Course Description
This course examines leadership practices and organizational dynamics within innovation-driven, creative, and technologically mediated environments. It explores how leadership styles, organizational culture, and human behavior influence performance, collaboration, and innovation outcomes. Through theoretical study and applied case analysis, students develop the capacity to lead interdisciplinary teams, manage organizational change, and cultivate inclusive, high-performance cultures within entrepreneurial and creative contexts.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
Knowledge
- Demonstrate understanding of classical and contemporary leadership theories and organizational behavior concepts
- Analyze the role of organizational culture in enabling or constraining innovation and performance
Skills
- Apply leadership techniques for team coordination, motivation, and decision-making in complex environments
- Manage interpersonal conflict, communication processes, and organizational change initiatives
Competencies
- Exercise adaptive leadership in uncertain and innovation-intensive contexts
- Design and sustain organizational cultures that promote creativity, accountability, and ethical practice
- Demonstrate socially responsible and inclusive leadership approaches
Key Topics Covered
- Classical and contemporary leadership theories and models of influence
- Leadership styles and situational leadership approaches
- Psychometric frameworks and personality assessment tools in leadership development
- Organizational culture and innovation climates
- Team dynamics and interdisciplinary collaboration
- Motivation, engagement, and performance management
- Communication strategies and feedback systems
- Conflict resolution and negotiation processes
- Change leadership and organizational transformation
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion in leadership practice