2013/2014 BA-3AOA Applied Organisational Analysis
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Applied Organisational Analysis |
Course information |
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Language | English |
Exam ECTS | 7.5 ECTS |
Type | Mandatory |
Level | Bachelor |
Duration | One Semester |
Course period | Autumn |
Time Table | Please see course schedule at e-Campus |
Study board |
Study Board for BSc in Business Administration and
Sociology
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Last updated on 14-08-2013 |
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On successful completion of the
course, students should be able to:
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The courses 3AOA, 3QLM, 4CCP, and 4MM have one intergrated exam. The exam is 30 ECTS. You can only participate in 3AOA if you also register for the other courses: 3QLM, 4CCP, and 4MM. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Requirements about active
class participation (assessed approved/not approved)
Participation in the workshop in the course Qualitative Methods is mandatory in order to participate in the second year project. If a student is unable to participate in the workshop, due to illness, the makeup examination is a 10-page home assignment which is to be approved by the course coordinator. For more details, see separate guidelines. |
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This course takes its theoretical
point of departure in the course Organizational Sociology from the
second semester. However, in the present course we take a slightly
different approach to the study of organizations, concentrating on
how we can apply the theoretical frameworks introduced in the
second semester and elaborated upon in this semester to concrete
organizations. In so doing, we put our theories into context
discussing their analytical strengths and weaknesses in different
institutional / organizational / social settings. The application
of our theoretical framework is carried out on the basis of case
studies which are coordinated with the course: Qualitative Methods
in the way that the methods used in the case studies are
qualitative methods that you will be introduced to in QM. This
enables you to use the cases from this course in the QM course. The
two courses will be examined jointly at the end of the fourth
semester as part of the second year project.
The course material involves a mix of theory and case studies where the focus is very much on the application of theory onto one or several cases. The case studies cover a wide range of sectors as well as cultural and geographical conditions. Furthermore, they include a variety of methodological approaches to organizational analysis. This facilitates coordination between this course and Qualititative Methods (3QM) which is further enhanced by the design of the two courses, i.e. each one devided into corresponding blocs. Literature: Choice of Literature The course literature for bloc I and III consists of journal articles that have been selected according to the following criteria: 1) that they provide excellent insights into a given analytical approach 2) that they are based upon an elaborate case-study and employ a method / methods that is/are a) qualitative and b) part of the curriculum of the course Qualitative Methods – preferably the same bloc. Availability These articles are available in the electronic library at CBS, where they can be downloaded. Literature which is not journal articles, i.e. book chapters, will be put on CBS LEARN prior to class. The literature drawn upon in the bloc II is taken from the following text book that we recommend that students purchase: Simon Collinson and Glenn Morgan (eds.) 2009. Images of the Multinational Firm. West Sussex: Wiley |
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Teaching methods | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
The course material involves a mix of theory and case studies where the focus is very much on the application of theory onto one or several cases. The case studies cover a wide range of sectors as well as cultural and geographical conditions. Furthermore, they include a variety of methodological approaches to organizational analysis. This facilitates coordination between this course and Qualititative Methods (3QM) which is further enhanced by the design of the two courses, i.e. each one devided into corresponding blocs. |
Last updated on
14-08-2013