ORG455 Organizational change and learning
- ECTS Credits:
- 7.5
- Responsible department:
- School of Business and Law
- Course Leader:
- Anders Ragnar Örtenblad
- Lecture Semester:
- Spring
- Teaching language:
- Norwegian.
- Duration:
- 1 term
The course is connected to the following study programs
- Master's Programme in Innovation and Knowledge Development
Teaching language
Norwegian.Course contents
This course aims to introduce and examine theories and research that discuss organizational change, development/innovation, learning and management/leadership. Throughout the course, students will enhance their collaborative skills by working in teams and they will strengthen their capacity to work as reflective practitioners by reflecting about their own learning process and enhancing their awareness about the role of learning arenas in developing and managing organizational change processes.
By working with a real-life case the course emphasizes how reflective practice may help improve current practice and insights into relations between organizational change and management.
Learning outcomes
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Gain advanced knowledge about organizational theories, models and research that discuss relationships between organizational change, development/innovation, learning and management
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Use relevant organizational theory and research to analyze how processes and pressures of change and innovation pose specific challenges for concrete organizations
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Work in teams to learn and find solutions
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Become reflective practitioners capable of reflecting about their own learning process
Teaching methods
The course is taught through a combination of lectures and seminars.
Evaluation
The person responsible for the course, in consultation with the student representative, decides the method of evaluation and whether the courses will have a midterm- or end of term evaluation, see also the Quality System, section 4.1. Information about evaluation method for the course will be posted on Canvas.
Assessment methods and criteria
Individual home exsam.
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 |
|---|---|
| ORG443 – Learning and Innovation i Organizations | 7.5 |