ADM825-005 Special Issues in Organization and Management (Autumn 2025)

ECTS Credits:
2.5
Responsible faculty:
Avdeling for økonomi og samfunnsvitenskap
Campus:
Molde
Course Leader:
Hallgeir Gammelsæter
Teaching language:
Norwegian
Study level:
{code=HN, name=Second degree level}
Duration:
½ year
Schedule (TP) Reading list (Leganto)

Table of contents

Contents

ADM25 seminars are normally given by invited professors that teach one of their special topics. The seminars may change from year to year. Examples of topics are:

  • Organisations and Strategy: Theory and Practice
  • Reform and Theories of Organizational Change
  • Institutional Theories of Organization
  • Organizational governance
  • Globalization and the Circulation of Management Ideas
  • Managing Innovation in a Digitized World
  • Management teams and decision-making in organisations
  • Current trends in corporate branding and reputation management
  • Economic theories of organisation
  • The political economy of globalisation

The course is connected to the following study programs

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
ADM820 – Innovation in services and the public sector. 2.5

Forms of teaching and learning

Each seminar is normally taught Monday to Thursday for one week. Within minimum 15 hours of class, teaching will be a mix of lectures, assignments, group work and discussions. Teachers are free to organise their seminar according to their preferred teaching approach, so changes must be a anticipated.

Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam

50 % class attendance is mandatory.

Exam

  • Three hour written exam end of week (Friday). The exam starts at noon. Supporting materials are lecture notes and own notes (printed, not digital)
  • Exceptions may apply
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