2014/2015
KAN-CCDCU1008U Organisational Change
| English Title |
| Organisational
Change |
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| Language |
English |
| Course ECTS |
7.5 ECTS |
| Type |
Mandatory |
| Level |
Full Degree Master |
| Duration |
One Semester |
| Course period |
Autumn |
| Timetable |
Course schedule will be posted at
calendar.cbs.dk |
| Study board |
Study Board for BSc og MSc in Business, Language and Culture,
MSc
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| Course
coordinator |
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| Main academic
disciplines |
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Last updated on
19-08-2014
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| 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
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| Course prerequisites |
| Bachelor degree |
| Prerequisites for registering for the
exam |
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Number of mandatory
activities: 1
Requirements about active
class participation (assessed approved/not approved)
The students must present the findings of their project to the
case company at a mini-conference organised by the
course-coordinator.
Students who due to illness or other excused absense cannot
participate in the mini-conference shall instead individually hand
in a three pages executive summary of the project.
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| Examination |
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Organisational
Change and Diversity Management:
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| Exam
ECTS |
15 |
| 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 |
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The grade is based on an overall assessment of
the written product and the individual oral performance. Further
instructions will be provided in class. The papers will be assessed
using the standard Danish grading scale. |
| Size of written product |
Max. 45 pages |
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The length of the case report depends on the size
of the group. Students will work in groups of 3-5.
Groups of 3 has to deliver no more than 35 pages, groups of 4 no
more than 40 pages and a groups of 5 no more than 45 pages. One
page is approximately 2275 characters. |
| 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 |
Another examination form
The re-exam/make-up exam shall be
based on the same report as the ordinary exam:
* if a student is absent from the oral exam due to documented
illness but has been part of handing in the report she/he does not
have to submitt a new project report for the make-up exam.
* if an individual student fails the oral exam she/he does not have
to submitt a new project report for the re-take exam.
* if a whole group fails they must hand in a revised report for the
re-take. The group will then get feedback on the report from the
examiner.
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Description of the exam
procedure
The course is a joint examination
between the Diversity Management and Organisational Change courses.
The exam is a group exam based on a group case analysis. The paper
shall combine the two courses of Diversity Management and
Organisational Change. The students will be presented with a
diversity or equality related problem from a company. Based on this
problem the students shall make an analysis with focus on the needs
for diversity management and diversity work in the organization or
on the existing diversity management and diversity work with the
use of theories from the course. To continue, based on the analysis
of the diversity related organizational change challenge the
students shall design an intervention plan to solve it the issues
based on the theories from the course. About half of the paper
should address the diversity management issues and about half
organisational change
issues.
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| Course content and structure |
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This course is concerned with the challenges of initiating and
implementing change within and across organizations. The course
covers a broad range of topics such as strategic change, change
management, change communication, change patterns and rhythms, path
dependency, resistance to change, etc. Furthermore, we will take a
look at how contemporary organizations are affected by changes
broader society (e.g., increased expectations regarding corporate
responsibility or workforce diversity). The course combines
lectures with in-class discussions and student (group)
presentations.
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| Teaching methods |
| Lectures |
| Expected literature |
| To be announced on Learn |
Last updated on
19-08-2014
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