| Learning objectives |
To achieve the grade 12, students should meet the
following learning objectives with no or only minor mistakes or
errors: Upon completion of the course, students will be able to
- Identify and describe an organisational change challenge
related to diversity issues
- Analyse the change challenge by drawing on the pertinent
academic literature and theoretical approaches to organisational
change (incl. research papers, reviews, and case studies)
- Argue for the choice of an empirical methodology to investigate
the organisational change challenge and explain the data collection
and data analysis procedures
- Design an intervention plan in relation to the organisational
change challenge. The plan should specify tasks relevant to
preparation, implementation, and communication
- Critically reflect and evaluate the strengths and limitations
of the chosen theoretical approach and intervention plan in
relation to the identified organisational change issue
- Demonstrate good academic writing skills (clear and accurate
writing style in English language, correct use of relevant
terminology, coherent structure of arguments, proper use of
references)
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| Course prerequisites |
| Bachelor degree |
| Prerequisites for registering for the
exam |
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Number of mandatory
activities: 1
Compulsory assignments
(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 absence 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 |
Individual oral exam based on written group
product |
| Number of people in the group |
3-5 |
| Size of written product |
Max. 35 pages |
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The grade is based on an overall assessment of
the written product and the individual oral performance. The length
of the case report depends on the size of the group. Groups of 3
students have to deliver no more than 25 pages, groups of 4 no more
than 30 pages and a groups of 5 no more than 35 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 |
| Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
There are four different scenaria
for the re-exam:
1) if a student is absent from the oral exam due to documented
illness but has been part of handing in the report s/he does not
have to submit a new project report, but MUST hand in the same
project report AGAIN for the re-exam.
2) if an individual student fails the oral exam she/he does not
have to submit a new project report, but MUST hand in the same
project report AGAIN for the re-exam.
3) if a whole group fails they must hand in a revised report for
the re-take.
4) If you haven't handed in anything for the ordinary exam. You
will hand in a project report for the re-exam.
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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 organisation 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 organisational 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 organisations. The course
covers a wide range of topics such as change management models,
resistance to change, change communication and interventions, etc.
Furthermore, the course will look at how organisations are affected
by contemporary changes in broader society (e.g., increased
expectations regarding corporate responsibility or workforce
diversity). To investigate actual change challenges in
organisational practice,students will be trained in how to craft a
research question and how to make methodological choices. The
course involves lectures, workshops, case studies (incl.
practitioners), and in-class discussions.
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| Teaching methods |
| Lectures, case studies, and (methodology)
workshops |
| Feedback during the teaching period |
| Students will receive continuous feedback from
the lecturers throughout the course, e.g. interactive teaching
formats, in-class case discussion, and in the dedicated group
project supervision sessions. Furthermore, the representatives of
the live case firms will provide students with feedback on whether
their suggested solutions from the live case project are going into
a fruitful direction. Lecturers will also strive for being readily
available for individual or group-wise feedback in both lecture
breaks and following each lecture session. |
| Student workload |
| Lectures |
30 hours |
| Preparation for lectures |
76 hours |
| Project work |
100 hours |
| Exam, incl. preparation (transferred from Diversity
Management) |
30 hours |
| Total |
236 hours |
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| Expected literature |
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To be announced on CBS Learn
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