ADM722 Global change and organizations (Autumn 2024)
- 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
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
- Master in Change and Management
- Master in Economics and Business Administration
- Exchange programme - Master's level
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
- Submission of 1 assignment (pass/fail)
- 50 % presence in seminars. Attendance can be replaced with an additional assignment that must be passed (2-3000 words).
- Comment: Mandatory coursework must be completed in the same semester as the course is taught, and then gives access to the ordinary exam. Approved course work also give access to the first "New and retake exam" if such an exam is arranged. The mandatory course work is no longer valid in the future. This means that students who take the course again must do the mandatory course work again.
Exam
- Form of assessment: Home exam
- Proportion: 100 %
- Duration: One semester
- Grading scale: Letter (A - F)
- Support material: All printed and written supporting material
Pensum
The current reading list for 2024 Autumn can be found in Leganto
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Oct. 14, 2026 4:50:07 AM