ORG 3650 People Insights

ORG 3650 People Insights

Course code: 
ORG 3650
Department: 
Leadership and Organizational Behaviour
Credits: 
7.5
Course coordinator: 
Øivind Hagen
Hakim Lyngstadås
Course name in Norwegian: 
People Insights
Product category: 
Bachelor
Portfolio: 
Bachelor of Organisational Psychology, HR and Leadership - Programme Courses
Semester: 
2022 Spring
Active status: 
Active
Level of study: 
Bachelor
Teaching language: 
Norwegian
Course type: 
One semester
Introduction

Qualitative methodology is essential to understand and describe organizations and leadership. A precondition to maintain, develop and change an organization, is knowledge of what characterizes the current situation. Insight into qualitative methodology is essential not only to develop knowledge of an organization, but also to evaluate the quality and premisses of this knowledge. Qualitative methodology is also useful to understand and develop the role as helper, advisor and change agent in an organization. 

Learning outcomes - Knowledge

Students will acquire basic knowledge and critical understanding of qualitative research methodology and the different stages of a qualitative research process. 

Learning outcomes - Skills

After completing the course, the students shall be able to carry out investigations based on qualitative methodology, and be able to reflect on opportunities and weaknesses of such investigations.  

General Competence

After the course, students should be able to understand qualitative methodology, and how to use qualitative methods for practical research and investigations into organizations. 

Course content
  • Introduction: Qualitative methodology - what, why, when?
  • Qualitative methods: What characterizes important qualitative research methods?
  • Analysing: How to analyse qualitative data material?
  • Quality: What characterizes good qualitative research?
  • The expert role: What does it take to act as a helper, advisor, internal consultant, external consultant and change agent in an organization? What is expertise?
Teaching and learning activities

• The course is completed with 30 hours of lectures on the five main topics in the course. In addition, guidance is given on the term paper and feedback on voluntary work requirements.

• The exam is written and consists of a multiple-choice test and a term paper.

• The term paper can be written individually or in groups of up to 3 students. The multiple-choice test is conducted individually.

Software tools
No specified computer-based tools are required.
Qualifications

Higher Education Entrance Qualification

Covid-19

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, there may be deviations in teaching and learning activities as well as exams, compared with what is described in this course description.

Teaching

Information about what is taught on campus and other digital forms will be presented with the lecture plan before the start of the course each semester.

Required prerequisite knowledge

ORG 3402 Psychology, Organization and Leadership or equivalent.

Mandatory courseworkCourseworks givenCourseworks requiredComment coursework
Voluntary11There will be one voluntary work requirement. The voluntary work requirement consists of preparing an abstract for the term paper. The abstract should be between 200 and 400 words. Further information is given in the lecture and on It's Learning.
Mandatory coursework:
Mandatory coursework:Voluntary
Courseworks given:1
Courseworks required:1
Comment coursework:There will be one voluntary work requirement. The voluntary work requirement consists of preparing an abstract for the term paper. The abstract should be between 200 and 400 words. Further information is given in the lecture and on It's Learning.
Assessments
Assessments
Exam category: 
Submission
Form of assessment: 
Written submission
Weight: 
65
Grouping: 
Group/Individual (1 - 3)
Duration: 
1 Semester(s)
Comment: 
Term paper will be maximum 5000 words, exclusive of the front page, table of contents, reference list and attachment. There will be plagiarism control of the portfolios. Re-sit examinations can be taken separately.
All exam elements must be passed to achieve a final grade in the course.
Exam code: 
ORG 36501
Grading scale: 
ECTS
Resit: 
Examination every semester
Exam category: 
Submission
Form of assessment: 
Structured test
Invigilation
Weight: 
35
Grouping: 
Individual
Support materials: 
  • Bilingual dictionary
Duration: 
1 Hour(s)
Comment: 
Multiple choice test where the student will be tested in the course syllabus literature. All exam elements must be passed to achieve a final grade in the course.
Exam code: 
ORG 36502
Grading scale: 
ECTS
Resit: 
Examination every semester
Type of Assessment: 
Ordinary examination
All exams must be passed to get a grade in this course.
Total weight: 
100
Student workload
ActivityDurationComment
Teaching
30 Hour(s)
Submission(s)
80 Hour(s)
Student's own work with learning resources
60 Hour(s)
Examination
20 Hour(s)
Feedback activities and counselling
10 Hour(s)
Sum workload: 
200

A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore a course of 7,5 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of at least 200 hours.