Programme Outlines and Overviews

Organisation and Leadership is an introductory course on organisational structures, leadership, and influence dynamics. The course helps you understand different forms of organising, including corporate for-profit, non-corporate for-profit, non-profit, and community-based organisations. Through interactive discussions and reflective exercises, you will explore how ownership forms, goals, authority systems, and power relations shape organisational structures and leadership practices. The course emphasises how coordination, decision-making, and influence operate within teams and across units, and how motivation and commitment can be fostered within organisations. You will learn about different leadership roles and styles and examine the interplay between structural design and relational dynamics in achieving organisational goals. By the end of the course, you will understand complex organisational systems. You will develop both analytical and interpersonal skills that support effective, responsible, and human-centered leadership in diverse organisational contexts. **Connection to Research ** The course connects to research in general management, and specifically to research carried out at JIBS in the areas of leadership, ownership, and renewal. You will engage with rigorous and practically relevant research through in-class discussions that will stimulate and enhance your learning experience. **Connection to Practice ** You will connect your knowledge to practice through working on a group project which is relevant to the industry. You will gain skills in solving real-life challenges and presenting action-oriented results. **Connection to Ethics, Responsibility, Sustainability (ERS) ** The course covers leadership practices in various organisational contexts and highlights societal impact of such practices. You will learn how to lead organisations in an effective and human-centred way through the course content, group activities and assessment.