MIT Sloan School of Management (Get Smarter)
Business Process Design for Strategic Management Online Short Course
Cambridge, USA
Course
DURATION
6 weeks
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
USD 2,800
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
Key Summary
About: The six-week Business Process Design for Strategic Management online short course from the MIT Sloan School of Management teaches Dynamic Work Design, a process-improvement framework led by Nelson Repenning and Donald Kieffer. It covers continuous change and finding improvement opportunities in your organization. Delivered with GetSmarter (powered by 2U), the programme uses weekly milestones, people-mediated experience, and global community. It focuses on business process improvement.
Career Outcomes: Use skills in roles like business process analyst, continuous improvement lead, or operations manager. Past participants got employer support; 37% received assistance. Ask your employer about funding or contact GetSmarter for business.
Achieve continuous business process improvement and understand the necessity of change, led by industry pioneers from MIT Sloan.
Unplanned events happen in all businesses — from communication breakdowns and financial shifts to tight turnaround times and employee disengagement.
The six-week Business Process Design for Strategic Management online short course, from the MIT Sloan School of Management, gives you access to the knowledge of thought leaders Nelson Repenning and Donald Kieffer. You’ll be introduced to Dynamic Work Design, a process improvement framework based on decades of industry practice and academic investigation. This unique methodology is based on improvement principles that enable successful integration with the existing culture, processes, and methods within an organization. The program explores the necessity of continuous change and the effectiveness of a dynamic approach to work design while identifying opportunities for process improvement within your own business context.
An online education that sets you apart
This MIT Sloan online program is delivered in collaboration with online education provider GetSmarter. Join a growing community of global professionals, and benefit from the opportunity to:
- Develop new competencies and earn valuable recognition from an international selection of universities, entirely online and in your own time frame.
- Enjoy a personalized, people-mediated online learning experience that supports you every step of the way.
- Experience a flexible but structured approach to online education as you plan your learning around your life to meet weekly milestones.
Why choose GetSmarter?
GetSmarter, powered by 2U, is an online learning expert with over 10 years of experience in developing premium online short courses from the world’s leading universities and institutions. We are powered by 2U to support you in unlocking your potential through life-changing learning with an immersive and high-touch experience.
We deliver market-led courses that equip working professionals with the expertise required to upskill, reskill, or kickstart a completely new career. Through a data-driven approach, we analyze future skills requirements and ensure all courses address this need. We ensure that leading universities and institutions are your expert guides, and our people, technology, and resources are your engine – together we power more than just education, we power your potential.
Over the duration of this online program, you’ll work through the following modules:
- Module 1: An Introduction to Dynamic Work Design
Discover the context that led to the development of Dynamic Work Design, and understand how traditional work design leads to inefficiencies. - Module 2: The Four Principles of Dynamic Work Design
Identify the four key principles of Dynamic Work Design and the ways in which they are practically implemented. - Module 3: The Problem Statement
Learn how to produce a comprehensive problem statement. - Module 4: Structured Problem-Solving
Engage with the process of scoping a problem and developing a structured problem-solving document. - Module 5: Designing Work for People
Explore the remaining principles of Dynamic Work Design in detail. - Module 6: Visual Management
Learn to utilize Visual Management tools effectively.
Please note that module titles and their contents are subject to change during course development.
Manage your time
GetSmarter's learning model is designed to help you, as a working professional, improve your skills without compromising on work and family responsibilities. The coursework is broken up into weekly, manageable bite-sized modules, with incremental deadlines, designed to help you pace yourself over the duration of the course and allow you the legroom to work when it suits you best.
At the beginning of each module, you'll be presented with the course content and assignments necessary for completion. You also have access to your Success Adviser, who will help you manage your time and support you with any administrative or technical queries you might have.
You’ll walk away with:
- A fundamental understanding of how your own management approach and work design can be improved for business efficiencies.
- The ability to overcome bottlenecks with problem-solving techniques to drive strategic process improvement and solve organizational issues.
- Practical skills in Dynamic Work Design, enabling a sustainable culture of continuous improvement through automation and business process remodeling.
- Access to content, strategies, and thought leadership from the MIT Sloan School of Management’s highly rated, on-campus course.
Seek employer assistance
By improving your skills and industry knowledge, you'll have an influence on the success of your organization. Why wouldn't you ask your boss to help you fund your studies if it's going to have an impact on the way you do business?
Of our past students, 37 percent have received financial assistance from their employers. You can ask for help, too.
If you are a Learning & Development (L&D) manager or involved in training and upskilling for an organization, you can request information regarding our corporate offering on our GetSmarter for business page.
Is this course for you?
This program is suited to business leaders who are looking to design and improve processes and formulate a strategy that drives progress. It's similarly beneficial to managers who are interested in optimizing efficiency and facilitating problem-solving in their teams. By harnessing Dynamic Work Design principles, professionals will learn how to find solutions to issues and implement strategies for sustainable improvement in a range of industries. The course content is also relevant to Analysts, Consultants, and Specialists — especially those concerned with managing risk and change — as it provides insight into why certain improvement strategies fail. The approach delivers rapid results, ensuring little is needed in the way of overheads, training, or implementation, enabling feasible innovation for both small and large business structures. Essentially, anyone wanting to upskill themselves and improve in their role will find the concepts and methods covered useful.