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Overview
Collaboration well done — whether at the individual, team or enterprise level —sparks creative problem solving and powers value creation. In this intense, interactive program, you’ll learn the why, what and how of collaboration in the workplace — the strategic rationale, design requirements and critical insights necessary for success in both internal initiatives and across companies and cultures in joint ventures, mergers and alliances.
Key facts
You’ll also learn the conditions for successful collaboration across companies and cultures in joint ventures, mergers and alliances.
In the Constructive Collaboration program at the Northwestern University you will:
- Hone your collaboration skills
- Assess and value collaboration and then articulate and sell that value to clients, partners and stakeholders
- Construct a personal development plan for continuous improvement
- Identify and create value through analysis of stakeholders’ perspectives and interests
- Design collaborative structures to maximize constructive conflict and minimize destructive conflict
Programme Structure
Designing Collaboration- Learn how collaboration drives value in complex organizations
- Understand the challenges of instilling of collaboration as a key management competency
- Design distributed teamwork: distance teamwork, trust and communication
- Encourage creative conflict that fuels productivity, while minimizing conflict that interferes with it
- Understand the strategy, structure and behavior of collaboration
- Manage multifunctional, multi-incentive teams for high performance
- Understand challenges in collaboration: communication, clarity and stress
- Learn tools to resolve conflict and improve decision-making
- Build coalitions for healthy organizations
- Create smart collaborative alliances
- Learn about networks as bridges and barriers to collaboration
- Develop a personal collaboration action plan
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 5 days
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
English
Delivered
Online
Campus Location
- Evanston, United States
Disciplines
Management Studies View 130 other Short Courses in Management Studies in United StatesWhat students do after studying
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
Who Should Attend:
- Mid-level to senior executives, Federal Government managers who coordinate activities among multiple constituencies, or who serve in key cross-functional roles
- Individuals seeking to enhance collaboration with business partners, clients and peers
- Team leaders and others who drive business development, manage joint ventures, oversee postmerger or acquisition integration, or manage channel partner performance.
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
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International Applies to you
Applies to youNon-residents6500 USD / full≈ 6500 USD / full - Out-of-State6500 USD / full≈ 6500 USD / full
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Domestic
Applies to youIn-State6500 USD / full≈ 6500 USD / full
Funding
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