Leadership Development (Experiential Learning Program - ELP) (EDA23100)

General information

Type:	OB	Curs:	1	Period:	S semester
ECTS Credits:	2 ECTS

Teaching Staff:

Group	Teacher	Department	Language
Ed: 1	Maria del Carmen Trepat Perello	Dirección de Personas y Organización	ESP
Ed: 1	Rodrigo Rama Dellepiane	Dirección de Personas y Organización	ESP
Ed: 1	Gemma Carrio Cuiro	Dirección de Personas y Organización	ESP
Ed: 1	Katie Annice Carr	Dirección de Personas y Organización	ESP
Ed: 1	Francisco Loscos Arenas	Dirección de Personas y Organización	ESP
Ed: 1	Jaap Boonstra	Dirección de Personas y Organización	ESP
Ed: 1	Paulus Henricus Van den Hout	Dirección de Personas y Organización	ESP

Group	Teacher	Department	Language
Ed: 2	Francisco Loscos Arenas	Dirección de Personas y Organización	ESP
Ed: 2	Jaap Boonstra	Dirección de Personas y Organización	ESP

The EMBA Experiential Learning Program "Organizational and Professional Development" is focussing on leading strategic and cultural changes in organizations. The program is based on active and interactive learning, teamwork and self-reflection. During the program, participants are invited to elaborate a coherent change strategy for their own business and reflect on own qualities and behavior related to their professional role in change processes.

In interactive learning processes, participants are asked to present insights from the literature studied in the weeks before the experiential learning program. In studying the book "Organizational culture and leadership? participants are invited to relate practical insights and useful concepts to own work environment. The preparations are essential to realize an intense dialogue in small groups about your role and position in your organization.

During the program applicants participate in teamwork activities. These activities help to learn about teamwork, competition and collaboration. Reflections on these activities help you to understand own roles in teams and leadership style in relation to others.

On several times during the experiential learning program people are invited to reflect on oneself and personal leadership styles. Time is offered to exchange reflections with others in strategic dialogues. The reflections of the whole week are the bases for assessment after the program.

The EMBA experiential learning program is based on active and interactive learning, teamwork and self-reflection. During the program, you are invited to reflect on your own qualities and behaviour and your role in change processes in your own organization.

In interactive learning processes, you are asked to present insights from the literature you studied in the weeks before the experiential learning program. In studying the book "Organizational culture and leadership? you are invited to relate practical insights and useful concepts to your own work environment. The preparations are essential to realize an intense dialogue in small groups about your role and position in your organization.

During the program you will participate in teamwork activities. These activities help to learn about teamwork, competition and collaboration. Reflections on these activities help you to understand you role in teams and your leadership style in relation to others.

On several times during the experiential learning program you are invited to reflect on yourself and your personal leadership. Time is offered to exchange your reflections with others in strategic dialogues. The reflections of the whole week are the bases for your assessment after the program.

Participation in this Experiential Learning Program during all the days is demanded. It is recommended to invest in relaxation during the days before this intensive program to be sensitive and feel relaxed during the experiential learning.

Reading Part 1, 2 and 3 in the book "Cultural change and leadership" and relate the text to your own work
experience and your own organization. Focus on chapter 1, and the concluding chapters. Explore the
other chapters for useful insights and ideas. Consider which practical insights, useful experiences;
creative ideas and concrete concepts might by useful in your own organization and helpful in your
professional development. Make notes for yourself.

Pre-assignment:
- Write a short story about a change process in your organization and your role in it (max. 2 pages),
- Visualize the business idea of your organization and take it with you (figure 1.7, page 34, Part 1),
- Assess the culture of your own organization: http://www.ocai-online.com/products/ocai-one
- Describe a metaphor of a change process in your organization and take a picture on paper with you,
- Assess your change preference: http://hansvermaak.com/blog/publicaties/the-color-test-for-change-agents/
- Answer the questionnaire of Career Anchors (moodle)
- Selective readings and reflections

Core-course: Lectures, interactions, exercises and reflections
Wednesday: afternoon and evening
Thursday: morning, afternoon and evening
Friday: morning afternoon and evening
Saturdau: morning till lunch

The focus of the course is on strategic and cultural management and transnational leadership and the way in which strategic and cultural changes can be realized in businesses.

Digitalization, competition, innovation and internationalization of business requires more understanding of cultural dynamics. To become a transnational leader and a change master it is necessary to develop business sensitivity, cultural awareness and transformational experience. Strategic and cultural change in organizations are interconnected. It is not possible to achieve positive strategic change without cultural change. This raises the question what initiatives professionals and transnational leaders can take in order to realize successful strategic and cultural change in organizations.

Cultural differences between and within businesses affect the process of realizing successful change. Even with experienced companies many well-intended applications of management theory have tuned out badly because cultural values in the organization were neglected. To be successful in strategic and cultural change there is a need to understand your own values, the business identity of your organization and to develop sensitivity to the depths of cultural dynamics. The essence of culture is not what we see on the surface. It is the shared way how people understand and interpreted the world. If business professionals want to gain allegiance of their corporate goals, business strategies and the essence of products and services, they must understand what leadership means in different professional and national cultures.

Objectives of the EMBA experiential learning program on organizational and professional development are:
- Insight in development processes in your organization.
- Consider your role in change processes in your organization.
- Develop teamwork and collaboration in uncertain environments.
- Understand what leadership means for you in relation to others.
- Develop awareness of yourself and building confidence in yourself.
- Choosing a path how you may develop your own leadership.
- Appreciating the unique qualities you have in relation to others.

16. Team leadership (C28)

11. Teamwork and collaboration (C23)

7. Comprehension of the relational context of organizations (C19)

10. Adaptability, flexibility (C14)

15. Appreciation/understanding of diversity (C20)

1. Strategic and cultural changes in organizations Introduction our way of working Exploring business ideas of our organizations Organizational cultures Cultural mapping of own organizations now and in the near future Team experience: Collaborating and negotiating in a competitive world Team reflections on learning experiences Short plenary reflection on the team experience Managing oneself: Meaning, being and engaging

2. Organization Development and my role in change processes Sharing observations and learning experiences Metaphors of organizing and changing Barriers and successes in organizational and personal change Organizational Development and Change Interactive Learning Process: Managing changes in my organization Mapping your terrain and destiny Team experience: Collaborating in a complex world Team reflection on learned experiences Managing in different worlds Managing oneself: Meaning, being and engaging

3. Leadership, professional development and teamwork Sharing observations and learning experiences What makes change successful? Organizational change and leadership Personal reflections and mutual dialogue on career anchors 1 Personal reflections and mutual dialogue on career anchors 2 Mapping your terrain and destiny Transformational leadership Interactive Learning Process: Leadership and professional development Team experience: Collaborating in an unknown world Team reflection on learned experiences Managing oneself: Meaning, being and engaging

4. Looking for authenticity and your destiny Checking out Sharing observations and learning experiences What contributes to personal transformation? Introduction: looking for your future Professional development: looking for your future Professional development: choosing your destiny Managing oneself - Imaging your destiny: meaning, being and engaging Reflections on our learning process Conclusions and supports Goodbyes

The EMBA experiential learning program is based on active and interactive learning, teamwork and selfreflection.
During the program, you are invited to reflect on your own qualities and behaviour and your role in change processes in your own organization.
In interactive learning processes, you are asked to present insights from the literature you studied in the weeks before the experiential learning program. In studying the book "Organizational culture and leadership"
you are invited to relate practical insights and useful concepts to your own work environment. The preparations are essential to realize an intense dialogue in small groups about your role and position in your organization.
During the program you will participate in teamwork activities. These activities help to learn about teamwork, competition and collaboration. Reflections on these activities help you to understand you role in teams and
your leadership style in relation to others.
On several times during the experiential learning program you are invited to reflect on yourself and your personal leadership. Time is offered to exchange your reflections with others in strategic dialogues. The
reflections of the whole week are the bases for your assessment after the program.

Boonstra, J.J. (2013) Cultural Change and Leadership in Organizations. A practical guide to successful organizational change. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell [Obligatory]

Cameron, K.S. & R.E. Quinn (2011) Diagnosing and changing organizational culture. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.
Quinn, R.E. (2014) Building the bridge as you walk on it. A guide for leading change. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.

Several articles as inspiration to develop yourself as a leader in strategic and cultural changes in organizations.

Group	Teacher	Department
Ed: 1	Maria del Carmen Trepat Perello	Dirección de Personas y Organización
Ed: 1	Rodrigo Rama Dellepiane	Dirección de Personas y Organización
Ed: 1	Gemma Carrio Cuiro	Dirección de Personas y Organización
Ed: 1	Katie Annice Carr	Dirección de Personas y Organización
Ed: 1	Francisco Loscos Arenas	Dirección de Personas y Organización
Ed: 1	Jaap Boonstra	Dirección de Personas y Organización
Ed: 1	Paulus Henricus Van den Hout	Dirección de Personas y Organización

Group	Teacher	Department
Ed: 2	Francisco Loscos Arenas	Dirección de Personas y Organización
Ed: 2	Jaap Boonstra	Dirección de Personas y Organización