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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: 
2025 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 conducted with 20 hours of lectures on the five main topics in the course. In addition, there is joint seminar-related teaching or equivalent about the project assignment, as well as guidance on the project assignment. In total, this gives 40 hours of teaching in the course.

• 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

Disclaimer

Deviations in teaching and exams may occur if external conditions or unforeseen events call for this.

Required prerequisite knowledge

ORG 3402 Psychology, Organization and Leadership or equivalent.

Assessments
Assessments
Exam category: 
Submission
Form of assessment: 
Submission PDF
Exam/hand-in semester: 
First Semester
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 appendix. In the appendix there should be minimum a transcription of the exam data. There will be plagiarism control of the portfolios. Re-sit examinations can be taken separately. All exams must be passed to obtain a final grade in the course.
Exam code: 
ORG 36501
Grading scale: 
ECTS
Resit: 
Examination every semester
Exam category: 
School Exam
Form of assessment: 
Structured Test
Exam/hand-in semester: 
First Semester
Weight: 
35
Grouping: 
Individual
Support materials: 
  • No support materials
Duration: 
1 Hour(s)
Comment: 
Multiple choice test where the student will be tested in the course syllabus literature. All exams must be passed to obtain 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)
Feedback activities and counselling
10 Hour(s)
Student's own work with learning resources
40 Hour(s)
Submission(s)
80 Hour(s)
Digital resources
20 Hour(s)
Examination
20 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.