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The NYU Tandon School of Engineering has partnered with Pathstream to deliver this online program – The Frontline Manager Leadership Certificate is designed to equip current and aspiring managers with the skills needed to become an effective leader. You will gain practical, applied strategies for communicating like a leader, building relationships, managing time effectively, and navigating difficult conversations. Finally, you will combine these leadership soft skills with technical skills in areas like data analysis and project management to round out your fundamental manager toolkit.
Why Frontline Management and Leadership?
3 Courses | Hands-On Learning and Career Exploration
Course 1:
Management and Leadership Fundamentals
Course 2:
Foundations of Project Management
Course 3:
Business Analytics Fundamentals
Course 1: Management and Leadership Fundamentals
This course will equip current and aspiring managers with the skills needed to become an effective leader. You will gain practical, applied strategies for communicating like a leader, building relationships, managing time effectively, and navigating difficult conversations.
Learning Outcomes:
- Communicate effectively to increase respect and confidence in the workplace.
- Apply best practices in time management, prioritization and delegation.
- Conduct difficult conversations and navigate sources of conflict in the workplace.
Course 2: Foundations of Project Management
In this course, you will be introduced to the foundations of project management. You will become familiar with the role of the project manager and the leadership skills needed to be successful as a project manager. You will learn essential information about projects, project life cycles, project management processes and methodologies, and you will explore stakeholder management and create a plan for engaging with stakeholders. You will be introduced to Asana, a leading tool in the project management industry, and other project management tools such as spreadsheets.
Learning Outcomes:
- Prepare a project charter that defines a project, guides the project activities and serves as an agreement between stakeholders.
- Create a scope statement based on the sponsor’s requirements that details what is in scope and out of scope and identifies objectives, constraints, assumptions, acceptance criteria and deliverables.
- Create a work breakdown structure using project management software.
Course 3: Business Analytics Fundamentals
This course is designed to introduce you to the fundamentals of Business and Data Analytics. You will practice skills for data wrangling, data visualizations, descriptive statistics, exploratory data analysis, and data storytelling. The course culminates with a hands-on project in which you will perform an end-to-end exploratory data analysis (EDA). This course is designed for students with little or no background in business or analytics. Upon completion, you will be able to apply your new knowledge to make compelling business recommendations based on data. Watch your new insights come to life by making compelling data visualizations.
Learning Outcomes:
- Construct business framing applications for analytics problem-solving processes.
- Apply spreadsheet software to manipulate and prepare data for analysis.
- Communicate analysis insights to intended audiences, such as business stakeholders.
3 Courses | Hands-On Learning and Career Exploration
Course 1:
Management and Leadership Fundamentals
Learning Outcomes:
- Communicate effectively to increase respect and confidence in the workplace.
- Apply best practices in time management, prioritization and delegation.
- Conduct difficult conversations and navigate sources of conflict in the workplace.
Course 2:
Foundations of Project Management
Learning Outcomes:
- Prepare a project charter that defines a project, guides the project activities and serves as an agreement between stakeholders.
- Create a scope statement based on the sponsor’s requirements that details what is in scope and out of scope and identifies objectives, constraints, assumptions, acceptance criteria and deliverables.
- Create a work breakdown structure using project management software.
Course 3:
Business Analytics Fundamentals
Learning Outcomes:
- Construct business framing applications for analytics problem-solving processes.
- Apply spreadsheet software to manipulate and prepare data for analysis.
- Communicate analysis insights to intended audiences, such as business stakeholders.
- Communicate effectively to increase respect and confidence in the workplace
- Apply best practices in time management, prioritization and delegation
- Conduct difficult conversations and navigate sources of conflict in the workplace
- Develop a project plan that includes a schedule, budget, and resource estimations
- Plan a structured agenda for a project kickoff meeting with your team
- Apply spreadsheet software to manipulate data and identify insights
- No required times to log in. Complete lessons at times during the week that work for you. Keep up with deadlines to stay on track and complete in 7 months.
- Complete real business projects in an online platform and get individualized support and feedback from instructors.
- Practice using software directly in the learning platform. No separate downloads.
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What is Pathstream?
Pathstream is a provider of digital skills training based in Silicon Valley. We partner with leading tech companies and universities like the NYU Tandon School of Engineering to develop programs that prepare people for in-demand jobs.