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2016/2017  KAN-CKOMO2004U  The Digital Organization

English Title
The Digital Organization

Course information

Language English
Course ECTS 15 ECTS
Type Mandatory offered as elective
Level Full Degree Master
Duration One Semester
Start time of the course Spring
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Study board
Study Board for BSc/MSc in Business Administration and Organizational Communication, MSc
Course coordinator
  • Mikkel Flyverbom - Department of Management, Society and Communication (MSC)
Main academic disciplines
  • Organization
Last updated on 24-06-2016
Learning objectives
To achieve the grade 12, students should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor mistakes or errors:
  • Identify the challenges digital technologies present to traditional organizations and ways of organizing.
  • Explain the role of digital technologies as organizing agents and their relationship to other organizing agents.
  • Perform a theoretically-informed analysis of the role of digital technologies in a specific empirical setting.
  • Reflect on the relationship between technology and organizing, based on theories and case studies from the course.
Examination
The Digital Organization:
Exam ECTS 15
Examination form Home assignment - written product
Individual or group exam Individual exam
Size of written product Max. 20 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 Spring
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
Description of the exam procedure

The exam takes the form of an individual research paper based on a research question of own choice. As a preparation for the exam, students receive individual supervision. Length: 15-20 standard pages.
No pre-requisite is necessary, but attendance at all lectures and active participation in teaching sessions including workshops is strongly recommended.

Course content and structure

The purpose of this course is to present, discuss, and reflect on the role of technology in organizations, in terms of both organizing work and shaping organizational forms. The course focuses in particular on the consequences of digital technologies for existing organizations and on the possibilities offered by digital technologies for new forms of working and organizing. It takes its departure point of in classical and contemporary organization theory, with a special focus on technology in organizations, and investigates how digital technologies have transformed organizational features and organizing processes.
The course follows three main paths: First, it presents the basic features of organization, according to classical and contemporary organization theory; secondly, it takes the students onto a journey of the progressive transformations of organizations and organizing processes by digital technologies; finally, it explores cases of organizations that have been deeply transformed by digital technologies.

Teaching methods
The course is based on lectures in combination with classroom teaching, including discussions, case work, student presentations, as well as oral and written assignments.
Student workload
Lectures 57 hours
Preparation 130 hours
Assignments 30 hours
Exam preparations, incl. supervision 195 hours
Total 412 hours
Expected literature

Course plan and curriculum will be uploaded before semester starts.

Last updated on 24-06-2016