Challenges of the 21st Century


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Overview/Description
Leadership is dynamic. It must evolve with the changing times. It must grow and change based on internal factors that are prevalent in one time, and obsolete in the next. The 21st century brings its own unique set of challenges that leadership must accommodate. In this course, you'll learn how evolving work environments affect leadership. You'll explore the implications of 21st century trends like virtual employees and portable assets, and learn how you can meet the leadership challenges they present. Additionally, you'll learn about the values of intellectual assets and how you can maximize your infrastructure assets. The course concludes with leadership strategies for e-Business.

Target Audience
Frontliners, middle and upper-level managers, or anyone interested in developing leadership skills

Expected Duration (hours)
2.0

Lesson Objectives

Leadership Challenges in a Changing Environment

  • recognize the benefits of meeting the leadership challenges in a changing work environment.
  • identify the changes in the workplace that present leadership challenges.
  • identify the characteristics of successful 21st century organizations.
  • identify the characteristics required of leaders in today's organizations.

    • 21st Century Employee Trends

  • recognize the value of understanding 21st century trends as they apply to business.
  • differentiate between the advantages and challenges of having virtual employees.
  • choose the ways to maximize portable assets.
  • choose the statements that identify changing employee expectations and motivations.

    • Intellectual Assets

  • recognize the benefits of intellectual assets to a company.
  • match the types of intellectual assets with the correct descriptors.
  • identify the ways to manage knowledge workers.
  • identify the ways to maximize infrastructure assets.

    • The Challenges of e-Business

  • recognize the benefits of e-Business.
  • differentiate between the attributes of the industrial age and the attributes of the information age.
  • identify the facts about the history of e-Business.
  • differentiate between the components of e-Business and those of e-Commerce.

    • Course Number:
    LEAD0121