ORG 2211 Business and Society II - RE-SIT EXAMINATION

APPLIES TO ACADEMIC YEAR 2012/2013

ORG 2211 Business and Society II - RE-SIT EXAMINATION

Responsible for the course


Department
Department of Accounting - Auditing and Law

Term
According to study plan

ECTS Credits
6

Language of instruction
Norwegian

Introduction

    Objective
    The course is designed as an introduction to how modern, democratic states are developed, organized and transformed. It aims to increase the students’ understanding of the shaping of public policy, which instruments are used to achieve objectives that have been democratically decided on, and how international conditions form new external parameters for the nation-state’s exercise of authority over its own citizens and business community.

    Prerequisites
    Students must have completed and passed Business and Society I.

    Compulsory reading
    Books:
    Busch, Tor ... [et al.], red. 2005. Modernisering av offentlig sektor : utfordringer, metoder og dilemmaer. 2. utg. Oslo : Universitetsforlaget. Pensum er kapitlene: 1,2,3,6,9,24
    Fimreite, Anne Lise og Jan Erik Grindheim. 2007. Offentlig forvaltning. 2. utg. Oslo : Universitetsforlaget. Hele boken unntatt kapitlene 5, 7 og 12

    Articles:
    Lindbeck, Assar. 2003. Improving the performance of the European social model : the welfare state over the life cycle. Working paper / Industriens utredningsinstitut ; 587. Stockholm : The Research institute of industrial economics. (27 sider). Finnes på følgende nettadresse: http://www.ifn.se/web/587_1.aspx
    Sørensen, Rune og Jørn Rattsøe. 2000. Ufordringer og reformer i offentlig sektor : vedlegg nr 5. i: Norges Offentlige Utredninger : Nr. 21. (14 sider). Finnes på:
    http://www.odin.dep.no/fin/norsk/publ/utredninger/NOU/006001-020007/index-ved005-b-f-a.html

    Recommended reading

    Course outline
    1. State, democracy and market
    This is a history of ideas introduction to the classical political economy and the justifications for state power and tax-financed production of collective goods. What is a nation-state, and how is the market economy and the state governed by law linked together in a welfare state? What tensions arise between state, democracy and market in our type of Western European society?

    2. Political government and powerlessness in Norway
    What are the universal political objectives for democratic government in Norway and how does the parliamentary governmental system function, according to the ideals and in practice? What are the main governmental instruments and what is the relationship between politics, bureaucracy and organized interest groups?

    3. The welfare state
    What characterizes the Norwegian public sector in an international perspective, and how shall we understand governmental problems and reform needs from the angle of objectives regarding social security and equal access to public services? What is understood by the Nordic welfare state model and what are the main tendencies in the demand for welfare state benefits? The connection between state responsiblity and municipal services and the tensions between national equality objectives and effective use of resources.

    4. Modernization of the public sector
    What are the institutional governing methods and the arguments in favour of them? «New Public Management», liberalization, exposure to competition and privatization. What do we know about inefficency in public services and under which conditions is increased use of market mechanisms in agreement with universal political objectives?

    5. Globalization and Europeanization
    What are the formal and actual limitations for Norwegian decision makers of impaired national sovereignty, and how does this create new external constraints on the exercise of democratic control with developments in society? What are the connections between national political-economic institutions and an effective business sector in Norway?

    Computer-based tools
    None

    Course structure
    36 lecture hours.


    Examination
    A three hour individual written exam concludes the course.

    Examination code(s)
    ORG 22111- Written examination accounts for 100% of the grade in ORG 2211Business and Society II, 6 credits

    Examination support materials
    No support materials allowed.

    Re-sit examination
    This course was lectured for the last time autumn 2010. A re-sit exam will be offered every term from autumn 2011even spring 2013.

    Additional information

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