Leadership and Strategic Knowledge

About

Integrated within the Summer School Lisbon 2014 project, this programme focuses on how students become effective knowledge agents by addressing the importance of leadership, knowledge management and innovation.

Course leader

Programme Director: Professor António Robalo Summer Schools Coordinator: Ana Raquel Ferreira

Target group

Any student from a bachelor or master level programme.

Course aim

At the end students are expected to:

- Discuss the knowledge society and economy;

- Understand the concept and the nature of organizational knowledge;

- Learn about Knowledge Management;

- Discuss the relationship between strategic knowledge management and innovation;

- Understand The case for change: Aspiration; Antecipation; Desperation;

- Differentiate Leadership Theories (Traits Theory; Great Events Theory; Situational Leadership; Transactional Leadership; Transformational Leadership);

- The Leadership Styles: Leadership that gets results (how to use the different styles for effective leadership);

- The eight-stage process of creating major change.

Fee info

*Fee reduction for students from partner universities of 200€. Packages with lodging have an extra cost of 250€.