2012/2013
KAN-SOL_OS48 Organizational Identity
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English Title
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Organizational Identity
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Language
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English
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Exam ECTS
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7.5
ECTS
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Type
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Mandatory
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Level
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Full Degree Master
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Duration
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One Quarter
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Course period
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Autumn
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Time Table
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Please see course schedule at e-Campus
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Study board
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Study Board for MSc in Economics and Business Administration
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Course coordinator
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Majken Schultz
- Department of Organization
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Majken Schultz
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Main Category of the Course
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Last updated on 09-07-2012
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Learning objectives
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Learning objectives for the joint exam in Business Strategy and Managing Organizational Identity.
At the exam the student should be:
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familiar with various theories related to business strategy
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able to relate these theories to each other
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able to use them to understand and analyse business strategy
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familiar with theories relevant to the management of organizational identity
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capable of discussing how and why organizational identity facilitate assimilation and differentiation among internal and external stakeholders
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capable of examining how identity provides a foundation for strategy and how it offers the opportunity for organizations to achieve competitive advantage
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able to research how the conceptual complexity of identity is translated into managerial practices in different organizations
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Examination
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Organizational Identity:
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Type of test
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Oral with Written Assignment
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Marking scale
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7-step scale
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Second examiner
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Second internal examiner
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Exam period
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Autumn Term
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Aids
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Please, see the detailed regulations below
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Duration
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20 Minutes
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Individual oral exam based on a group project (4-5 students, max. 15 standard pages).The duration of the individual oral exam is 20 minutes (including assessment). The assessment is a total evaluation of the project and the individual oral exam.
Submission of the project to the line secretariat is regarded as examination registration and must take place in October. The regular exam will take place in November. The make-up/re-exam takes place in January/ February. If a student is ill during the oral exam, he/she will be able to re-use the project at the make-up exam. If the student was ill during the writing of the project and did not contribute to the project, the make-up/re-exam project can be written individually or in groups (provided the other students are taking the make-up/re-exam). If the student did not pass the regular exam a new or revised project, confer advice from the examiner at the regular exam, must be handed in to a new deadline specified by the line secretariat.
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Examination
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The exam will be an oral exam based on a group project – preferably related to the concrete analytical projects performed during the course.
Examination takes place in conjunction with the course in Business Strategy and is based on a group project (group project with individual oral examination).
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Course content
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Aim of the course
In Organizational Identity students engage in the cross-disciplinary study of organizational identity and its implications for management practice with a special focus on corporate branding. The course provides a foundation for understanding identity as a phenomenon with relevance for both internal and external stakeholders and invites students to explore how the conceptual complexity of organizational identity is translated into managerial practices in different organizations.
In conjunction with the course Business Strategy (BS), the identity course will engage in practical case work through analysis as well as creative strategy making. The latter will be facilitated by learning techniques from art and design studios.
Contents
Identity is important to organizations because it affects their competitiveness and ability to attract stakeholders. We will examine how organizations understand and define who they are and discuss why their identity is a source of belonging and differentiation for both internal and external stakeholders. The course will show how identity provides a foundation for strategy and why managing identities gives organizations a competitive advantage. The course draws on different perspectives on identity within organization studies and includes examination of theories offered by other disciplines, such as marketing and communication. Organizational identity is related to other concepts, such as image, organizational culture and corporate branding and is best conceptualized as dynamic. Students will examine the implications of organizational identity theories for doing empirical research as well as for management practice, using case studies and student observations. In particular, the course will explore the importance of identity for corporate strategy and branding practices, encouraging students to debate the opportunities and limitations of organizational identity management.
Overlap with the course Business Strategy
This course of business strategy overlaps naturally with OI in three ways:
In aiming to understand how organizational identity is explicated and used as an internal resource for management to develop certain policies and organizational architectures that stimulate local action.
In viewing identity as a strategic asset.
In that several theoretical frameworks (e.g. co-creation) are used in both courses.
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Teaching methods
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Students will engage in the cross-disciplinary study of organizational identity and its implications for management practice based on both case studies and student observations. The course comprises two intensive workshops, where they will work in-depth with select cases.
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Further Information
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The Course can only be followed together with the course Business Strategy
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Expected literature
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The course readings will be about 650 pages, some of which are rather extensive. The readings include the following books:
Hatch, M.J, and Schultz, M. 2008. Taking Brand Initiative. How Companies Can Align Strategy, Culture, and Identity Through Corporate Branding, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass., 288 p.
Kornberger, M, (2010) Brand Society, How Brands Transform Management and LifestyleCambridge University Press, London, 328 p
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Last updated on 09-07-2012
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