The Stephen M. Ross School of Business (operated by the University of Michigan) doesn’t want future C-suite professionals to rest on their laurels when it comes to climbing the corporate ladder.
In an upcoming course October 25 – Dec 3, Future of Work: Acquiring, Developing and Engaging the Evolving Workforce, participants can learn about disruptions in the workforce, organization preparation and more. The $2,000 course (registration available here) is geared toward individuals who are:
- Team Leaders, HR Directors, HR Business Partners, or other titles with leader or director
- Employees who have roles related to designing, recruiting, incentivizing, modernizing, employee experience, or similar in the workplace or organization
The course is also relevant to general managers in middle and upper management positions, involved in hiring, evaluating, and incentivizing employees who want to gain more insight into organizational and individual benefits.
“The world of work has become incredibly complex. Technological and social forces are changing how work is done, who does it, and even what work looks like. Change is happening at a rapid pace. What leaders expect — and what is expected of them — is changing, too,” according to the course description.
During the pandemic, the only thing that has been consistent with the workforce is change, and even more change is on the way, experts say.
Susan Lund, an expert in global labor markets, noted in a McKinsey & Company publication that out of 800 business executives surveyed around the world last summer, two-thirds said they plan to use more automation and AI as they “reimagine the next normal.”
“That includes digitization of employee interactions, including remote work, but also a big uptick in the digitization of consumer channels and supply chains,” Lund said in the article. “COVID-19 was a massive disruption to supply chains, and it showed that supply-chain management was shockingly analog, which leads to problems such as executives not being able to tell when shocks are coming.”
The upcoming Stephen M. Ross School of Business course explores multiple forces that are transforming the modern labor markets and workplaces, including technology, automation and globalization,” according to program description.
“It blends theory and practice on how these forces are impacting human capital investment, workforce organization, talent acquisition, performance measurement and incentive design,” the article added.
WHAT SETS THIS PROGRAM APART:
- This course draws on the latest academic and business research to provide a unique, integrated exploration of the future of work.
- This course examines trends, uses case studies of emerging business practices and provides applicable frameworks.
- Participants will gain the tools for understanding and designing responses to the interlocking challenges and opportunities created by the ongoing unprecedented transformation of work.
The program is a five-week online course that includes eight asynchronous modules and the course concludes with a live synchronous session. Faculty Jagadeesh Sivadasan will preside over the class. For more information visit here.