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    Learner Reviews & Feedback for Managing Social and Human Capital by University of Pennsylvania

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    About the Course

    People are the most valuable asset of any business, but they are also the most unpredictable, and the most difficult asset to manage. And
    although managing people well is critical to the health of any organization, most managers don't get the training they need to make good
    management decisions. Now, award-winning authors and renowned management Professors Mike Useem and Peter Cappelli of the Wharton
    School have designed this course to introduce you to the key elements of managing people. Based on their popular course at Wharton, this
    course will teach you how to motivate individual performance and design reward systems, how to design jobs and organize w...
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    Top reviews

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    Oct 20, 2018

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    Excellent Course. Understanding human behavior is one of the most difficult challenges in an organization. This course describes the challenges well and offers approaches to tackling those challenges.

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    Jan 13, 2022

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    Really enjoyed the cases studies throught the weeks and well having the pdfs for taking notes. The final notes on management and decision making will be on my note list for work reflection for sure.

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    Jul 26, 2021

    Truly enjoyable! The instructors were engaging and offered insights I had never considered.

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    May 3, 2017

    Liked the course a lot - Prof. Mike Useem's lectures are like stories - thats why they work!

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    Sep 29, 2019

    Interesting and useful course. Inspired me to keep going with others in the specialization.

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    Jan 29, 2021

    Easy to understand and very well explained. Loved the experience and the learning journey!

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    Nov 14, 2018

    thanks , really need this foundamental knowledge before I can understand my SHUMBA course.

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    May 17, 2017

    Great introduction to management for the uninitiated. Watching these lectures is a treat.

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    May 13, 2019

    A very engaging look at managing teams and the handling the various challenges involved.

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    Sep 25, 2017

    I really enjoyed this course. The material was easily digested and was very interesting.

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    Apr 21, 2020

    A nice course which gives us lots of knowledge in social and human capital management.

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    Jun 3, 2020

    Managing Social and Human Capital was a great course! Very informative and educative.

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    Feb 4, 2020

    Loved it! Great information and incredibly applicable to what I do on a daily basis.

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    By Xinzhu Z

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    Jan 26, 2022

    Good for beginners to start and full of detailed examples to understand theories.

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    Oct 21, 2016

    Great course ! thoroughly enjoyed the content and examples from various industries

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    By Daveraj s

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    Aug 9, 2021

    Great course. I learned how to be a better team leader and organize a team better

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    By Arun R

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    Nov 9, 2016

    Excellent course for Management! Thanks to the Professors and their case studies!

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    Apr 24, 2020

    The cases discussed gave a whole new idea on how major companies think and act.

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    By Ortenca K

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    Mar 14, 2017

    Great Course, very insightful and in so many ways also common sense. Thank You!

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    By Shambhavi T

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    Jun 10, 2020

    An amazing approach to understanding human resources from various perspectives

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    By Роналдо В Р М

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    Apr 9, 2019

    Great lectors,great syllabus and real case examples,thanks for the opportunity

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    By Sophia U

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    Oct 22, 2016

    Great Course, I'd enroll over and over again. Thanks to our amazing professors

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    Feb 27, 2023

    It is a great course, It give you tools to go through organizational changes.

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    Apr 12, 2020

    This has been the most informative and exciting course I have taken till date

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    By Kemas T

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    Apr 6, 2020

    It's good course to get better understanding of people and change management.

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    Jul 20, 2021

    It was very useful for me and very impressed to exist translation in Korean.

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    By Craig B

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    Feb 3, 2019

    Terrific!

    Interesting case examples, we'll presented, concise, and enjoyable.

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