L'insegnamento prevede 2.0 CFU erogati con Didattica Innovativa come segue:
Soft Skills
Corso di Studi
Codice Piano di Studio preventivamente approvato
Da (compreso)
A (escluso)
Insegnamento
Ing Ind - Inf (Mag.)(ord. 270) - BV (479) MANAGEMENT ENGINEERING - INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE
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052796 - LEADERSHIP & INNOVATION
Ing Ind - Inf (Mag.)(ord. 270) - CO (482) COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING - INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA
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CI
052796 - LEADERSHIP & INNOVATION
Ing Ind - Inf (Mag.)(ord. 270) - MI (481) COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING - INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA
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052796 - LEADERSHIP & INNOVATION
Obiettivi dell'insegnamento
The goal of the course is to enable students understanding innovation and leadership dynamics in order to act as innovative leaders within and across organizations.
The course offers the opportunity to develop an innovative solution while experiencing team dynamics and interpersonal relationships. Students will face innovation challenges offered by real organizations, to experiment the dynamics of creativity and collaboration while bridging theory and practice.
The course fits into the overall program curriculum pursuing some of the defined general learning goals. In particular, the course contributes to the development of the following capabilities:
• Understand context, functions, processes and performance
• Develop new ideas and solutions in business and industrial scenarios evolving over time
• Interact in a professional, responsible, effective and constructive way in a working environment, also motivating group members
The course adopts the following innovative teaching methods:
- development of soft skills
- projects co-developed with business companies
- flipped classroom
Risultati di apprendimento attesi
Lectures, activities and team-based projects will allow students:
-To know and understand the different strategies to foster the innovation process and their applications (lectures) -To know and understand the different leadership theories and models to comprehend inter-personal processes (lectures) -To know how to gather and structure relevant information to deepen the knowledge about the context in which an innovation is taking place (project) -To develop an innovative vision and propose a solution under different constraints (project) -To improve collaborative attitudes and know relevant drivers to foster team effectiveness (project) -To communicate effectively an innovative idea (project)
Argomenti trattati
The key topics that will be covered in the course are the following, divided in the two main areas:
Innovation
In this module you will learn how to promote and mange innovation with a strategic perspective, as well a show to manage and lead an innovation process. The module focuses especially on the capabilities of leaders to create innovative visions and to catalyze the resources that are needed to make that vision come through and all the phases, activities and methodologies needed to transform and idea into a product-service solution to be launched in the market. The topics characterizing the module are the following:
o What is innovation, what is its value and its challenges
o The drivers and the timing of innovation
o The innovation strategies and the creation of vision: innovation of meaning and design-driven innovation
o Technology strategy: key technologies, dynamic capabilities, complementary assets, profiting from innovation
o Collaborative and Open Innovation
o Guiding principles and models for managing innovation processes
o Users analysis and users integration in innovation processes
Leadership
In this module you will learn how to develop the capabilities to engage yourself and others in becoming innovative leaders and effectively managing change and innovation in organizational settings. The topics characterizing the module are the following ones:
o What is leadership, what is the difference between leaders and managers
o How to assess people and effectively communicate with collaborators
o The motivational theories that help leaders to trigger others’ commitment
o How to design and lead effective teams; teams roles and dynamics in innovation processes
o Team dynamics: group behaviours, group decision making, conflicts and negotiation
o How to effectively face change and lead innovation in complex organisational settings
The course adopts the following innovative teaching methods:
- development of soft skills
- projects co-developed with business companies
- flipped classroom
Prerequisiti
Students are required to know the basics of business administration, organizational design and business process management.
Modalità di valutazione
Evaluation will be based on the two different options in which the course can be followed:
Team-based option:
o Individual written exam
o Project work: the goal is to understand how to design and implement innovation, working on a brief provided by a real company
o Optional - Leadership story: description of the profile and the journey of an innovative leader, her/his peculiar personality, capabilities, behaviors in different situations
Individual-based option:
o Individual written exam
o Individual assignments:
Leadership story: description of the profile and the journey of an innovative leader, her/his peculiar personality, capabilities, behaviors in different situations. The final output of the leadership story consist in a video and a written report
Critical analysis of a real case study: analysis of a real innovation case, in order to show the criticism capability throughout the application of leadership and innovation topics
Participation in the activities of the course will be evaluated as well in terms of contribution to the work of teams and to the discussions in class, through a bonus/malus mechanism. Students who will reach a specific threshold in the written exam will be allowed to take an optional oral exam to improve their grade.
Bibliografia
Roberto Verganti, Owercrowded: Designing meaningful products in a word awash with ideas, Editore: MIT Press, Anno edizione: 2017, ISBN: 9780262035361
Melissa Schilling, Strategic Management of Technological Innovation, Editore: McGraw-Hill, Anno edizione: 2010, ISBN: 978-0078029233
Kreiter R., and Kinicki, A., Organizational behaviour (11th Edition), Editore: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, Anno edizione: 2013
Software utilizzato
Nessun software richiesto
Forme didattiche
Tipo Forma Didattica
Ore di attività svolte in aula
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Ore di studio autonome
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Lezione
60:00
90:00
Esercitazione
0:00
0:00
Laboratorio Informatico
0:00
0:00
Laboratorio Sperimentale
0:00
0:00
Laboratorio Di Progetto
40:00
60:00
Totale
100:00
150:00
Informazioni in lingua inglese a supporto dell'internazionalizzazione
Insegnamento erogato in lingua
Inglese
Disponibilità di materiale didattico/slides in lingua inglese
Disponibilità di libri di testo/bibliografia in lingua inglese
Possibilità di sostenere l'esame in lingua inglese
Disponibilità di supporto didattico in lingua inglese
Inglese