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2012/2013  BA-IMOC  Information Management and Organizational Change

English Title
Information Management and Organizational Change

Course information
Language English
Exam ECTS 10 ECTS
Type Mandatory
Level Bachelor
Duration One Quarter
Course period Spring, Third Quarter
2nd year, 3rd quarter = 7th quarter.
Time Table Please see course schedule at e-Campus
Study board
Study Board for BA in Information Management
Course coordinator
  • Dorte Madsen - Department of Intercultural Communication and Management
Main Category of the Course
  • Management of Information and Knowledge Management
Last updated on 08-10-2012
Learning objectives
At the exam students should as for this course:
  • Be able to explain the concepts as presented in the curriculum, their inter-dependence and their significance to an empirical case
  • Be able to produce an empirical case. The case must be informed by theory, and it must be sufficiently complex to demonstrate the student’s empirical and theoretical points
  • Be able to relate content of information with users, organizational context and information system, and explain their interdependencies by means of the analysis of the collected empirical data
  • Be able to reflect on theories in relation to the information management field.
Examination
Corporate Communication and Information Management and Organizational Change:
Type of test Oral with Written Assignment
Marking scale 7-step scale
Second examiner Second internal examiner
Exam period Spring Term
Aids Without preparation
Duration 20 Minutes
  • The 7th quarter exam covers the courses "Corporate Communication" and "Information Management and Organizational change".
  • It is an oral exam in curriculum based on the 7th quarter paper written in groups. One grade is given, reflecting an overall assessment of the paper and the oral examination.
  • 2 internal examiners and 1 second internal examiner.
Course content

This course addresses the fundamental challenge of information management: how can information be managed to create value and contribute to organizational goals.The course develops a coherent theoretical framework for working with information management, considering information management as a field, a framework, and a concept.

 

The course places the concept of information management in the context of organizational development. Organizations are open systems that exist in and interact with the environment. Intelligent organizations are distinguished by the ability to read the environment and to adapt accordingly.

 

Thus, the basic goal of information management is to harness the organization’s information resources and information capabilities to enable it to learn and adapt to its changing environment. The information management lifecycle: Information creation, acquisition, storage, analysis, and use therefore provides the intellectual latticework that supports the growth and development of the intelligent organization.
Teaching methods
Thematic lectures and supervision that develop the role of information management issues in relation to organizational goals and strategies, information ecologies and information culture. Students will learn to work methodically with, and critically reflect on, information management practice in organizations, the inter-dependencies of information systems, information value, organizational context, and users.

Throughout the course, students are encouraged to apply the concepts, models and tools presented to real corporate settings and experiences.

Students must develop a specific case relating to (corporate communication issues and) an organizational change process involving a specific information management process, and/or information product in a specific organization according to key issues dealt with in the course literature.
Expected literature

Please check the course literature on CBS Learn
Last updated on 08-10-2012