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2013/2014  KAN-ISCM  IS & Change Management

English Title
IS & Change Management

Course information
Language English
Exam ECTS 7.5 ECTS
Type Mandatory
Level Full Degree Master
Duration One Quarter
Course period Autumn, Second Quarter
Time Table Please see course schedule at e-Campus
Study board
Study Board for BSc/MSc in Business Administration and Information Systems, BSc
Course coordinator
  • Michel Avital - Department of IT Mangement (ITM)
Main academic disciplines
  • Information Systems
Last updated on 08-08-2013
Learning objectives
At the examination the student should be able to:
  • To identify and describe a variety of change management issues in connection with information systems.
  • To apply the theoretical perspectives presented in the course to the analysis of a change management case.
  • To make recommendations about the planning and management of IT-based change.
  • To discuss and reflect upon the use of different theoretical perspectives for understanding and managing change.
Examination
IS & Change Management:
Examination form Oral exam based on written product

In order to participate in the oral exam, the written product must be handed in before the oral exam; by the set deadline. The grade is based on an overall assessment of the written product and the individual oral performance.
Individual or group exam Group exam, max. 4 students in the group
Oral individual examination based on group project report. The project should be organizationcentered and be focused around the analysis and assessment of self-selected IT-based change management case. The group project report should consist of two parts: an analysis of particular change management issues and an intervention plan for implementing change.
Size of written product Max. 15 pages
Assignment type Report
Duration
Written product to be submitted on specified date and time.
20 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade, and informing plus explaining the grade
Grading scale 7-step scale
Examiner(s) Internal examiner and second internal examiner
Exam period December/January
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
Re-Examination and make-up Examination: The exam is equal to the regular exam. The reexamination/ make-up-examination is placed in the winter term.
Course content and structure

Aim of the course
 

The course introduces a variety of theoretical perspectives for analyzing and implementing organizational change in relation to information systems. Building on action-oriented approaches, students will work in small teams throughout the course to address the challenges of a particular self-selected organizational change case that involves information systems. The case analysis and the ensued intervention plan will be documented in a written assignment that will

form the basis for a subsequent oral exam. This is a hands-on course that requires students' engagement. Attendance and active participation in class discussions is not only expected, but

also required for one's successful realization of the course learning objectives.

Teaching methods
Active participation from students is expected in class discussions and the students are expected to attend the lectures as well as the supervision sessions.

Teaching will be based on thematic lectures, field research, in-class exercises, and student presentations.
Expected literature

Hughes, M. (2010). Managing Change: A Critical Perspective . (2 nd edition.) London, CIPD.

Cooperrider, D.L and Whitney, D. (2005) Appreciative Inquiry: A Positive Revolution in

Change . Berrett-Koehler Publishers.

And selected articles.

Last updated on 08-08-2013