STRATEGIC RESEARCH FOR INNOVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
Course objectives
The objective of the course is to provide students with interpretative categories and advanced research tools suitable for empirically analyzing the organizational models and practices of entities/companies, in different sectors, characterized by a high level of complexity and innovation. In particular, the course aims to: • suggest the fundamental models and conceptual approaches useful for guiding the management of innovation-oriented organizations/transmit the interpretative categories for the analysis of organizational configurations and the understanding of their level of complexity/innovation; • training in the conscious and competent use of research strategies suitable for analyzing, in their different configurations and dimensions, organizational practices and models characterized by high levels of complexity/innovation; • stimulate critical and planning skills through project work/group work, applying and enhancing the interpretative categories and research strategies learned; • enhance the ability to communicate critically during the lessons/seminars and in the presentation of the work prepared as part of the teaching unit Laboratory; • in addition to transferring a theoretical-methodological background, to enable students to distinguish, understand and co-design complex organizational systems, but also to recognize the grey areas on which to intervene to address problematic issues typical of the innovation society.
Channel 1
LORENZO SABETTA
Lecturers' profile
Program - Frequency - Exams
Course program
The class will revolve around a social field (Bourdieusianly construed), with a focus on its players and structural constraints.
Prerequisites
No prerequisites are required for this class.
Books
Readings:
1. M. Granovetter, 2017, Società ed economia, Milano, Egea.
2. D. Stark, 2019, Il senso della dissonanza, Milano, Mimesis, capp. 1,3, 5.
NB: Only non-attending students are required to attend final oral exam on these readings
Frequency
Students are particularly encouraged to attend classes.
Exam mode
For those of you who will attend this course, the examination will be in itinere (i.e., they will be evaluated during the course).
Non-attending students must take standard oral exams on required readings indicated elsewhere.
Lesson mode
The course will be based on empirical and evidence-based analyses, discussed through the course.
Channel 2
GERARDO IENNA
Lecturers' profile
Program - Frequency - Exams
Course program
The class will revolve around a social field (Bourdieusianly construed), with a focus on its players and structural constraints.
Prerequisites
No prerequisites are required for this class.
Books
Readings:
1. M. Granovetter, 2017, Società ed economia, Milano, Egea.
2. D. Stark, 2019, Il senso della dissonanza, Milano, Mimesis, capp. 1,3, 5.
NB: Only non-attending students are required to attend final oral exam on these readings
Frequency
Students are particularly encouraged to attend classes.
Exam mode
For those of you who will attend this course, the examination will be in itinere (i.e., they will be evaluated during the course).
Non-attending students must take standard oral exams on required readings indicated elsewhere.
Lesson mode
The course will be based on empirical and evidence-based analyses, discussed through the course.
Channel 3
MARIA PAOLA FAGGIANO
Lecturers' profile
Program - Frequency - Exams
Course program
The monographic course (6 credits) reconstructs the nature and driving forces (socio-cultural, relational, structural) of innovation within complex organizations through the critical analysis of some particularly effective investigative approaches from a sociological point of view, capable of providing a comprehensive toolbox for the analysis of organizational phenomena.
The following core topics will be explored in depth: 1) Nature and dimensions of innovation; 2) Organizational theories; 3) Organizational culture: innovative models and practices; 4) Research strategies for organizational analysis.
The workshop course (3 credits) will put into practice, at a design and technical-operational level, some of the aspects covered in the monographic section, providing an empirical analysis of teaching innovation practices in the university context, with specific reference to a project funded by Sapienza University, still in progress, focused on the Roman university campus.
Prerequisites
No prerequisite required
Books
TESTI D’ESAME
1. C. Odoardi (a c. di), 2021, Capacità di innovazione organizzativa. Strategie di ricerca-intervento, Firenze, Hogrefe.
2. A. Fasanella, S. Mauceri, S. Nobile (a c. di), 2024, Metodologia della ricerca sociale. Approcci, strategie e tecniche di indagine, Milano, FrancoAngeli (Capp. 2, 4, 6, 7, 20, 21, 24) – Volume scaricabile gratuitamente in Open Access: https://series.francoangeli.it/index.php/oa/catalog/book/1328
LETTURE CONSIGLIATE
1. M. Granovetter, 2017, Società ed economia, Milano, Egea;
2. D. Stark, Il senso della dissonanza. Racconti di quel che conta nella vita economica, Bologna, Mimesis (capp. 1, 3 e 5).
3. Officina Sviluppo e Ricerca, Innovazione tecnologica e organizzativa: teorie, approcci e attuali tendenze. Un approfondimento qualitativo. https://officine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Innovazione-Tecnologica-e-Organizzativa.pdf
4. M. Bentivogli, F. Butera, G. De Michelis, A. Fuggetta, E. Pisino, F. Ronchetti e Giorgio Ventre (2021), Un modello a rete per la ricerca e l’innovazione in Italia. Una proposta per creare un sistema organizzativo policentrico in grado di aiutare le medie e piccole imprese a fare il grande balzo nell’innovazione e nella trasformazione digitale. https://irso.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Bentivogli-Butera-De-Michelis-Fuggetta-e-altri-UN-MODELLO-A-RETE-PER-LA-RICERCA-E-L-INNOVAZIONE-IN-ITALIA.pdf
Frequency
Attendance is not compulsory but strongly recommended to all students.
Exam mode
For attending students:
- Ongoing assessment of acquired skills, based on individual and group exercises and assigned tasks.
- Group laboratory exercises on a specific research topic, in which the interpretative categories used, the choices made in terms of analysis and synthesis, the results obtained, and the methods of data communication play a central role.
- Public discussion of the work carried out.
For non-attending students:
- Oral exam on the exam texts
Lesson mode
The course consists of lectures on theory and illustration of the main research approaches through critical analysis of case studies and empirical research in organizational contexts.
The workshop involves students working in groups to design and apply: research plans; empirical observation/data collection tools; data analysis methods, relating to innovative social practices within complex organizations. At the end of the two modules, students will present papers that effectively summarize the workshop activities carried out.
SERGIO MAUCERI
Lecturers' profile
Program - Frequency - Exams
Course program
The monographic course (6 credits) reconstructs the nature and driving forces (socio-cultural, relational, structural) of innovation within complex organizations through the critical analysis of some particularly effective investigative approaches from a sociological point of view, capable of providing a comprehensive toolbox for the analysis of organizational phenomena.
The following core topics will be explored in depth: 1) Nature and dimensions of innovation; 2) Organizational theories; 3) Organizational culture: innovative models and practices; 4) Research strategies for organizational analysis.
The workshop course (3 credits) will put into practice, at a design and technical-operational level, some of the aspects covered in the monographic section, providing an empirical analysis of teaching innovation practices in the university context, with specific reference to a project funded by Sapienza University, still in progress, focused on the Roman university campus.
Prerequisites
No prerequisite required
Books
1. C. Odoardi (a c. di), 2021, Capacità di innovazione organizzativa. Strategie di ricerca-intervento, Firenze, Hogrefe.
2. A. Fasanella, S. Mauceri, S. Nobile (a c. di), 2024, Metodologia della ricerca sociale. Approcci, strategie e tecniche di indagine, Milano, FrancoAngeli (Chaps. 2, 4, 6, 7, 20, 21, 24) – Volume scaricabile gratuitamente in Open Access: https://series.francoangeli.it/index.php/oa/catalog/book/1328
Suggested readings:
- M. Granovetter, 2017, Società ed economia, Milano, Egea.
- D. Stark, 2019, Il senso della dissonanza. Racconti di quel che conta nella vita economica, Bologna, Mimesis (capp. 1, 3 e 5).
To upload on the web:
- Officina Sviluppo e Ricerca, Innovazione tecnologica e organizzativa: teorie, approcci e attuali tendenze. Un approfondimento qualitativo. https://officine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Innovazione-Tecnologica-e-Organizzativa.pdf
- M. Bentivogli, F. Butera, G. De Michelis, A. Fuggetta, E. Pisino, F. Ronchetti e Giorgio Ventre (2021), Un modello a rete per la ricerca e l’innovazione in Italia. Una proposta per creare un sistema organizzativo policentrico in grado di aiutare le medie e piccole imprese a fare il grande balzo nell’innovazione e nella trasformazione digitale. https://irso.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Bentivogli-Butera-De-Michelis-Fuggetta-e-altri-UN-MODELLO-A-RETE-PER-LA-RICERCA-E-L-INNOVAZIONE-IN-ITALIA.pdf
Frequency
Attendance is not compulsory but strongly recommended to all students.
Exam mode
For attending students:
- Ongoing assessment of acquired skills, based on individual and group exercises and assigned tasks.
- Group laboratory exercises on a specific research topic, in which the interpretative categories used, the choices made in terms of analysis and synthesis, the results obtained, and the methods of data communication play a central role.
- Public discussion of the work carried out.
For non-attending students:
- Oral exam on the exam texts
Lesson mode
The course consists of lectures on theory and illustration of the main research approaches through critical analysis of case studies and empirical research in organizational contexts.
The workshop involves students working in groups to design and apply: research plans; empirical observation/data collection tools; data analysis methods, relating to innovative social practices within complex organizations. At the end of the two modules, students will present papers that effectively summarize the workshop activities carried out.
- Lesson code10620880
- Academic year2025/2026
- CourseOrganization and Marketing for Corporate Communication
- CurriculumCurriculum unico
- Year1st year
- Semester2nd semester
- SSDSPS/07
- CFU9
- Subject areaDiscipline della comunicazione pubblica e d'impresa