S1008D - LEADERSHIP & TEAMS MANAGEMENT

courses
ID:
S1008D
Duration (hours):
48
CFU:
6
SSD:
Organizzazione aziendale
Located in:
PESCARA
Url:
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION/CORSO GENERICO Year: 1
Year:
2026
Course Catalogue:
https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2026?co...

Overview

Date/time interval

Secondo Semestre (12/02/2027 - 12/05/2027)

Syllabus

Course Objectives


The course aims to provide students with a solid theoretical and practical understanding of leadership and group dynamics in contemporary organizations, drawing on key theoretical paradigms and current managerial challenges.By the end of the course, students will be able to:Understand and compare the main theories of leadership, from traditional to contemporary.Analyze group dynamics and factors that influence collective performance.Apply leadership models and frameworks to real organizational cases.Recognize challenges related to ethics, positive leadership, and digital contexts in group management.Develop self-assessment skills for their own leadership style.Work effectively in teams, producing an organizational analysis project work.The course will enable participants to develop analytical skills, critical thinking, and practical competences useful for understanding, evaluating, and designing innovative people management practices in complex and evolving organizational contexts.

Course Prerequisites


No formal prerequisites are required. However, having completed courses in Business Organization and/or Human Resource Management provides a solid foundation that can facilitate the approach to the subject.

Teaching Methods


The course adopts a variety of teaching methodologies, consistent with its balanced theory-practice orientation:– Lectures with guided discussion: each module starts from a structured presentation of theoretical models, enriched by examples from Italian and international organizational contexts.– Case studies: HBS (Harvard Business School) cases and original Italian cases, distributed before class to stimulate active preparation (partial flipped classroom).– Role play and simulations: particularly useful for modules on conflict, negotiation, and group dynamics. – Business testimonials of Strategy@work program– Self-assessment and self-awareness: tools such as the VIA Character Strengths Survey, the Leadership Style Questionnaire (Northouse), and Lencioni's Five Dysfunctions test.– Group project work: a living laboratory for applying group dynamics theories. The process is as formative as the final output.

Assessment Methods


Students who have attended at least 75% of the course will be considered «attending».For attending students, assessment takes place in two moments:a) Presentation and discussion of the group project work (weight: 40% of final grade).b) Written exam with open questions and/or questions on theories, models, and cases (duration 60–90 min., weight: 50%).c) Active participation in class: contribution to discussions, quality of case interventions, peer feedback (weight: 10%).The minimum threshold for each component (written exam and project work) is 15/30 to access the weighted average.Non-attending students will be evaluated exclusively on the basis of the final oral exam on the given readings The following criteria will contribute to the oral exam evaluation: relevance of answers, quality of content, ability to connect with other course topics, ability to provide examples, technical language proficiency, and overall expressive ability.

Texts


References:– Northouse, P.G. (2021). Leadership: Theory and Practice (9th ed.). SAGE Publications. (Capitoli 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,16)– Lencioni, P. (2002). The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. Jossey-Bass.– Cameron, K. (2012). Positive Leadership. Berrett-Koehler Publishers.​​​​​​​– Fischer, T. & Sitkin, S.B. (2023). Leadership Styles: A Comprehensive Assessment and Way Forward. Academy of Management Annals, 17(1), 331–372. – Cameron, K.S. (2021). Positively Energizing Leadership. Berrett-Koehler. – Kipfelsberger, P., Raes, A. et al. (2022). Start with Why: The Transfer of Work Meaningfulness. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 43(8), 1287–1309.

Contents


The course «Leadership and Group Management» consists of 48 teaching hours for a total of 6 ECTS credits. The course examines leadership and group dynamics as central phenomena in contemporary organizations. The course aims to provide students — through a balanced approach between theoretical rigor and managerial application — with the conceptual and practical tools to understand, analyze, and act in organizational contexts. The course is structured into five progressive thematic modules, moving from classical leadership foundations to the contemporary challenges of digital, distributed, and positive leadership, via group dynamics and ethics.​​​​​​​

Course Language


Italian

More information


Two lectures per week. Each lecture will be two hours long.Regular attendance is strongly recommended, particularly for business testimony sessions and project work sessions, which constitute formative moments that cannot be replicated through individual study.
Students with disabilities or with Specific Learning Disorders (SLD), accredited by the University Service, may contact the instructor directly to agree on exam modalities, adopting any dispensatory forms or compensatory tools provided by current legislation.

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Degrees

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
Master’s Degree
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