ADM722 Global change and organizations (Autumn 2023)

ECTS Credits:
7.5
Responsible faculty:
Avdeling for økonomi og samfunnsvitenskap
Campus:
Molde
Course Leader:
Acar Kutay
Teaching language:
English
Study level:
{code=HN, name=Second degree level}
Duration:
½ year
Schedule (TP) Reading list (Leganto)

Table of contents

Contents

This course offers an in-depth exploration of the interplay between global trends and organizations, with a focus on social and political processes. Topics that will be covered include governance, economic globalization, managerialism, populism, and representative democracy. Through discussions, case studies and examples, students will gain a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities that organizations face in today's global environment. By the end of the course, students will have acquired critical skills that enable them to understand and respond to these changes.

The course is connected to the following study programs

Recommended knowledge

ADM530 Globalisering

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
ADM700 – Global change and organizations. 7.5

The student's learning outcomes after passing the exam

General knowledge

After completing the course, the student will acquire the following knowledge:

• A comprehensive understanding of various global trends and developments and their relations to public and private organizations.

• Having advanced knowledge of governance, economic globalization, governance ideologies, and the impact of populism on representative democracy.

• An ability to understand the challenges and opportunities organizations face in today's changing global environment.

Skill

After completing the course, the student will acquire the following skills:

• Critical thinking and analytical skills within the topic.

• Participating in discussions, analyzing case studies, and applying real-world examples to understand the complexities of the global processes.

• Being able to assess and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to understanding global changes.

Competence

After completing the course, the student will acquire the following competences:

• Being able to navigate through the complexity of the global trends and their relations to organizations.

• Understanding and reflecting on global changes and their impact on organizations.

• Applying critical thinking to plan and implement projects in line with requirements for truthfulness, accuracy and ethics in scientific writing.

Forms of teaching and learning

Seminars

Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam

  • Mandatory coursework: Attendance for teaching
  • Presence: Required
  • Amount of the coursework: 1
  • Comment: 50 % presence in seminars plus a submission of an assignment is required to qualify for final exam. Required attendance can be replaced with an additional assignment that must be passed (2-3000 words).

Exam

  • Form of assessment: Home exam
  • Proportion: 100 %
  • Duration: 5 days
  • Grading scale: Letter (A - F)

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