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Organizational Behavior: How to Manage People

Beginner English University CertificateFREE
SkillsOrganisational behaviourPeople managementMotivationTeam dynamicsLeadershipDecision-making

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An IESE Business School course from Anneloes Raes on the human side of management — the part that trips up most new managers.

Good for: New and aspiring managers wanting a grounding in the human side of management.

Skip if: You want HR operations, or advanced organisational theory.

It's organised around a few core themes — motivation, teams, decision-making and leadership — and stays clear and practical rather than theoretical, which makes it a genuinely useful grounding for anyone stepping into managing people. The flip side of that accessibility: if you want HR operations or advanced organisational theory, this deliberately stays at the introductory, applied level.

Audit it free on Coursera; a certificate needs a subscription (about $49/month) or Coursera Plus, with financial aid available, and it attests to the coursework rather than to a management qualification. How people behave at work is a slow-changing subject (as of 2026).

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About this course

Organizational Behavior: How to Manage People is a clear, practical introduction to the human side of management. From IESE Business School and instructor Anneloes Raes, it's organised around four themes — motivation, leadership, teamwork, and culture — and draws on Peter Drucker's thinking to keep the focus on what managers actually do.

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Anneloes Raes
Coursera instructor

Anneloes Raes is a professor at IESE Business School, consistently ranked among the world's top business schools. Her teaching centres on leadership and team effectiveness, and the course reflects IESE's practical, people-first management tradition.

Frequently asked questions

Not exactly. It is an organisational-behaviour course — how people behave in organisations and how to manage and motivate them effectively — which is broader than HR administration. It covers leadership, motivation, teams, decision-making, and workplace dynamics from a management perspective. HR touches these topics, but this is aimed at understanding and managing people as a leader, not the operational HR function itself.

Yes, among others. It suits new and aspiring managers wanting to understand what actually drives people and teams, as well as anyone curious about workplace behaviour and leadership. It assumes no management experience, drawing on organisational-behaviour research to explain why people act as they do at work — useful for stepping into leadership or simply working more effectively with others.

Yes. IESE Business School is a globally top-ranked business school, so the teaching carries genuine academic credibility and quality. That makes this a stronger free offering than many — you are getting management education from a respected institution. As with any audited course, the credential matters less than the learning, but the source here is genuinely reputable.

Yes, you can audit it on Coursera and watch the lectures at no cost. The graded elements and the certificate require a subscription, with financial aid available if you apply. Since much of the value is understanding the organisational-behaviour concepts and reflecting on them, auditing gives you the substance if you want the ideas rather than the credential.

It typically runs a few weeks at a modest weekly pace as a standalone course. It is concept- and reflection-focused rather than a hands-on build, so the time goes into absorbing the organisational-behaviour material and considering how it applies to real workplaces and your own management approach.
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