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When registering for courses, please be aware of the potential conflicts between courses or exam dates on courses. The planning of course activities at Roskilde University is based on the recommended study programs which do not overlap. However, if you choose optional courses and/or study plans that goes beyond the recommended study programs, an overlap of lectures or exam dates may occur depending on which courses you choose.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of advanced theories of organisation and organisations.
• Knowledge of recent contributions to organisation theory and organisational sociology.
• Knowledge of the contributions of organisation theory to problem-oriented analysis of complex issues in companies and organisations.

Skills

• Skills in analysing complex issues in organisations in relation to recent relevant theories.
• Skills in conducting discussions on the basis of insight in the form of both concrete descriptions of the organisation and a scientific perspective, with accompanying analytical strategies.
• Skills in relating meaningfully to chaotic situations by identifying their action-relevant aspects.

Competencies

• Competency to discuss and develop analytical designs, with contributions from organisational theory.
• Competency to reflect on a company’s organisational situation with the help of theoretical concepts.
• Competency to formulate well-founded, problem-oriented considerations relating to the field of organisational theory.

The course deals with recent theories of organisations and organising, and demonstrates the utility of applying the relevant perspectives in connection with definition of the topic and the field of inquiry. Advanced organisational theory provides an understanding of how organisational perspectives also define the choice of analytical strategies.

The course in advanced organization theory builds on the insights that was achieved in the basic course in organization theory. The course is however different from and more advanced because it focuses upon classical themes in organization theory seen in the light of newer theories and discussions within the area of organizational studies (the relationship between the organization and the environment, structure, culture etc.). It is also different from the basic course because it trains the students in reading original texts – including articles – within the organizational studies area. The aim being to prepare students for analyzing, identifying problems and designing suggestions for interventions in organizations when writing projects and in their future practice as employees in an organization. To illustrate the possibilities of practical application of organization theory in problem situations in companies the different theoretical themes treated in the course will be related to selected types of change situations where the different theories are relevant for solving problems for employees and leaders in organizations.

A number of lectures of 2-4 hours’ duration are held, and a number of exercises are carried out by the students. The lectures include theories and discussions in the subject of organisation studies in relation to the following topics:

                                        1.  Introduction
                                        2.  Organisation-environment
                                        3.  Power, authority, legitimacy and decision-making
                                        4.  Structure
                                        5.  Process
                                        6.  Culture and learning
                                        7.  Technology
                                        8.  New organisational forms – and the travel of ideas
                                        9.  Organisational change 1
                                      10. Organisational change 2

Cases and excersises are drawn upon in class. When these are presented before class/a lecture they will have to be prepared by the students in advance.

The course is equivalent to 5 ECTS – that is 135 student working hours covering the following activities:

Lectures in class: 20 hours

Other activities (exercises etc.): 5 hours

Preparation: 62 hours

Exam: 48 hours

Hours in total 135 hours

The course literature consists of classical and newer original texts including research articles from the RUC library´s external databases and selected book chapters related to the themes of each of the ten lectures of the course. Each semester the curriculum of the course is adjusted by the lecturer responsible for the course taking classical themes as well as ongoing scientific discussions and developments in organization studies into account. The detailed description and curriculum of the course may be found on the course home page on Moodle.

Written examination in the form of a home assignment.

Individual written examination in the form of a home assignment, with a duration of 48 hours.

The maximum length of the assignment paper is 14,400 characters, including spaces. The size specifications include the cover, table of contents, bibliography, figures and other illustrations, but exclude any appendices. Papers that fail to meet the size specifications will be refused assessment, and one examination attempt will be deemed to have been used up.

The assignment is set by the course teacher immediately after the final course session.

Re-examination follows the same rules as the ordinary examination.

All.

Through discussions and explanations of exercises as well as dialogue about and explanations of questions related to the curriculum and content of lectures. After exam, the students who want a more elaborate explanation of the background for the grading of their exam essay may visit the lecturer responsible for the course in his office hours. In order to assure a sufficient learning outcome of such a meeting it is a precondition for the meeting to be held that the student send his/her own short written evaluation of the students own exam essay/answer compared to the exam question and the goals/aims and evaluation criteria of the course to the lecturer before the meeting. The goals and evaluation criteria of the course may be found in the description of the course on kursus.ruc.dk and in the detailed description of the course on Moodle.