Influence Without Authority
Course ID: CEPL555 Get projects accomplished by assessing and asserting your personal political power. Maximize your ability to exercise influence without authority. |
Description
Workplaces are inherently political. Project leadership can be an especially political endeavor; it’s about exercising influence over others to complete tasks and accomplish goals, with or without the formal authority to mandate action. Whether you work in a matrix organization or lead a cross-functional team, your goal as a project leader is to organize the actions of your team members to ensure the successful completion of a project.
Project leaders spend a considerable amount of time building networks and relationships among stakeholders and influencers. Learn how to apply your interpersonal and leadership skills and strike a balance between your sometimes conflicting role as individual contributor, functional manager, and project manager.
This course introduces you to the Power Motivation Inventory, a diagnostic self-inventory model that will assess your capabilities as an influence agent and prepare you to leverage your abilities to great effect. The ability to exercise influence without authority is among most important attributes of a project leader.
This course has been approved for 6.0 Professional Development Units (PDUs) from the Project Management Institute (PMI).
Who Should Enroll in This Course?
This course is essential for Project Management Professionals (PMPs), project managers, and functional managers charged with leading a cross-functional or project team to success. It is appropriate for business leaders, mid-level managers, and project managers who need to learn the critical leadership skills necessary to ensure the high performance of a project team.Enrollment
To register, contact an Enrollment Counselor at info@ecornell.com or 1-866-326-7635 (+1-607-330-3200 from outside the United States).Certificate programs are eligible for eCornell Payment Plans. Discounts are available for military personnel, veterans, and Cornell University Alumni. eCornell programs are not eligible for financial aid or federal Pell Grants. Contact an enrollment counselor for more information.
April 18, 2012
May 30, 2012
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Certificate Information
This course can be applied toward the following certificates:CEUs
HRCI Recertification
Project Management Institute Professional Development Units
This course qualifies for 6.00 Professional Development Units (PDUs) from the Project Management Institute (PMI) for Professional Project Managers (PMPs) seeking ongoing education and professional development for continuing certification. eCornell is a Global Registered Education Provider of PMI. PDUs are designated as Category 3.
Additional Information
Course Format
eCornell takes a problem-based approach to learning, and our courses are built around realistic case studies and scenarios. All courses are self-paced, and are facilitated by an eCornell instructor, who leads the online discussions and is available to answer any questions about the course content.
This course contains the following modules:
- Power and Influence.
- The Nature of Power and Influence.
- Sources of Power in an organization.
- Strategies of Influence.
- Introduction to Strategies of Influence.
- Retribution-based Influence.
- Rationality-based Influence.
- Reciprocity-based Influence.
- Appropriate Selection and Implementation.
- The Power Motivation Inventory.
- Sources of Power.
- Implementing to Maximize Influence.
Benefits to the Learner
Learners who complete this course will be able to:
- Develop an understanding of organizations as political systems.
- Explain the personal and positional sources of power in organizations.
- Describe strategies for exercising influence; understand the conditions that would make each appropriate; and learn to apply those strategies to a variety of influence opportunities.
- Develop a plan for increasing personal potency in one’s organization.
Authoring Faculty
Frank J. Wayno, Ph.D., Senior LecturerSponsoring School
Cornell University’s College of EngineeringTotal Learning Time
Approximately 6 hours over a period of 2 weeks.You May Be Interested In...
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