20445 - MANAGEMENT OF CULTURAL INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS - MODULE I (STRATEGY AND GOVERNANCE)
Department of Management and Technology
PAOLA DUBINI
Mission & Content Summary
MISSION
CONTENT SUMMARY
- Culture as an ambiguous concept.
- Typologies of cultural organizations and drivers for their success
- Models of governance in cultural organizations.
- Resources, identity, and growth opportunities for cultural organizations.
- Strategies for sustainable cultural organizations.
Intended Learning Outcomes (ILO)
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
Acquire relevant knowledge on governance and strategy of cultural organizations. More specifically, students will be able to:
- Recognize and distinguish different models of cultural organizations in terms of key stakeholders privileged and conditions for their economic viability.
- Identify the specific facets of culture addressed by different types of cultural organizations.
- Describe and evaluate governance structures and mechanisms for different types of cultural organizations.
- Define the key resources mobilised by cultural organizations to grant economic viability and long term sustainability.
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
- Compare cultural organizations based on their governance structure and sector.
- Interpret changes occurring in the strategy of cultural organizations as a consequence of changes in institutional, legal, technological and market context.
- Evaluate the conditions for sustainability of a cultural organization.
- Assess the relevance and the impact of different stakeholders on the organization's strategy and governance.
Teaching methods
- Lectures
- Guest speaker's talks (in class or in distance)
- Individual works / Assignments
- Collaborative Works / Assignments
DETAILS
The course provides some theoretical background but is designed with the practitioner’s point of view in mind.
- Face-to-face lectures aim at identifying key problematic aspects associated with the issues addressed
- Guest speakers bring personal viewpoints and hands-on experience, and help students appreciate the real issues faced by cultural organizations.
- Case studies and incidents allow students to apply theories to real cases and favor plenary discussions.
- Interactive cases foster participation and discussion around problematic issues.
- Group assignments are used to develop students' critical thinking around controversial issues.
Assessment methods
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ATTENDING STUDENTS
Attending students are those who are physically or virtually present in class for at least 75% of classes and actively participate in class activity. Physical presence is a necessary but not sufficient condition for participation. Students are required to come to each class prepared and actively participate in the construction of a common understanding on the issues covered in class.
- group assignments, account for 60% of the grade and consist of the analysis of a case or presenting a position around a controversial issue. Students are assigned to groups and prepare their point of view, that will be discussed in class during a debate. Evaluation grades the following:
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Group assignments will be evaluated on the following elements:
- Ability to synthesize and elaborate the key issues
- Ability to select relevant context information
- Clarity of presentation
- The final exam is a written essay based on a case study/incident on one of the topics discussed in class, or a self-reflection on an issue that emerged during the course. Students are required to address one or two questions related to the case/topic. Essay evaluation grades the following:
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Ability to conceptualize the issue.
- Depth of analysis.
- The originality of the point of view presented.
- Clarity of presentation.
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NOT ATTENDING STUDENTS
Not attending students take a general exam at the end of the semester. It consists of an essay based on a case study/incident on one of the topics discussed in class. Students are required to address one or two questions related to the case/the topic. Essay evaluation grades the following:
- Ability to conceptualise the issue.
- Depth of analysis.
- Originality of the point of view presented.
- Clarity of presentation.
Teaching materials
ATTENDING AND NOT ATTENDING STUDENTS
In accordance with intellectual property rights rules, different materials are available in different ways:
- On Bocconi Bboard platform.
- P.Dubini: governance of cultural organizations – Egea 2020
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Course reserve