Introduction to Organization

Study Board of BSc in Economics and Business Administration

Teaching language: English
EKA: B220018402
Censorship: Second examiner: None
Grading: 7-point grading scale
Offered in: Soenderborg
Offered in: Autumn
Level: Bachelor

Course ID: B220018401
ECTS value: 5

Date of Approval: 16-03-2023


Duration: 1 semester

Course ID

B220018401

Course Title

Introduction to Organization

Teaching language

English

ECTS value

5

Responsible study board

Study Board of BSc in Economics and Business Administration

Date of Approval

16-03-2023

Course Responsible

Name Email Department
Ingo Winkler inw@sam.sdu.dk International Business & Entrepreneurship (IBE)

Offered in

Soenderborg

Level

Bachelor

Offered in

Autumn

Duration

1 semester

Aim and purpose

The course aims to provide basic knowledge about the structure and design of all types of organizations and about leadership and change in organizations. Understanding organizations requires that students acquire skills and competencies to assess and change organizations.

Content

  • The course provides insight into key issues related to organizational structure and design, leadership and change. This includes concepts, theories, models, methods and processes related to:


    • Leadership in Organizations
    • Organizational structure
    • Organizational design / architecture
    • Organizational culture
    • Organizational change
    • Interaction between organizations and their environments

Description of outcome - Knowledge

The students can explain the course’s terms, models, methods, and theories.

Description of outcome - Skills

The students can reflect critically on the validity of concepts, theories and models. They can also apply the course’s models, methods and theories to analyze organizations and develop general recommendations for developing organizational members’ behaviour,

Description of outcome - Competences

The students can suggest solutions for specific organizational problems and challenges. They can also explain the scientific theoretical basis for an investigation and what implications this has for the study of organizations.

Literature

David Buchanan & Andrzej Huczynski, Organizational Behaviour, Pearson (latest edition)

Additional literature: notes, cases, articles.

Teaching Method

The course includes lectures to provide students an overview of a range of concepts and theories in the field of Organizational Behaviour. Lectures build on the textbook and additional material, such as videos, articles, and contemporary examples.

The course applies e-learning and self-learning methods to engage students in independent learning activities and to induce the capability of autonomous and life-long learning.

Embedded in the course is a test exam and a number of self-tests offered in ItsLearning. The test exam provides students the chance to familiarize with the form of the final examination, to test their own knowledge, and to apply this knowledge to a specific case. The  self-tests are designed to support the students’ learning process regarding central theories and models.

Workload

Scheduled classes:
30 hours lectures per semester.

Workload:
  • Classroom hours (lectures): 30 hours.
  • Test exam and self-tests (incl. preparation and follow up): 30 hours.
  • Preparation and follow-up: 53 hours.
  • Exam preparation: 20 hours.
  • Exam: 2 hours.
  • Sum: 135 hours.

Examination regulations

Exam

Name

Exam

Timing

Exam: January.
Reexam: February.

Tests

Exam

Name

Exam

Form of examination

Written examination on premises

Censorship

Second examiner: None

Grading

7-point grading scale

Identification

Student Identification Card - Exam number

Language

English

Duration

2 hours written exam.

Length

 Page limitation – 6 norm pages (one page 2.400 characters incl. spaces).

Examination aids

All exam aids allowed.
It is not allowed to communicate with others during the exam.

Assignment handover

Digital hand-out via "Digital Exam".

Assignment handin

Only digital submission via "Digital Exam"

ECTS value

5

Additional information

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EKA

B220018402

External comment

NOTE - This course is identical with the former course(s)
83116301 / Campus Odense: 83116301 Organization (supplementing course)
B220018101 Introduction to Organization

Used examination attempts in the former identical course will be transferred.
Courses that are identical with former courses that are passed according to applied rules cannot be retaken.



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Sønderborg
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