| Kursusnavn (dansk): | Globalisering, organisering og kommunikation |
| Kursusnavn (engelsk): | Globalization, Organization and Communication |
| Semester: | Forår 2011 |
| Udbydes under: | cand.it., digital design og kommunikation (ddk) |
| Omfang i ECTS: | 15,00 |
| Kursussprog: | Engelsk |
| Kursushjemmeside: | https://learnit.itu.dk |
| Min. antal deltagere: | 12 |
| Forventet antal deltagere: | 20 |
| Maks. antal deltagere: | 30 |
| Formelle forudsætninger: | This course is the final part in the DDK specialization "Global IT and Organizations" and follows the course Distributed Collaboration and Development (DCD). However, the DCD course is not required to enroll in Globalization, Organization and Communication.
Information about the course of study
This course is the second part of a specialization on the Master of Science in IT, study programme Digital Design and Communication. See a description of specializations on DDK here (in Danish):
Master of Science Digital Design and Communication |
| Læringsmål: | After the course the student should be able to:
Characterize relevant analytical approaches to globalization.
Explain the strengths and weaknesses of different analytical approaches to globalization.
Apply concepts and analytical tools from science and technology studies and organizational studies to social and tecnical processes relating to global organization.
Conduct empirical studies of global organizational practices and identify areas of problems and possibility for change.
Specify and discuss challenges and possibilities relating to the use of information technologies in global organizational contexts.
Develop ideas and frameworks for working creatively and imaginatively with global technological organization and communication.
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| Fagligt indhold: | Over the last decades globalization has become more and more central to organizational analysis as well to organizational practice. The ubiquitous use of information technologies has been central in efforts to render business practices global, as IT is increasingly used to facilitate global work practices. Tendencies such as outsourcing, distributed collaboration and communication, and global innovation teams exemplify the ways in which IT-supported work have global implications. The ability to conceptually understand and empirically analyze the challenges and possibilities of globalization is central for being able to work creatively and imaginatively with IT practices in organizations.
Complementing the course Distributed Collaboration and Development, this course draws on the disciplines of science and technology studies and organizational studies. It offers analytical and practical tools that enable students to analyze the challenges and possibilities organizations face as operating in a global world.
The two main objectives of the course are:
1. To enable students to analyze and discuss sociotechnical organizational issues that arise in a global environment.
2. To enable students to conduct empirical studies of globalized organizational practices and to identify and analyze challenges and possibilities facing specific organizations working in technologically mediated work practices.
The course introduces organizational approaches to understand global change processes in organizations by focusing on five themes:
Introduction to globalization
Actor networks and sociotechnical studies
Technological organizing
Global discourses
Distributed collaboration
In the first half of the course, the focus will be on reading and discussing issues relating to each theme, during lectures as well as exercises
The themes of the course are:
Introduction to globalization: Provides general background and social science analytical tools for understanding globalization.
Actor networks and sociotechnical studies: Presents an analytical framework based on science and technology studies, facilitating understanding how organizational practices are constructed through contextual interactions between people and technologies.
Technological organizing: Explores the role of information technologies in constructing global organizations.
Global discourses: Analyzes discourses on globalization relating to ICT and organizational change.
Distributed Collaboration: Focuses on questions relating to how to organize and communicate knowledge and share work projects in distributed organizational settings.
Each theme will be explored in one or more seminars. They aim to provide inspiration for empirical student projects that we will begin planning and conducting early in the semester.
In the second half of the course, the focus is exclusively on empirical investigation of a self-defined sociotechnical issue relating to globalization.
This project work is conducted individually and involves making a research plan, including an analytically qualified formulation of research questions and methods, making observations and interviews with relevant people, and reading reports and written material and writing a final report.
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See the schedule here:
link to the time table
The schedule will be available shortly before the beginning of the term.
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| Læringsaktiviteter: | The syllabus will comprise approximately 750 pages of literature.
Preparation for seminars in the first half of the course usually involves reading two or more articles and preparing to discuss questions relating to specific themes. In the second half of the course there are no lectures as students are conducting their projects. During this period teaching will take place as supervision. |
| Eksamensform og -beskrivelse: | X. experimental examination form (7-scale; external exam), 7-trins-skala, Ekstern censur
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| Litteratur udover forskningsartikler: | Other materials from e.g. public press, internet etc., may be included. |
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