67943 - LEADERSHIP

Contenuti

1. Introduction
2. Trait Approach
3. Skills Approach
4. Behavioral Approach
5. Situational Approach
6. Path–Goal Theory
7. Leader–Member Exchange Theory
8. Transformational Leadership
9. Authentic Leadership
10. Servant Leadership
11. Adaptive Leadership
12. Followership
13. Leadership Ethics
14. Team Leadership
15. Gender and Leadership
16. Culture and Leadership

17. Improving Organizational Justice

18. Leading Positive Change

Testi/Bibliografia

Main book for the course: ALL CHAPTERS from 1 to 16 of Peter G. Northouse, 'Leadership. Theory and Practice', 8th Edition, Sage;

Other papers and articles to prepare:

Susan Schor, Joseph Selzer, and James Smither , Management Skills Book (6th ed), pp.1-10 (Introduction)

Cropanzano Et Al (2007), The Management of Organizational Justice, Academy of Management Perspectives, November, 34-48.

Colquitt et al. (2013), “Justice at the Millennium, a Decade Later: A Meta-Analytic Test of Social Exchange and Affect-Based Perspectives”, Journal of Applied Psychology Vol. 98, No. 2, 199–236

Thundiyil et al (2015), Cynical about change? The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science , Vol. 51(4) 429– 450

Holt, D. T., Armenakis, A. A., Feild, H. S., & Harris, S. G. 2007. “Readiness for organizational change: The systematic development of a scale”. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 43: 232-255.

All papers and materials are will be available for download from the Virtuale section of this course, including slides

Metodi didattici

The approach is strongly interactive.

Teaching methods consist of face-to-face lecturing, role plays, case studies, video analysis and simulations, speech by guest leaders on specific topics.

During the lectures/lessons, students will be asked to use the Teams platform: attending students are therefore invited to bring their own notebook, tablet etc. in order to share materials, comments, exercises etc.

Although not mandatory, attending lessons regularly is strongly recommended.

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

Although not mandatory, attending lessons regularly is strongly recommended. Participate actively to the lessons during in-classroom assignments will improve the final evaluation.

Tthe final examination is a written exam consisting of 30 brief open questions (2-3 lines) to complete in 75 minutes. The written exam id on the Northouse's handbook and all other materials available on Virtuale. In order to help students in preparing the exam, a list of (possible) questions will be available for download from the Virtuale section of this course in due time.

Only attending students have the possibility to increase their final evaluation by participating to in-class assignments, which give extra credits.

Final grading table:

•<18 insufficient
• 18-23 sufficient
• 24-27 good
• 28-30 excellent
• 30 cum laude honors

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Filippo Ferrari