Organisational Change (Summer University) (Spring 2020)

Abstract

The goal of the course is to enable students to understand the interplay between IT and organizational change, and understand strategies for managing organizational change processes.

Description

The aim of this course is to give the student an overview of organizational theory and different approaches to organizational change. Organizational theory covers organizational structure, decision-making, institutional and systems theory, as well as organizational culture and the role of leadership and management. Organizational change covers approaches such as business process reengineering, commanding, metrics-driven and production-focused change as well as more critical and reflective approaches such as employee-driven change, learning-driven change, exploration, transformational change, change as emergent, and socialization as change. Furthermore, optional or voluntary change and the mechanisms influencing diffusion and adoption of IT will be covered. 
Students will learn how to apply an appropriate organizational change approach within the context and situation in an organization. The course can be based on cases from public and private organizations, global and local.

Formal prerequisites

Intended learning outcomes

After the course, the student should be able to:

• Account for different theories of organisational change, change management, and organisational culture
• Explain the relationship between change management and digital technologies
• Apply theories to understand and explain organisational change
• Reflect on the role of digital technology in organisational change

Course literature

The course literature is published in the course page in LearnIT.

Ordinary exam

Exam type:
C: Submission of written work, external (7-trinsskala)
Exam variation:
CG: Submission of written work for groups.

Time and date