Study Guide

Objective

To widen the student’s understanding of organization theory and its importance in today’s industrial environment. To strengthen insight concerning the importance of balancing business ideas, customer expectations and experiences to organizational structuring. To enhance the student’s understanding of individual/team behaviour in organizations and to strengthen and establish strategies in developing, growing and changing businesses. The students will develop decision making skills regarding the organizational mix between in-house processes versus subcontracting and outsourcing linked to value creation.

Content

Organization theory, trends and future. Different paradigms, strategies and structures of organizations. Rapid market changes, the slower organizational changes and the very slow individual changes. How to change organizations. Learning in organizations. The entrepreneurial spirit, Operational excellence and organizing for the future. About exits.

Qualifications

No prerequisities

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Sufficient (1) and Satisfactory (2)
Participating in the contact lessons, returned tasks.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good (3) and Very good (4)
Active participating in the contact lessons, returned tasks with good outcomes.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent (5)
Very active participating in the contact lessons, returned tasks with excellent outcomes.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Evaluation:
Numerical for PASS from 1 to 5 and
0 for FAIL: No participating in the contact lessons, no returned tasks.

Materials

Literature:
To be informed later or please have a look at the course implementation