Leadership and Organisational Behaviour in Contemporary Organisations

About

People are the key resources in organisations and good leadership may help to mobilise, guide and inspire their actions. Leadership is about lifting people’s vision to high goals, raising their own performance and their contribution to organisational performance.

This course provides students with knowledge on how people behave in organisations and the role of leadership in contemporary organisations. The course offers an interdisciplinary perspective and provides students with insights into international state-of –the-art theories of organisational behaviour and leadership, and practical cases and examples of Swedish and international firms. The students will also be encouraged to reflect on their own behaviours and prerequisites for becoming a leader. The course is organised in lectures, seminars, case studies, readings and student presentations.

Course leader

Dag Swartling

Target group

The course is given within the framework of the Linköping University Summer Academy and is only open to students from Linköping University's partner universities. The course is on bachelor level and is offered in English.

To meet the general entry requirements, students must have completed one year of full-time studies upon application (passed 60 ECTS credits or equivalent) and be nominated by one of LiU’s partner universities.

Course aim

On completing of the course, the student should be able to;

- account for concepts and theories related to group dynamics, team development and leadership.
- describe important challenges in contemporary organisations related to group dynamics, team development and
leadership.
- Use the above-mentioned concepts and theories to describe, discuss and analyse challenges related -
to leadership and organisational behavior in contemporary organisations, discuss practical implications and
argue for possible solutions.