2025/2026 BA-BISHO1002U Organizational Analysis
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Organizational Analysis |
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Language | English |
Course ECTS | 7.5 ECTS |
Type | Mandatory |
Level | Bachelor |
Duration | One Quarter |
Start time of the course | Spring, Third Quarter |
Timetable | Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk |
Study board |
Study Board for Global Relations
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Last updated on 20-05-2025 |
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Learning objectives | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
At the end of the course, the students should be
able to:
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Course content, structure and pedagogical approach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This course aims to familiarize you with key ideas and concepts of organization, such as organizational structure, culture, change, leadership, technology (AI in particular) and power. We will explore the ways these have been understood historically in organization studies and will ask you to engage critically and practically with these concepts both individually and in groups while analyzing texts and cases and presenting them to the class. Guest lectures by industry practioners will help students see the relevance of these concepts in real life situations. |
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Research-based teaching | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CBS’ programmes and teaching are research-based. The following
types of research-based knowledge and research-like activities are
included in this course:
Research-based knowledge
Research-like activities
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Description of the teaching methods | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The course will be taught over 4 days during one week (32 hours) on campus, followed by 6 hours of online exercises/presentations in the following weeks. There are also two hours of prerecorded lectures. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Feedback during the teaching period | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
There will be two formal feedback mechanisms.
1. Coaching session:During the final afternoon of the teaching week the lecturer will work intensively with students groups, who will prepare for the online exercises/presentations the following weeks. The idea of the ‘coaching session’ is to ‘coach’ student groups and help them to see how concepts/theories can apply to their very concrete working situations, thus leveraging their experiences. They get feedback from the lecturer on how a particular theory/concept (discussed in the lecture week) applies in a specific organization (or organizations) after their presentation. 2. Exam supervision. For their oral exam the students will choose at least three key concepts discussed in the course and apply them to a case company of their choosing, thus allowing them to demonstrate the learning outcomes. In preparation for the exam they will produce a 15 page report. Each student group (2/3 students) will receive two 20 min on one supervision/feedback sessions from the lecturer in the week after the final lectures. |
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Expected literature | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Core Text:
Additional readings will be indicated in the course outline
distributed before the start of class. These are mainly current
research articles that get updated every year.
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