ORG 3430 Organization Theory - RE-SIT EXAMINATION
ORG 3430 Organization Theory - RE-SIT EXAMINATION
The course will not be taught in the academic year of 2021/22, but a re-sit exam will be offered in autumn 2021 and last time in spring 2022. The course will probably be replaced/continued with another course code and revised with new syllabus from autumn 2022. The course will move to the 5th semester from autumn 2022.
Work requirements are waived for the re-sit in autumn 2021 and spring 2022.
Competitive advantage that is difficult for others to copy is the source for better business outcome. This course discusses basic principles for creating effective organizations. It combines organizational theory, acknowledging the fact that competitive advantage is a combination of organizing the business and arranging for best possible performance.
Accordingly, the course will provide the students with an introduction to and understanding of basic theoretical and empirical contributions of research related to the individual, group, and organizational level of analysis. After having completed the course, the students should be able to apply obtained knowledge in work settings.
During the course students shall acquire:
- Essential theories and perspectives within Organizational Theory.
- The most salient and robust research findings within Organizational Theory.
The students should be able to identify, analyze and understand what differentiates more effective and less effective organizing in different types of organizations
The students should be able to critically assess organizations' way of organizing practices in light of the most important and robust research findings.
- Studying organizations
- Organizations as rational systems
- Organizations as natural systems
- Organizations and the environment
In order to give the students an opportunity to identify what they have learned, and what they need to improve on, they will be given previous examinations to discuss and give each other feedback on.
The course is structured as seminars, combining lectures with active dialogues. The course will combine text book readings with research articles. The lectures will utilize current business cases to illustrate main points in the literature. There are two mandatory assignments, one case based and one simulation based, which are designed to train the students in application of the theory to real situations.
The aim is to combine lectures with active dialogue. Coupling of textbooks, research articles, and examples are used to illustrate the main theoretical points.
Students are responsible for obtaining access to the Internet, and to keep abreast of the content posted on the course website.
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.
ORG 3402 Psychology, Organization and Leadership or equivalent.
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Exam category: Submission Form of assessment: Written submission Invigilation Weight: 100 Grouping: Individual Support materials:
Duration: 5 Hour(s) Exam code: ORG 34301 Grading scale: ECTS Resit: Examination every semester |
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Teaching | 33 Hour(s) | |
Webinar | 5 Hour(s) | |
Prepare for teaching | 45 Hour(s) | |
Student's own work with learning resources | 112 Hour(s) | |
Examination | 5 Hour(s) |
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.