Managing for Cross-functionality


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level



Overview/Description
Working on a team with employees from different departments can be a huge challenge. These types of teams often consist of people with different talents, goals, and communication styles. This is why effective cross-functional management is so important. This involves managing teams in a way that bridges the functional silos that constrain your organization. Managing for cross-functionality also means using team leadership skills to support collaboration and teamwork between different departments. This course defines organizational cross-functionality and its benefits. It helps you develop techniques to support a cross-functional strategy throughout your organization. And it shows you how different types of knowledge management systems can play a role in implementing that strategy.

Target Audience
Managers who want to develop or refine their management skills.

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
0.4

Lesson Objectives

Managing for Cross-functionality

  • identify the benefits of cross-functional management
  • recognize advantages of each approach to making your organization cross-functional
  • recognize how to support strategic cross-functionality in the organization
  • recognize the benefits of knowledge management for furthering strategic cross-functionality
  • match knowledge management approaches with their descriptions
  • Course Number:
    amg_04_a02_bs_enus

    Expertise Level
    Everyone