GROUP INTERACTION AND LEADERSHIP
Syllabus
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Learning Objectives
the course topics are so articulated to achieve the following main educational objectives:
- understanding of the basic elements of self- and emotional leadership, with reference to ethics and small group dynamics, relating it through class discussion to one’s own experience;
- acquiring an anthropological perspective of leadership and the collective action, able to link all main leadership theories;
- understanding of the organizational dimension of leadership, its challenges and ways to cope therewith;
- knowing the general evolution and the different approaches of leadership studies;
- focusing on fundamental elements of strategic leadership, with special reference to strategic thinking, and establishing a personal development plan for such skills;
- gain a clear appreciation of the influence of culture on the effectiveness of the collective action, also through an historical perspective, and being able to elaborate on actual cases;
- understanding of nature and scope of Mission and Vision statements and being able to actually use them in a class exercise;
- understanding of the conceptual base of the “New Science of Complexity and Chaos” and its value for strategic thinking, also through application to actual cases;
- considering systemic thinking in relation to ecosystems and sustainability;
- understanding and utilizing strategic leadership cognitive models, aimed to complex, uncertain and rapidly changing environments;
- understanding change management, through knowledge of principles and actual cases, being able to conceive a change strategy;
- understanding the scope and main implication of the Digital Disruption for the collective action;
- considering potential and risks of the digital dimension in leadership dynamics, with special reference to ethics;
- understanding and utilizing Artificial Intelligence as a strategic thinking tool;
- being able to link all above-mentioned elements in an organic frame of reference.
The significance of ethics for leadership and the effectiveness of the collective action will be recalled throughout the course.
- understanding of the basic elements of self- and emotional leadership, with reference to ethics and small group dynamics, relating it through class discussion to one’s own experience;
- acquiring an anthropological perspective of leadership and the collective action, able to link all main leadership theories;
- understanding of the organizational dimension of leadership, its challenges and ways to cope therewith;
- knowing the general evolution and the different approaches of leadership studies;
- focusing on fundamental elements of strategic leadership, with special reference to strategic thinking, and establishing a personal development plan for such skills;
- gain a clear appreciation of the influence of culture on the effectiveness of the collective action, also through an historical perspective, and being able to elaborate on actual cases;
- understanding of nature and scope of Mission and Vision statements and being able to actually use them in a class exercise;
- understanding of the conceptual base of the “New Science of Complexity and Chaos” and its value for strategic thinking, also through application to actual cases;
- considering systemic thinking in relation to ecosystems and sustainability;
- understanding and utilizing strategic leadership cognitive models, aimed to complex, uncertain and rapidly changing environments;
- understanding change management, through knowledge of principles and actual cases, being able to conceive a change strategy;
- understanding the scope and main implication of the Digital Disruption for the collective action;
- considering potential and risks of the digital dimension in leadership dynamics, with special reference to ethics;
- understanding and utilizing Artificial Intelligence as a strategic thinking tool;
- being able to link all above-mentioned elements in an organic frame of reference.
The significance of ethics for leadership and the effectiveness of the collective action will be recalled throughout the course.