28376 - Managing Networks in the Arts

Academic Year 2018/2019

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Innovation and Organization of Culture and the Arts (cod. 0902)

Learning outcomes

The student is expected to learn the methods and tools that can be useful to understand how firms and organization use alliances and other forms of cooperative relationships to pursue their aims, with a particular emphasis on cultural and arts industries. In particular, the student is expected to: - learn theoretical approaches on the above mentioned issues - put into practice frameworks, methods and tools to understand how firms address the same issues.

Course contents

Cooperative relationships: forms, actors and determinants

From cooperative relationships to networks

Measuring networks

Networks and geographical clusters

Network and competitive advantage: the social capital as an intangible resource

Network and uncertainty

Managing relationships and networks

Network and quality

Network and creativity

Readings/Bibliography

The list of reading materials will be provided at the beginning of the course

Teaching methods

The course will employ different teaching methods: lectures, team work for case-studies presentation and discussions, insights of guest speakers.

Assessment methods

Final written exam , final report, class partecipation

Office hours

See the website of Cristina Boari