2018/2019
KAN-CKOMO2004U The Digital Organization
| English Title |
| The Digital
Organization |
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| 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
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| Course
coordinator |
- Emil Husted - Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy
(MPP)
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| Main academic
disciplines |
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| Teaching
methods |
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Last updated on
10-12-2018
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| Learning objectives |
- 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.
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| Examination |
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The Digital
Organization:
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| 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
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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. No pre-requisite is
necessary, but attendance at all lectures and active
participation in teaching sessions is strongly
recommended.
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| Course content and structure |
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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 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.
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| Description of the 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. |
| Feedback during the teaching period |
| Besides ongoing feedback during lectures, there
will be an opportunity for peer feedback towards the end of the
course. Here, students will be reviewing each other's texts and
providing feedback in collaboration with the teacher. |
| Student workload |
| Lectures |
57 hours |
| Preparation |
130 hours |
| Assignments |
30 hours |
| Exam preparations, incl. supervision |
195 hours |
| Total |
412 hours |
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| Expected literature |
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Course plan and curriculum will be uploaded before semester
starts.
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Last updated on
10-12-2018
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