MAN 5797/5897/2246/2247 Consultancy

APPLIES TO ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017
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, corresponding to 180 credits, and 4 years of work experience. Please consult 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. 2016. Strategic management and organisational dynamics : the challenge of complexity to ways of thinking about organisations. 7th 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


      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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