TecnoCampus Foundation
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General information

Subject type: Optional

Coordinator: Maria Dolors Celma Benaiges

Trimester: Third term

Credits: 3

Teaching staff: 

Maria Teresa Gomez-valades Gonzalez
Nuria Cami Font 

Academic year: 2025

Teaching course: 1

Languages ​​of instruction

  • Spanish

The use of Spanish allows the participation and mobility of foreign students in the area of ​​People and Talent Management within the Master's Degree in Logistics, Supply Chain and Maritime Business.

There will be material and bibliography in English, so a minimum knowledge of the language will be required.

Competencies / Learning Outcomes

Basic skills

  • CB7. That students know how to apply the knowledge acquired and their ability to solve problems in new or little-known environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their area of ​​study. 

  • CB10. That students have the learning skills that allow them to continue studying in a way that will be largely self-directed or autonomous. 

Specific skills

  • CE1. Show critical distance autonomy in issues or issues related to the maritime business, logistics and supply chain and in the application of innovative ideas in these areas.

  • CE4. Strategically manage business innovation processes in the supply chain and the maritime business, from diagnosis to application, being able to align resources, capabilities and skills to implement them

  • CE8. Analyze and diagnose different problems that arise along all nodes of the maritime business and, with the support of management tools, design and implement efficient solutions.

Transversal competences

  • CT1. Show willingness to learn about new cultures, experiment with new methodologies and encourage international exchange in the context of logistics, supply chain and maritime business.

  • CT2. Demonstrate entrepreneurial leadership and leadership skills that build personal confidence and reduce risk aversion. 

  • CT3. Develop tasks applying the acquired knowledge with flexibility and creativity and adapting them to new contexts and situations. 

Presentation of the subject

We live in a world in constant change, where risk and uncertainty complicate the management of our teams. We need innovative profiles who are capable of addressing a decision-making process that guarantees the sustainability of business models as well as a cultural transformation of great relevance to be able to address the digital transformation of our business models.

The new leadership style must bring together the following positive leader tools:

Positive leaders: • Behavioral decision making • Emotional regulation • Beginners mind

Workforce culture: • High quality connections • Positive communications • Innovation & Re-design

Contents

1.- VUCA world

2.- People management

3.- Strengths-based teams

4.- Team work

5.- Communication 

6.-Conflict management

7.-Negotiation Session

8.-New leadership styles

9.-Cultural transformation as the basis of digital transformation

Activities and evaluation system

It will consist of continuous evaluation:

10%: Class participation.

40%: Work and oral presentations in teams.

50%: final exam.

 

To be able to carry out this weighting system, it will be essential to have passed the final exam with a minimum grade of 5, otherwise the student will have to take the retake exam.

During the recovery period, you will only have the option to retake the final exam: Final exam: 50%

Students who have not taken the final exam in the regular session will not be able to take the retake exam.

Bibliography

Basic

Alcalde, Frances Learning from the best I 21st edition, Barcelona: Alienta 2020

Charles Duhigg. The power of Habit. New York Times bestseller. Random house publishing, 2014.

Gabriel Ginebra, Management of Incompetents, Libros de cabecera, 9th Edition

Jeanne Liedtka and Tim Ogilve. Columbia Business School publishing. Last edition published.

Laloux, Frederic. Reinvent the organizations. Barcelona Arpa and Alfil Ediores, 2017. 4th edition.

Complementary

Covey, Stephen, Los siete hábitos de la gente highly effective, Barcelona: Planeta.ultima édición.

García Santi The art of leading people. Barcelona: Libros de cabecera, 2016. 2nd edition