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About the Course

Leaders in business and non-profit organizations increasingly work across national borders and in multi-cultural environments. You may work regularly with customers or suppliers abroad, or be part of a globally dispersed cross-functional team, or an expatriate manager on an international assignment. You may be a member of a global online community, or a development aid worker collaborating with an international network of partner organizations. In all of these contexts, your effectiveness as a leader depends on how well you understand and are able to manage individual and collective behaviors in an intercultural context. In this course – together with a team of Bocconi expert faculty and Bocconi alumni – we’ll explore the theory and practice of international and intercultural leadership and organizational behavior. Social science research has revealed systematic ways in which our behavior differs across cultural contexts – enabling us to more effectively work across borders. Insights from psychology, neuroscience, sociology and anthropology, from communication studies and from management scholarship allow us to understand what shapes individual and group decision making, what enhances or weakens team performance, and how we can build and use our social networks. And the shared practical experience of international leaders allows us to identify concrete steps to enhancing intercultural leadership competence, and to be cognizant of common leadership challenges. Learning about organizational behavior provides a great opportunity to develop your leadership skills and to reflect on your own behavioral tendencies. How do you usually make important decisions? What motivates you and how do you try motivating others? How successfully do you leverage and integrate diverse skills and views in a team? Do you prefer professional relationships with a close-knit group of trusted colleagues, or with a far-flung network of acquaintances from all walks of life? If you really want to learn how organizations behave and take decisions and at the same time develop leadership skills, then this is the course for you. We are looking forward to welcoming you and supporting you on this journey of learning and discovery. COURSE SYLLABUS Week 1 - Leadership Acumen. International perspective on leadership, common traps & challenges, and opportunities of intercultural leadership. Week 2 - Navigating Culture. Impact of cultural differences on organizations, decoding culture, culture classifications and stereotyping, developing intercultural intelligence. Week 3 - Communication. Communication and its impact on leadership identity and relationships, managing communication to improve decision making, steps for developing your intercultural communication skills. Week 4 - Motivation. Views on individual motivation, cultural differences in motivation, developing motivation and commitment in teams. Week 5 - Networking. Patterns of interpersonal relationships in/across organizations, strategically developing social networks and social capital, norms for networking across cultures. Week 6 - Conflict. Effective / defective conflict management approaches, dealing with ethical dilemmas. Thanks to the participation of our alumni and of the Bocconi Alumni Association, participants will have practical insights on international leadership. RECOMMENDED BACKGROUND All are welcome! Some prior exposure to basic issues of organizational behavior (communication, decision making, motivation, etc.) is useful, but not required....

Top reviews

JM

Jun 16, 2020

It was difficult at first to grasp the concepts that Bocconi University was trying to impart but the short lectures and transcripts made it a whole lot easier to revise and refer to.

U

Dec 12, 2022

I extend my heartfelt gratitude for the entire team of Universita Bocconi for providing me an opportunity to learn effective leadership skill and also for unlocking my potential.

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By Gift N

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Jul 10, 2023

I really had a great learning time during the course. The course instructor was apt and did a great job. I'm looking forward to another learning journey!

By Pietro D

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May 3, 2024

A well posed topic by a very good speaker but sometimes with a little bit of redundancy and slowness. It can be improved easily. However, interesting.

By Maria R

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Sep 26, 2020

It was a good quality course. But i didn't feel the interest in practice tasks...Not even once. And I think it because of absence of mentors activity.

By Vida B

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May 14, 2020

Instructor was speaking too fast. In some videos sound qualities were low otherwise contents were presented very well and really helpful

Thanks

By Andrea W

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Aug 21, 2019

Gut strukturierter Ablauf;

abwechslungsreich durch Lehr- und Diskussionsabschnitte;

aktuelle Themenbereiche.

Absolut anwendbar im Arbeitsalltag!

By Abhinav L

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Nov 6, 2024

Good discussion of national cultures, and management. Would be helpful to focus more on leadership at the highest levels, including CEOs.

By Ines G

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Feb 21, 2018

It was very interesting. The talking speed of the lectures is a bit too fast. Not for me to follow, but I´m sure others had issues.

By JAN V P A

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Nov 23, 2020

Interesting research findings.

Interactive discussion.

Impressive coordination with other colleagues and alumni.

Inspiring cases.

By Adewole I

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Jul 12, 2020

I really enjoyed this course especially the questions in between videos to ensure participation. Overall, it was a good job.

By Sakhile M

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Jul 21, 2020

The content is clear and it has helped me to have a better understanding on ways to handle expats within my company.

By Sajjad H ( N A

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Aug 11, 2020

MaShaAllah zabardast course hai yar.........i have learned one main thing from this course and that is humanity.

By Maialen P

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Nov 24, 2016

it has been a great course! A lot of information about the topic and diverse and interesting videos!

By Ian S

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Dec 24, 2020

Well constructed, covers most subjects I would expect but with fresh view and entertaining style.

By Talib K

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Dec 20, 2020

very good course to build your basic understanding of your leadership and orgnisational skills.

By MI C

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Feb 26, 2020

The Course is a wonderful one. It opened my eyes to some requirements for international leader.

By Maria C F

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Apr 5, 2017

It is a very helpful training course for leaders and employees working in different geos.

By Dima A

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Dec 5, 2018

high advanced vocabulary and very speak speed for non English speaker, but it is useful.

By runali p

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Oct 25, 2022

Excellent and fascinating course for leaders. Exceptionally well-presented examples

By Salim A

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Nov 22, 2020

I really enjoyed the topics in the class and the way presented by the instructor

By umair h

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Aug 23, 2023

It's a wonderful experience to learn this course there in coursera

By Devang J

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May 19, 2020

great course, learn so much about organisation and leadership

By SHAURYA S

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Nov 30, 2020

Awesome course and instructor, thankyou for the learnings :)

By Dania M

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Apr 17, 2021

Great course I will recommend it to anybody interested.

By Rana M

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Mar 6, 2024

this is very good opportunity for students to learn.

By Alberta A B

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Dec 7, 2021

it was very insightful, my curiosity was erased.