2018/2019
BA-BDMAO2021U Knowledge Work, Leadership and Project
Management
| English Title |
| Knowledge Work, Leadership and
Project Management |
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| Language |
English |
| Course ECTS |
7.5 ECTS |
| Type |
Mandatory |
| Level |
Bachelor |
| Duration |
One Semester |
| Start time of the course |
Spring |
| Timetable |
Course schedule will be posted at
calendar.cbs.dk |
| Study board |
BSc in Digital Management
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| Course
coordinator |
- Dan Kärreman - Department of Management, Society and
Communication (MSC)
- Eric Guthey - Department of Management, Society and
Communication (MSC)
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| Main academic
disciplines |
- Management
- Organization
- Project and change management
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| Teaching
methods |
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Last updated on
29-06-2018
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| Learning objectives |
- Understanding the characteristics of knowledge work
- Understanding the nature of complexity in work
organisation
- Understanding the concepts of project and project
management
- Understanding the role of leadership in complex work and
knowledge work
- Understanding the role of interaction and relationship in
complex work and knowledge work
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| Examination |
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Knowledge
Workers, Leadership and Change Management:
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| 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 |
Case based assignment |
| Duration |
72 hours to prepare |
| Grading scale |
7-step scale |
| Examiner(s) |
One internal examiner |
| Exam period |
Summer |
| Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary
exam
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| Course content and structure |
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This course prepares students for careers as effective managers
by exploring the key practical and conceptual tasks and challenges
facing knowledge workers and knowledge work. These challenges
include organizing work as a series of diverse and challenging
projects; managing project portfolios; negotiating work tasks with
experts, professionals, and knowledge workers; maintaining
integration in very diverse workplaces; and grappling with
uncertainty and change. The course stresses that in such contexts,
the strategic, organisational and cultural aspects of management
practice always intersect and overlap. At the same time, the course
explores several theories that link these dynamics together.
The course further pursues the notion that management practices
rooted in industrial regimes of production increasingly have been
superseded in many instances by new management practices that
foreground leadership, culture and the regulation of identity. The
course therefore includes discussion of those aspects of
organisational life that are often marginalised in standard texts,
including the politics and complexities of managerial
decision-making, the roles played by ordinary human interaction,
and relationships in organizational settings.
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| Description of the teaching methods |
| The course is a mix of case-based teaching and
lectures. case-based teaching will be the major teaching method,
and we will use a teaching team consisting of two teachers as much
as we can. |
| Feedback during the teaching period |
| Feedback will primary be given during case
discussion, as this method encourages interaction. Individual
feedback will also be available if wanted during office
hours. |
| Student workload |
| Preparation |
104 hours |
| Teaching |
30 hours |
| Examination |
72 hours |
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| Expected literature |
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Articles, text book chapters and cases as announced on
Learn.
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Last updated on
29-06-2018
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