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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 2, 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

AY

Jan 6, 2017

I completed this course while working abroad and I loved it. The course helped be to have a better understanding and respect for different cultures in life and in the work environment.

Thank You!

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By Prachi V

Sep 21, 2022

It is a great course to learn from a reputed university about international relations, conflict management, understanding and managing diverse culture, social networking, Leadership and cultural differences plus the language and the instructor is interactive, engaging and speaks in a lucid language. I highly recommend it to everyone Thanks a ton to Coursera, Google and the University of Bocconi for this wonderful course !! :-)

By Karthikeyan N

Apr 10, 2020

This is one of most intriguing courses that I have done so far. Kudos to Instructor Franz and the team. The learning was pleasurable, balanced and gave a fantastic experience while imparting the knowledge on the ILOB topics. The best thing I like about this course is the interweaving of multiculturalism in all the topics of discussion which made it more practical and enjoyable. Thanks and I would highly recommend this course.

By chiara f

Jul 28, 2020

This course is led in a very professional way, still with a sprikle in the eye which keeps your attention always high. I highly appreciated the course structure, with different people contributing, different settings and a very effective class lenghts. The content itself gives a wide perspective on the subject, and the material includes also extensive links to additional material for further reading. Very highly recommended!

By Kateryna K

Mar 27, 2023

I want to express my gratitude to Franz Wohlgezogen & Coursera for the course 🧶International Leadership and Organizational Behavior by Università Bocconi. Franz Wohlgezogen's research focuses on how business and non-profit executives manage their relationships with external stakeholders and business partners, and how they orchestrate these relationships to steer their organizations through challenging environments.

By Caro R

Sep 27, 2020

This course truly contributed to my personal development. It provided valuable knowledge through scientific frameworks and practical cases. I learned the relevance of being a responsible leader in an intercultural environment, as well as the importance of valuing and cultivating relationships in both my professional and personal lives. This course is an excellent investment and a great intellectual stimulator!!

By Riham F A

Nov 28, 2020

A perfect course that is highly informative, enriching, and pleasant! It's perfect when seeking more knowledge, learning, research in a scientific-nice way to be more efficient and highly knowledgeable in the following fields/jobs: HR, Executive leader, Development projects/programs, learning and development in HR, and also organizational development (in a multi cultural work environment) and change managment.

By Gunita L

Mar 21, 2017

This course was really useful for my personal insights due to move to another country for living, and also for my master thesis, which is connected with cross-cultural communication. I would strongly recommend this course for everyone out there.. the world is becoming more and more interconnected, so we need to learn to better communicate with everyone on this planet. Excellent course for that! Thanks a lot!

By Michał P

Sep 5, 2023

Hi. This course is the best I have taken part here at Coursea. Mr Franz Wohlhezogen is the trully outstanding tutor, who gets the maximum of the teaching methods, using them in the best possible way to share the knowledge he has personally and engaging the business pracitics into teaching process. So much creative and so effective way of teaching. Congratulations! Thanks to God for such a great Teachers :-)

By Ivona P

Nov 26, 2021

This course complemented, refreshed but also deepened my existing knowledge about diversity, culture and leadership. There is a substantial ammount of additional links and information included in the course which can enrich your knowledge, if you find the time to read the mentioned books, articles and studies. I honestly enjoyed this course and would love to see more on similar topics from Mr. Wohlgezogen.

By BATOUL A

Jul 2, 2020

Such useful course not only for being international leader, it's also useful and imoprtant for anyone's life especially if he's living abroad. Amazing teacher that keeps you active all the time, and that motiveted me to finish the course within 5 days. All the significant elements for a complete course are there, great teacher, real leaders' interviews and experiences , clever quizzes questions. Thank you

By Divina R P

Apr 28, 2022

Very informative, with practical application. I love that the approach is mostly conversational and practical inputs from leaders from various organizations are sort of a plus factor, because that's basically the words coming from the hroses mouth. Their practical experience were definitely an excellent exemplification on the practical application of the theories that we have learned from the course.

By Angela R D H

Oct 7, 2020

Such an amazing course and the professor it just as wonderful. I love the format of the course and its a very good introduction to a completely different format than what I have been used to. Discussion topics are very relevant and resource speakers and participants are very knowledgeable. I hope there would be a next phase of this course and would make sure to enroll in it! Thank you very much!!

By Sandra R

May 10, 2020

An enriching course from which I learned a lot about leadership, more specifically, international leadership, and how it relates with an organization. It also taught me a lot- although, I'm sure we were only given the basics (but that was very enlightening already) about culture and its interactions in human relationships and leadership. Thank you for making it available and for free on Coursera.

By Lina R

Feb 23, 2020

This was practical, concrete and yet extremely insightful course. It goes beyond what we all think is important for international leadership. It gives practical things that you can apply immediately. I loved the format of interviews, cases, interactions with all kinds of alumni and members of the university.

It was really outstanding! Thank you very much and all the best in expanding this further

By Philipp M

Jun 29, 2021

Very well and entertaining delivered contents. Not too less not too much. I feel a lot more conscious about my own leadership style and impact after studying this course.

Especially I will focus on fostering my relationships here while working in Asia. Coming from Germany, it takes a long while to understand that giving in advance to prepare for getting back one day is crucial.

Thank you Franz.

By Lakshmi N N

Aug 15, 2017

Wonderful course and the instructor has used many different ways to drive the point for better understanding. I have learnt a great deal from this course and i also get the feeling that i m just scratching the surface. I look forward for the courses from Bocconi. Thanks a lot for the wonderful course and I am sure that this is course is going to create a great impact in my career and life.

By Otto H

Jan 13, 2016

This was an excellent course. The delivery was engaging and well presented and the concepts covered provided a fascinating insight in to the impact of international cultures on all aspects of organisational interaction and behaviour. There was an excellent mix of academic models, case study discussion and real life examples from international leaders. I thoroughly enjoyed participating!

By Jordan B

Dec 2, 2020

I found this course very informative and definitely has changed my view around many issues within an international context! Though I'm not directly going into Leadership, this will definitely be a huge boost towards my goal of business psychology, as I now have an understanding of the issues leaders face that are becoming increasingly salient in our increasingly international societies.

By Jayanta B

Jul 17, 2021

I would like to share my sincere gratitude for developing such a wonderful program which is filled with insightful rich knowledge and practical experiences from global leaders. I am very happy to choose this program and complete it and have gained tremendous level of knowledge. I am confident that this program will add high values to whoever go through it and highly recommend it.

By Vijay B

May 13, 2021

An excellent course that has been strategically conceptualized thoughtfully designed. This course would be a "must" for all budding managers and leaders aspiring to pursue careers at international levels and also for all those who deal with people from multi cultural backgrounds. The course is well structured and paced. I thank all those who are involved in designing this course.

By Sara D G

May 3, 2020

Extremely useful and interesting course. It gave me more insights on effective communication, cultural understanding, motivation and conflict management. It will surely have a positive impact both on my professional and private experience. The lessons are well structured. Professor Franz Wohlgezogen is an outstanding professional and teacher, always very clear and entertaining.

By Muhammad S

Nov 9, 2022

It's an amazing course and delivered extremely praisworthy. It change my intelectual and cultural perspectives. I will recommend to everyone join it. one who go through it will never regret but thankfull to achieve the ways of life in successful manners. first i will pay thanks to all staff who made efforts for creating such an effective course.

Thank you Sir FRANZ and BACCONI

By Anjali

Jul 6, 2020

This was a wonderful course and I have learned so much from it. The way it was organised and planned was the best thing about it. The lecturer was really good, he knew how to present the knowledge in a fun, applicable way and always gave us different examples and sources from where we could learn a lot more about the topic in hand. Thank you so much it was very useful for us.

By May K K O

Dec 4, 2020

I really really like this course. This course is very effective for me. I am very thankful for the course instructor because I can feel his effort for this course. The video and reading materials are very useful and give a chance to learn more about leadership and other skills like communication.

I am very happy about this course and I have a great time attending this course.

By Paula B

Aug 20, 2020

Very informative and interesting. The professor of the course taught in a way that engaged me in the course and made me want to learn more. I would recommend this not only to a person who wants to learn about organizational leadership but to anyone who is interested in group work and developing a sense of how individuals or a group works, communicates or resolves conflicts.