2025/2026
MA-MMBDO1012U Organizational Change
| English Title |
| Organizational
Change |
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| Language |
English |
| Course ECTS |
5 ECTS |
| Type |
Mandatory |
| Level |
Part Time Master |
| Duration |
One Semester |
| Start time of the course |
Spring, Autumn |
| Timetable |
Course schedule will be posted at
calendar.cbs.dk |
| Min. participants |
10 |
| Max. participants |
30 |
| Study board |
Study Board for Master i
forretningsudvikling
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| Programme |
Master of Business Development |
| Course
coordinator |
- Frans Bevort - Department of Organization (IOA)
- Tor Hernes - Department of Organization
(IOA)
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| Main academic
disciplines |
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| Teaching
methods |
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Last updated on
01-07-2025
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| Learning objectives |
- Identify and explain a problem with relevance to organizational
change in your own organization or other chosen empirical
context
- Demonstrate how course concepts and theories can be used to
analyze the problem
- Discuss the theoretical and practical implications of the
analysis
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| Course prerequisites |
| The course is aimed towards people in private or
public sector organizations who take part in implementing change
processes or who swish to play more central leadership roles in
change processes. The course emphasizes how leadership of change
requires that different forms of change can be understood
differently from mainstream change models |
| Examination |
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Organizational
Change:
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| Exam
ECTS |
5 |
| 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, see also the rules about
examination forms in the programme regulations. |
| Individual or group exam |
Individual exam |
| Size of written product |
Max. 5 pages |
| Assignment type |
Synopsis |
| Release of assignment |
An assigned subject is released in
class |
| Duration |
Written product to be submitted on specified date and
time.
20 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade,
and informing plus explaining the grade |
| Grading scale |
7-point grading scale |
| Examiner(s) |
Internal examiner and external examiner |
| Exam period |
Summer |
| Make-up exam/re-exam |
Home assignment - written product |
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Size of written product: Max. 10
pages |
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Assignment type: Written
assignment |
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Release of assignment: An assigned
subject is released in class |
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Duration: Written product to be
submitted on specified date and
time. |
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| Course content, structure and pedagogical
approach |
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Organizational change plays out through sensemaking processes,
which can be related to different forms of change. The course works
from the idea that continuity and change are closely related, which
is why sensemaking is oriented towards narratives that account for
past and future.
Sensemaking takes place in micro-situations and is crucial for
group processes at all levels of the organization. Whether
local sensemaking becomes decisive for the organization as a whole
depends on the integration of more robust narratives for the
changes where the need for continuity is central. Senseamking
takes place differently in different parts of the organization, and
the integration different functions are integrated into the change
process is a prerequisite for implementation of
change.
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| Research-based teaching |
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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
- Classic and basic theory
- New theory
- Teacher’s own research
- Methodology
- Models
Research-like activities
- Development of research questions
- Data collection
- Analysis
- Discussion, critical reflection, modelling
- Students give each other feedback on their small exam projects
where they use data
from their own companies
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| Description of the teaching methods |
| The course is based on lectures and group
discussions. Examples will be used extensively. |
| Feedback during the teaching period |
| Opportunity for feedback during
teaching. |
| Student workload |
| Preparation and Exam |
106 hours |
| Teaching |
32 hours |
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Last updated on
01-07-2025
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