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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

JJ

Aug 3, 2022

The instructor was very helpful and elaborate and now I feel more empowered and knowledgeable about leadership. I can't wait to apply all that I've learned real soon. Kudos to the team! -Julia Jimenea

GC

Aug 13, 2018

Very interesting course. Alumni viewpoints, pop-up questions, and interactive dialogues all made the course more engaging. Each video was a good length for informational content and attentiveness.

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By Ahsan R

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Sep 13, 2024

Amazing

By Kota S

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Jul 13, 2020

Nice

By Gertrude U

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Nov 20, 2020

Woow very interesting course!! I really enjoyed it because now I can lead people of different culture, through the skills I have studed from this content, for example social netwok in intercultural context, reaction of the leader in challenging environment, conflict management as a leader and communication skills as a leader. So I enjoy to be a future leader. Thank you for your support to this course.

By Jonathan G

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Mar 11, 2018

interesting course. But it was hard to tell that it was a business management course and leadership. Although interesting, everybody already knows how to lead a company. You don't need a course for this. I guess this was useful in a way in order to treat your employees more humanely. Too many companies these days are too heartless and moneygrubbing.

By Tiffany M

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Jan 23, 2016

The content drags and can be boring

By Shahinoor R

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Jun 5, 2016

Wonderful arrangment for learning.

By Aisha ( N U R

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Aug 7, 2020

informative course

By Deeshan M

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Sep 6, 2020

good

By Maham A

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Oct 9, 2019

It was very difficult to complete. The lectures were too lengthy and quite boring. I think it can be made better

By Boris A U G

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Mar 31, 2025

He terminado el curso, pero no permite obtener la certificación.

By Abu y

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Jun 3, 2020

thank u so much coursera for Given me opportunity

By Muhammad H

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Feb 2, 2024

the are good for leadership skils

By Etik B

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Feb 22, 2017

very redundant and lacks diversity

By Parviz H

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Aug 28, 2020

Boring course that I ever seen

By Deleted A

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Aug 14, 2016

water on the mill

By piyush s

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Nov 17, 2022

very bad

By Judiceal W

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Nov 1, 2022

its ok