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2013/2014  KAN-DCM_ORC  Organisational Change

English Title
Organisational Change

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 og MSc in Business, Language and Culture, MSc
Course coordinator
  • Annemette Kjærgaard - Department of Intercultural Communication and Management (ICM)
Main academic disciplines
  • Organization
Last updated on 04-09-2013
Learning objectives
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to
  • Identify and describe different perspectives to organizational change in general and identify an organizational change challenge related to diversity issues in specific
  • Analyse the organizational change challenge based on the theories presented in the course
  • Compare and discuss the relevance of the theories presented in the course in relation to the identified organizational change challenge
  • Design an intervention plan in relation to the organizational change challenge. The plan must specify tasks relevant to preparation, implementation and follow-up
  • Critically evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the intervention plan and its solution to the identified organizational change issue
Course prerequisites
Bachelor degree – in business and management or equivalent
Examination
Organisational Change:
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. 5 students in the group
Size of written product Max. 20 pages
Assignment type Project
Duration
Written product to be submitted on specified date and time.
15 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 Winter Term
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
Description of the exam procedure
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.
The exam is a group exam based on an analysis of the diversity related organizational change challenge and the intervention plan designed to solve it. Students will work in groups of 3-5 to complete the analysis and the intervention plan.
The length of the report does not depend on the size of the group.
There will be an oral group exam with individual assessment and grades.

Allowed aids: The written report and prepared presentation of the report.
Course content and structure

The course combines lectures with in-class discussions and student presentations. Ideally, discussion will play a substantial part, but this is likely to be determined by the class size. The assigned readings are generally biased towards papers that include diverse empirical illustrations of unfolding change and these will to the greatest possible extent be employed as case material for class discussions.
Moreover, each class will include one student presentation. The class will be divided into groups and, depending on class size, each group can expect to present once or twice during the course.
An online blog has been established for the course (www.ischangeaverb.wordpress.com) to enable out-of-class dialogue. Non-proprietary course material will be uploaded to the blog, as will ‘reading guides’ for each class. 
 

Teaching methods
Lectures
Expected literature
To be announced on Learn
Last updated on 04-09-2013