2016/2017
BA-BPOLO2005U Organizational Analysis
English Title |
Organizational
Analysis |
|
Language |
English |
Course ECTS |
7.5 ECTS |
Type |
Mandatory |
Level |
Bachelor |
Duration |
One Semester |
Start time of the course |
Autumn |
Timetable |
Course schedule will be posted at
calendar.cbs.dk |
Study board |
Study Board for BSc/MSc i International Business and Politics,
BSc
|
Course
coordinator |
- Lene Holm Pedersen - Department of Business and Politics
(DBP)
|
Main academic
disciplines |
- Organization
- Sociology
- Cultural studies
|
Last updated on
11-08-2016
|
Learning objectives |
To achieve the grade 12, students
should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor
mistakes or errors:
- Identify, analyze and evaluate core models of
organizations
- Compare, contrast and discuss key concepts, models and theories
in organization theory.
- Relate and apply concepts, models and theories to empirical
evidence and cases
- Construct and employ comprehensive and succinct forms of
organizational analysis in a well-reasoned manner using concepts
from organizational theory and based upon an understanding of
competing perspectives.
|
Examination |
Organizational
Analysis:
|
Exam
ECTS |
7,5 |
Examination form |
Home assignment - written product |
Individual or group exam |
Individual exam |
Size of written product |
Max. 10 pages |
Assignment type |
Written assignment |
Duration |
Written product to be submitted on specified date
and time. |
Grading scale |
7-step scale |
Examiner(s) |
One internal examiner |
Exam period |
Winter |
Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
A new exam assignment must be
answered. This apply to all students (failed, ill, or
otherwise)
|
|
Course content and
structure |
Goals and learning objectives:
This course considers the building blocks of organizational
theory and analysis as an academic discipline. As the title
suggests, this course is designed to introduce students to
fundamental questions and approaches to the study of organizations.
The purpose of the course is to provide students with a thorough
grounding in the ‘classic’ social science literature on
organizations and to enable them to apply the central concepts in
the analysis of empirical evidence and cases
|
Teaching methods |
Lectures, group discussions,
interactive group exercises and student presentations. |
Student workload |
Preparation time (readings, group work etc.) |
102 hours |
Lectures / class exercises / “homework cafés” / workshops
etc. |
36 hours |
Exam (incl. preparation for the exam and actual exam
period) |
70 hours |
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Last updated on
11-08-2016