MAN 5797/5897/2246/2247 Consultancy
APPLIES TO ACADEMIC YEAR 2015/2016 Norwegian version |
MAN 5797/5897/2246/2247 Consultancy
Responsible for the course
Steinar Bjartveit, Tor Bang
Department
Department of Communication and Culture
Term
According to study plan
ECTS Credits
30
Language of instruction
Norwegian
Introduction
Learning outcome
Prerequisites
Bachelor degree or equivalent and 4 years work experience. Please confirm our Student regulations.
Compulsory reading
Books:
Alvesson, Mats, Kaj Sköldberg. 2008. Tolkning och reflektion : vetenskapsfilosofi och kvalitativ metod. 2. uppl. Studentlitteratur
Berger, Peter L. and Thomas Luckmann. 1967. The social construction of reality : a treatise in the sociology of knowledge. Penguin
Biggs, David. 2010. Management consulting : a guide for students. South-Western Cengage Learning
Bjartveit, Steinar og Göran Roos, eds. 2005. Scandinavian perspectives on management consulting. Cappelen akademisk forlag
Dante Alighieri. 1993. Helvetet. Gyldendal. "Helvetet" er tilgjengelig via Magnus Ullelands oversettelse av "Den guddommelege komedie" .
Eriksen, Trond Berg. 2000. Reisen gjennom helvete : Dantes inferno. 2.utg. Universitetsforlaget
Flaherty, James. 2010. Coaching : evoking excellence in others. 3rd ed. Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. 2002. Faust : en tragedie. Aschehoug
Grenness, Tor. 2012. Hvordan kan du vite om noe er sant? : veiviser i forsknings- og utredningsarbeid for studenter, ledere, konsulenter og journalister. 2. utg. Cappelen Damm akademisk
Haslam, S. Alexander. 2004. Psychology in organizations : the social identity approach. 2nd ed. Sage
Kierkegaard, Søren. 1994. Avsluttende uvitenskaplig etterskrift til "De philosophiske smuler" : (i utvalg). Nyutgivelse. Pax
Machiavelli, Niccolò. 2003. Fyrsten. Cappelen akademisk
Platon. 1989. Gorgias. 3. utg. Samlaget
Shakespeare, William. 2008. Othello. De norske bokklubbene
Stacey, Ralph D. 2011. Strategic management and organisational dynamics : the challenge of complexity to ways of thinking about organisations. 6th ed. Financial Times Prentice Hall
Watzlawick, Paul, Janet B. Bevalas, Don D. Jackson. 1967. Pragmatics of human communication : a study of interactional patterns, pathologies, and paradoxes. Norton
Recommended reading
Course outline
1st course Module - Consultation; basic elements
2nd course module - Diagnoses and methods
3rd course module - Intervention strategies
4th course module - Coaching: consultant/client - a therapeutic relationship
5th course module -Consulting in an international perspective / Study tour to Venezia
Computer-based tools
None.
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 term paper, counting for 18 credit hours and an individual written exam, counting for 12 credit hours. Both evaluations must be passed to obtain a certificate for the program. The term paper may be written individually or in groups of maximum three persons.
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 individual written 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 57971 - Term paper; counts for 100 % to pass the program MAN 5797, 18 credits.
MAN 58971 - 3 days individual home examination; counts for 100 % to pass the program MAN 5897, 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 22461 - Term paper; counts for 100 % to pass the program MAN 2246, 24 credits.
MAN 22471 - 3 days individual home examination; counts for 100 % to pass the program MAN 2247, 6 credits.
Both evaluations must be passed to obtain a certificate for the program.
Examination support materials
All aids are permitted. Though the participants will not be allowed to communicate with each other or other persons during the home examination.
Re-sit examination
At the next ordinary exam.
Additional information
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