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2019/2020  MA-MMBAO3026U  Organizational Innovation

English Title
Organizational Innovation

Course information
Language English
Course ECTS 2 ECTS
Type Mandatory
Level Part Time Master
Duration One Semester
Start time of the course Autumn, Spring
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Study board
Study Board for Master of Business Administration
Course coordinator
  • Jesper Rangvid - Department of Finance (FI)
Main academic disciplines
  • Human resource management
  • Innovation
  • Organisational behaviour
Teaching methods
  • Face-to-face teaching
Last updated on 28-06-2019

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Learning objectives
Many companies and experts approach leadership primarily as a matter of individual competencies, and personal development. This course complements such “leader-centered” approaches with a “leadership-centered” perspective on the interpersonal, collaborative, organizational, and professional dimensions of leadership and talent development. This perspective highlights the strategic importance of HRM practices for promoting strong leadership cultures. Participants will enhance their readiness to contribute to the performance of organizations large and small by exploring key issues and challenges related to organizational leadership, the organizational dynamics of authority and influence, and the ways that effective talent management and HRM practices can help develop and sustain strong leadership cultures.
  • Describe and analyze key theoretical and practical perspectives on the challenges connected to leading, to developing leadership talent, and to promote leadership cultures in organizations.
  • Compare and contrast individualized, leader-centered approaches versus relational and organizational approaches to the concept of leadership and to the practical dynamics of leading and developing leadership talent in organizations.
  • Compare, contrast, and explain the connection between key leadership theories and practices and key HRM theories and practices.
  • Explain how effective and efficient human resource practices can support strategic objectives and contribute to the development of strong leadership cultures.
  • Apply these insights to the analysis of a variety of cases and organizations that exemplify the challenges and complexities of organizational leadership, talent development, and human resource management.
Examination
Organizational Innovation:
Exam ECTS 2
Examination form Home assignment - written product
Individual or group exam Individual exam
Size of written product Max. 10 pages
Assignment type Project
Duration Written product to be submitted on specified date and time.
Grading scale 7-point grading scale
Examiner(s) One internal examiner
Exam period Summer and Winter
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
A written case assignment based on a case or a subject chosen by the teacher. The assignment must be formulated and given to the students at least nine days prior to the expiration of the deadline. It should be 10 pages long and submitted to CBS Digital Exam. The exam is held internally, and the assignment is put forward and assessed by the relevant faculty.

Alternative examination format: The make-up/re-examination will be held as an oral examination if the number of registered candidates for the make-up examination/re-take examination warrants that it may most appropriately be held as an oral examination.
Course content, structure and pedagogical approach

Many companies and experts approach leadership primarily as a matter of individual competencies, and personal development. This course complements such “leader-centered” approaches with a “leadership-centered” perspective on the interpersonal, collaborative, organizational, and professional dimensions of leadership and talent development. This perspective highlights the strategic importance of HRM practices for promoting strong leadership cultures. Participants will enhance their readiness to contribute to the performance of organizations large and small by exploring key issues and challenges related to organizational leadership, the organizational dynamics of authority and influence, and the ways that effective talent management and HRM practices can help develop and sustain strong leadership cultures. 
Description of the teaching methods
The course will focus primarily on the analysis of cases chosen to help develop the ability of participants to analyze and to intervene in social and organizational dynamics of leadership in a variety of different contexts. Classroom time will promote the analysis and discussion of cases and theoretical readings as well as the perspectives and experiences of class participants - high-energy discussion, debate, and interaction. For this reason students are strongly encouraged to bring their own views to the table and to share insights and learning with the rest of the group.
Feedback during the teaching period
The feedback
Feedback is given to the student together with the grade when written and oral exams have been evaluated.

The evaluation
At the evaluation unit at CBS’s Economic & Analysis department we ask you to evaluate the overall course. In other words if there has been exercise classes and lectures the evaluation should include both. We evaluate every course and faculty to secure and strengthen the professional level of the offered course.
Student workload
Lectures 16 hours
Preparation + Exam 39 hours
Expected literature

Syllabus will be available, well in time, before the first session.
Last updated on 28-06-2019