MAN 2637/2638/2639/2640 Communication in Organisations

APPLIES TO ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017
Norwegian version

MAN 2637/2638/2639/2640 Communication in Organisations


Responsible for the course
Tor Bang

Department
Department of Communication and Culture

Term
According to study plan

ECTS Credits
30

Language of instruction
Norwegian

Introduction
In order to achieve their goals most modern organisations rely entirely on the attitudes, emotions, relationships and skills of their employees. Their motivation and feeling of ownership and identity is created within the organisational setting surrounding each individual. Their feeling of participation, trust, openness and credibility is to a large extent based on the prevailing communication climate of the organisation.

Learning outcome


    Prerequisites
    Bachelor degree, corresponding to 180 credits, and 4 years of work experience. Please consult our student regulations.

    Compulsory reading
    Books:
    Browning, Larry D. ... [et al.]. 2008. Information and communication technologies in action : linking theory and narratives of practice. Rev. ed. Routledge. Hele boka. 300 sider.
    Hargie, O. and Tourish, D.. 2009. Auditing Organizational Communication: A Handbook of Research, Theory and Practice
    Harris, Thomas E., Mark D. Nelson. 2008. Applied organizational communication : theory and practice in a global environment. 3rd ed. Lawrence Erlbaum. Kap. 1-12. 391 sider.
    Lewis, Laurie K. 2011. Organizational change : creating change through strategic communication. Wiley-Blackwell. 299 s
    Mighall, Robert. 2014. Only Connect. The Corporate Storytelling.. LID Publishing Inc. 192 sider

    Articles:
    Bang, H. og Midelfart, T. N. 2010. Dialog og effektivitet i ledergrupper. Tidsskrift for Norsk Psykologforening. 47. 4 - 15. 11 sider
    Berg, Roberta Wiig. 2013. Kommunikasjon som fremmer læring i Kommunikasjon for ledere og organisasjoner. 1. Fagbokforlaget. Kapittel 6, side 149 - 176. 27 sider
    Choi, M. 2011. Employees attitudes toward organizational change: A literature review.. Human Resource Management. 50. 479 - 500. 20 sider
    de Moura, G. R. et al.. 2009. Identification as an organizational anchor: How identification and job satisfaction combine to predict turnover.. European Journal of Social Psychology. 39. 540 - 557. 17 sider
    Elst, T. V. et al.. 2010. The role of organizational communication and participation in reducing job security and its negative association with work-related well-being.. Economic and Industrial Democracy. 10. 1 - 16. 16 sider
    Eriksen, T. H.. 2001. Kultur, kommunikasjon og makt i Flerkulturell forståelse. Universitetsforlaget.. Side 57 - 72. 15 sider
    Erwin, D. et al.. 2009. Resistance to organizational change: linking research and practice.. Leadership & Organizational Decelopment Journal. 1. 29 - 56. 16 sider
    Groysberg, B & Slind, M.. 2009. Leadership is a conversation.. Harvard Business Review, June. 77 - 84. 7 sider
    He, R & Liu, J. 2010. Barriers of cross cultural communicaiton in mutinational firms. A case study of Swedish company and its subsidiary in China.. Halmstad School of Business and Engineering. Mimeo. 32 sider
    Hogg, M. A. et al.. 2012. Intergroup leadership in organizations: Leading across group and organizational boundaries.. Academy of Management Review.. 2. Siden 232 - 255. 23 sider
    Hogg, M. A.. 2002. A social identity theory of leadership.. Personality and social Psychology Review.. 5. 184 - 200. 16 sider
    Holmqvist, Mihael. 2003. A Dynamic Model of Intra-. and Interorganizational Learning.. Organization Studies.. 95 - 123. DOI: 10.1177/017084603024001684. 28 sider.
    Kazoleas, D. & A. Wright. 2001. Improving corporate and organizational communications : a new look at developing and implementing the communication audit. I: Heath, R.L., ed., The SAGE handbook of public relations. SAGE Publications. Kap. 39. Side: 471-478. 7 sider.
    Lipiainen, H. S. M. et al.. 2014. Digital channes in the internal communication of a multinational corporation.. Corporate Communications: An International Journal. 3. 275 - 286. 11 sider
    Nandhakumar, Joe. 2002. Virtual tams and lost proximity, in Virtual Working: Social and organizaitional dynamics.. Routledge.. Kapittel 4, side 46 - 56. 10 sider
    Oreg, S. et al.. 2011. Change recipient's reactions to organizational change. A 60-year review of quantitative studies.. The Journal of Applied Behavorial Science. 47. 47 - 524. 64 sider
    Stephens, K. K. et al.. 2014. Media management: The integration of HR, technology, and people i Miller, V. D: & Gordon, M. E. (eds.) Meeting the challenges of human resource management: A communication perspective.. Routledge. Kapittel 19.. 24 sider
    Timmerman, E.C. 2003. Media selection during the implementation of planned organizational change. Management Communication Quarterly. 3. 301-341. 40 sider.
    Tost, L. P. et al.. 2013. When power makes others speechless: The negative impact of leader power on team performance.. Academy of Management Journal.. 5. 1465 - 1486. 21 sider
    van Yperen, N. W. et al.. 2014. A meta-analysis of self-reported achievement goals and nonself-report performance across three achievement domains (work, sport and education).. Plos One.. 9. 1 - 16.. 16 sider
    Zheng, J. et al.. 2002. Trust without touch: jumpstarting long-distance trust with initial social activities. Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on huma factors in computing systems.. 6 sider.

    Recommended reading

    Course outline
    1st course module – Organisational theory and organisational communication
    2nd course module – Organisational culture, identity and motivation
    3rd course module – Communication and change
    4th course module – Internal channels, networks and segments
    5th course module – Globalisation, intercultural public relations, ethics

    Computer-based tools


    Learning process and workload
    The program is conducted through five course modules, a total of 150 lecturing hours. Project tutorials differ in each Master of Management program. It will consist of personal tutorials and tutorials given in class. Generally the students may expect consulting tutorials, not evaluating tutorials. The total hours of tutorials offered is estimated to two hours pr. students following an ordinary Master of Management program. For students taking the program as their final Master of Management program the tutorials offered are estimated to a total of six hours per term paper.


    Examination
    The students are evaluated through a individual term paper, counting 18 ECTS credits and an 48 hours home exam, counting ECTS 12 credits. Both evaluations must be passed to obtain a certificate for the program. The term paper must be written individually.

    For students taking this program as the final Master of Management Program the following applies:
    The students are evaluated through a term paper, counting for 24 credit hours and an 48 hours home exam, counting for 6 credit hours. The term paper may be written individually or in groups of maximum two persons. Both evaluations must be passed to obtain a certificate for the program.
    Examination code(s)
    MAN 26371 - Term paper; accounts for 100 % of the grade to pass the program MAN 2637, 18 credits.
    MAN 26381 - Home exam; accounts for 100 % of the grade to pass the program MAN 2638, 12 credits.
    Both evaluations must be passed to obtain a certificate for the program.

    For students taking this program as the final Master of Management Program the following applies:
    MAN 26391 - Term paper; accounts for 100 % of the grade to pass the program MAN 2639, 24 credits.
    MAN 26401 - Home exam; accounts for 100 % of the grade to pass the program MAN 2640, 6 credits.
    Both evaluations must be passed to obtain a certificate for the program.

    Examination support materials


    Re-sit examination
    At the next ordinary exam.

    Additional information

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