesson 2: Management, music and song

Singing songs at IBMЧтениеActivity – Analysing the impact of singing songs in the IBM workplace – employee and managerial perspectivesЧтениеAnalysing the impact of singing songs in the IBM workplace – teacher notesЧтениеThe best ever corporate anthemsЧтениеComposing a corporate anthemОбсуждение

Lesson 3: Management, music and motivation

Music while you workЧтение1941 ‘Music while you work’ projectЧтениеHow music can improve productivity and focusЧтениеDoes music help us work better? It depends ЧтениеBored at work? Create a productivity soundtrackЧтениеCreating your own productivity soundtrack and playlistОбсуждение

Lesson 4: Management, music and management maestros

Lead like the great conductorsЧтениеWhat great leadership and music have in commonЧтениеManaging without a musical scoreЧтениеYour leadership and management styleОбсуждениеManaging motivation and morale through music and metaphorВзаимная проверкаSummary and conclusionВидео