Table of contents

The course is connected to the following study programs

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:
  • Describe theoretical concepts and organizational models and management theories
  • Basic knowledge about what characterizes public organizations
  • Analyze organizational phenomena and processes
  • Evaluate organizations and management

Contents

Topics include:

- What is an organisation?

- Objectives,strategies, efficiency and productivity in organisations

- Organisational structures

- Professions in organsiations

- Organisation culture

- Power, conflicts and negotiations in organisations

- Organisations and surroundings

- Organisations and the individual, motivation and Human Resource Management (HRM)

- Central behavioural processes in organisations, communications, decisions and change

- Management in organisations

Emphasis is placed on communicating a multitude of understandings of organizations.

Teaching and learning methods

Instruction includes lectures, seminars/group works. Students are expected to learn through contribution in playing an active part in group and individual work.

Examination requirements

Approved compulsory group assignment.

Examinations

5-hour individual, written in-school examination.

Student evaluation

The person responsible for the course, in consultation with the student representative, decides the method of evaluation and whether the courses will have a midterm- or end of term evaluation, see also the Quality System, section 4.1.

Offered as a free-standing course

Yes.

Subject to aviliability.

Admission for external candidates

No.

Reduction of Credits

This course’s contents overlap with the following courses. A reduction of credits will occur if one of these courses is taken in addition:

Course Reduction of Credits
OR-2100 – Organisation analysis. 15
OR-2100 – Organisation analysis. 10
ORG106 – Management, Organisation and Work Life. 10
ORG104 – Organisation and Management. 7.5
ORG104 – Organisation and Management. 7.5
ORG104 – Organisation and Management. 7.5
ORG109 – Organisation Theory. 7.5
ORG103 – Organisation, Communication and Collaboration. 5
ORG110 – Organizational Theory for IT Students. 5
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