Remote Management
Strategies, Tools, and Software
What you'll learn
- Understand the virtual work environment
- Set up a professional virtual work environment
- Tell management from leadership
- Manage a remote team effectively
- Use Google Apps
- Use Microsoft Apps
- Choose communication and data sharing apps
- Organize the team's schedules
- Manage projects and track tasks remotely
About this course
This course teaches how to manage a remote team using the right strategies, tools, and software. You start with an introduction, then get to know the virtual work environment and how to set it up professionally, and learn the difference between management and leadership and how to manage your team effectively. Next you move to practical applications: Google Apps in two parts, Microsoft Apps with Microsoft recommendations, apps for effective remote communication, Arabic apps for team management, and apps for managing schedules, sharing data, managing projects, and tracking tasks. The course suits managers, business owners, team leaders, and anyone who works with a team spread across different places. You need no previous experience in remote management, because the course explains the basics and then moves to the tools step by step. By the end, you will be able to organize your team's remote work, choose the right communication tools and the right task and project management tools for it, and follow the progress of work with ease.
Expected outcomes
- Manage a remote team efficiently and professionally.
- Improve communication among team members using advanced tools.
- Plan and organize schedules and tasks effectively.
- Utilize specialized applications to enhance work productivity.
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Course content
1Managing Remote Teams (Strategies, Tools, and Programs)
15 lectures
- IntroductionCourse introduction on managing remote teams, how the job market changed after the pandemic, and the topics ahead: the virtual work environment, management versus leadership, Microsoft and Harvard recommendations, and management tools.3:10
- Virtual Work EnvironmentExplains the virtual work environment compared with the traditional one, its elements such as tools and technology, its challenges like lack of visibility, connection and communication, and its benefits like working anywhere and lower costs.15:36
- Management and LeadershipExplains the difference between management and leadership, that leadership is learned by practice, that a leader's role shows in crises, and the skills a manager needs such as motivation, organization and team handling.20:14
- Setting Up the Professional Virtual EnvironmentExplains how to set up a professional virtual workspace at home: a dedicated spot separate from rest areas, the ability to isolate yourself, good lighting and ventilation, and internet and power.12:32
- Effective Management of the Work TeamExplains tactics for effectively managing a remote team to avoid problems from lack of visibility, such as setting clear goals, a short daily task check-in, and tracking, evaluating and training the team.19:20
- Microsoft RecommendationsPresents Microsoft's recommendations for remote work, such as managing time and separating work from life, setting up a comfortable workspace, keeping the camera on with a suitable background, and communicating regularly with the team.4:26
- Google Apps (Part 1)Explains using Google apps to manage a team remotely, focusing on Gmail from creating the account to the inbox, sent mail, tasks, meetings and labels.12:35
- Google Apps (Part 2)Continues Google apps with Google Drive for storing and sharing files by link, and Google Meet for video meetings including background setup, and leads into the similar Microsoft apps.15:40
- Microsoft AppsExplains Microsoft apps for remote team management and how they mirror Google's: Outlook for email, OneDrive for files, and Teams for meetings, channels and chat, along with performance evaluation.9:51
- Effective Remote Communication AppsExplains the Zoom app for video meetings: starting and joining a meeting, muting and changing the background, the participants list and chat, screen sharing and scheduling meetings.7:50
- Arabic Apps for Remote Team ManagementExplains the Arabic app Hasoub I/O for team management, from yearly and monthly goals and adding members, to tasks, the calendar, files and sub-boards, and tracking who finished and who has not.6:14
- Time Management AppsExplains a free app for tracking work time on tasks, which records how long each team member works on each task, calculates cost from an hourly rate, and shows a dashboard of reports.6:52
- Remote Communication and Data Exchange AppsExplains Slack for team communication and file sharing, its strengths such as high privacy and integration with many apps through Zapier, and creating channels and direct messages.15:37
- Remote Project Management AppsExplains Trello for card-based project management, where a board holds lists named after team members and the lists hold cards that are the tasks, and how to track each member's progress.13:38
- Task Management and Tracking AppsExplains Jira for project management and task tracking, from pricing plans and creating, describing and assigning tasks, to tracking completion, filtering each member's tasks and splitting large tasks.13:24
2Attachments
1 attachments
- Download Work Files
Instructor
Dr. Mohamed Shaaban
