ORG110 Organizational Theory for IT Students
- ECTS Credits:
- 5
- Responsible department:
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Course Leaders:
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- Marco Seeber
- Devendra Bahadur Thapa
- Lecture Semester:
- Spring
- Teaching language:
- English
- Duration:
- 1 term
The course is connected to the following study programs
- Bachelor's Programme in IT and Information Systems
- IT and Information Systems, 1-year Programme
Teaching language
EnglishCourse contents
The course provides an introduction to central organizational theory issues. Particular emphasis is placed on how the use of technology can change organizations, such as streamlining work processes and changing existing markets. Students gain insight into basic concepts such as organization and technology as well as a deeper understanding of what information and communications technology is. Formal characteristics of organizations, including structure, goals and strategy, and informal characteristics, including organizational culture and power relationships, are reviewed.
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:
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Describe the basic behavioral processes in organizations
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Explain how the organizational elements such as structure and culture affect behavior in organizations
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Identify key aspects of the relationship between information technology and the organization
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Give an account of how informationsystems can help rationalize and change organizations
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Describe new trends in orgaf nizational design, especially for virtual organizations
Teaching methods
The course is organized with a mixture of lectures and digital teaching activities. Estimated workload is 6.5 hours per week per student.
Evaluation
The person responsible for the course decides, in cooperation with student representative, the form of student evaluation and whether the course is to have a midway or end of course evaluation in accordance with the quality system for education, chapter 4.1.
Offered as Single Standing Module
Yes. Subject to availability or capacity.
Assessment methods and criteria
3-hours individual written exam that counts 100% of the total grade. Grades A-F.
Reduction of Credits
This course’s contents overlap with the following courses. A reduction of credits will occur if one of these courses is taken in addition:
| Course | Reduction of Credits |
|---|---|
| ORG103 – Organisation, Communication and Collaboration | 5 |
| ORG107 – Organization, communication and cooperation | 5 |
| ORG100 – Organisation Theory and Analysis | 5 |
| ORG104 – Organisation and Management | 5 |
| ORG104 – Organisation and Management | 5 |
| ORG109 – Organisation Theory | 5 |