MANAGEMENT OF CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS - 2

This course is one of the basic courses in the Master’s degree and is aimed at offering students a perspective on the study of innovation as an organisation process and as individual and collective practice. After an introduction to the methodological foundations and the context in which innovation is managed in the CCIs, the course focuses on the adoption of tools inspired by DesignThinking methods for cultural organisations, analysing the organisational and managerial implications, and reflecting on how to boost the management of innovation and creative processes.

After completing the course, students will understand the main issues concerning innovation strategies, the management of innovation decisions and the exploitation of innovative potential embedded in cultural and creative organisations. Students will also acquire a complete and solid perspective on innovation processes, analysed in both their complexity and the variety of CCIs in which innovation is especially relevant.

no prerequisites are required

1. Innovation and creativity in the CCIs
2. Managing the process
3. From technology to design
4. Using design thinking as inspirational tools
5. From design to managing creativity

Readings (chapters, papers and articles in international journals) will be uploaded on Moodle

for the A.Y. 2025/2026 attending students will have:
- written exam, with 2 open-ended questions
- students will be allowed to integrate the grade of the final exam with group work.

Non-attending students:
- written exam, with 3 open-ended questions.

written

Grades will be based on two parts:
- written exam with 2 to 3 open questions (individual work)
- teamwork with team evaluation (collective task, if done)

Each question will be graded based on :
- the analytical capability to identify the question and to give a proper and correct answer (from 18/30 to 24/30)
- the capacity to make connections and identify critical issues (from 25/30 to 27/30)
- the ability to assume an original perspective on the question (from 28/30 to 30/30 cum laude)

Final grades will be the average of the grades of each module

The course is in presence.
Lectures centred on theoretical issues, discussion of case studies, seminars from business representatives, experimentations, design thinking practices.

Accessibility, Disability and Inclusion
Accommodation and support services for students with disabilities and students with specific learning impairments

Ca’ Foscari abides by Italian Law (Law 17/1999; Law 170/2010) regarding support
services and accommodation available to students with disabilities. This includes students with
mobility, visual, hearing and other disabilities (Law 17/1999), and specific learning impairments (Law 170/2010). If you have a disability or impairment that requires accommodations (i.e., alternate testing, readers, note takers or interpreters) please contact the Disability and Accessibility Offices in Student Services: disabilita@unive.it.

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Cities, infrastructure and social capital" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development