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| Udgave: |
Efterår 2013 Samf |
| ECTS points: |
5 ECTS |
| Punkter: |
5 ECTS |
Semester: |
Summer School August 2013 |
| Institutter: |
Socioloigsk Institut |
| Studieordning: |
Valgfag BA+MA |
| Kontaktpersoner: |
Helge Albrechtsen, e-mail: hal@soc.ku.dk |
| Skema- oplysninger: |
Week 31
July 29, 10.00-12.00 and 14.00-16.00
July 30, 10.00-12.00 and 14.00-16.00
August 2, 10.00-12.00
Week 32
August 5, 14.00-16.00
August 9, 14.00-16.00
Please be aware that the time table is preliminary. Changes may appear. |
| Skema- oplysninger: |
 Vis skema for kurset
Samlet oversigt over tid og sted for alle kurser inden for Lektionsplan for Det Samfundsvidenskabelige Fakultet Efterår 2013 Samf |
| Undervisnings- form: |
Lectures including discussions. During the course, students will be encouraged to apply the acquired theoretical and methodological approaches on selected cases, e.g. by using some of the cases discussed in the course or by selecting some individually. |
| Formål: |
AIM:
The aim of the course is to give students the skills required for:
a) analysing organisations according to the topic of innovation and change,
b) assessing changes in strategies, structures and processes as regards the organisational agenda of innovation,
c) doing further studies in the field of organisations and innovation both regarding the enterprise level as well as the comparative perspective,
d) classifying studies of the relationship between organisations and innovation to related disciplines.
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| Indhold: |
Innovation and change have always accompanied mankind.
However, since the last decades, the relationship between innovation and change has increasingly been discussed as being crucial for the development of organisations, due to the rising global competition.
This is fascinating, because managing innovation depends on highly committed organisational members and what is more, it goes along with the increased emphasis on the individual within sociology since the mid-20th century. Within related and interdisciplinary founded disciplines, such as management theories, a similar development is the case.
Subsequently, the present interest for innovation and change in today’s working life is linked to the appearance of a more knowledge-based production and the following growing need for optimising the management of human assets.
The well known shift in organisational studies from so-called closed to open systems during the last century indicated an increasing interdependency between organisations and their environment, due to a permanent rising complexity within modern and thus highly differentiated societies.
The concept of innovation seems to go one step further in terms of organisational adaptation to an increasing turbulent environment as regards technological, socio-economic and institutional changes. However, organisations are still the primarily space in contemporary societies facilitating knowledge based production and innovation. Until the 1980s, innovation was seen in more linear terms – from invention, over imitation, to diffusion – but since, it has increasingly changed to be a highly complex process of interaction and mutual learning based on a higher degree of network coordination as a solution to increasing fluid organisational boundaries, i.e., public-private partnerships or the increasing importance of voluntary organisations as coordinating measures in the interplay between economy, state and civil society.
Furthermore, comparisons of various capitalist cultures in terms of regulation are important when it comes to the issue of the implementation of innovation, focusing on how national business systems differ in terms of institutional configurations.
This is important when considering whether different national management strategies are characterised by convergence or divergence. Finally, the institutional embeddedness of enterprises is an important issue, for instance, regarding the role of the labour market parties due to an increased implementation of innovative concepts at enterprise level.
The relationship between societal changes and the need for organisational adaptation in terms of innovation policies may be mirrored in a variety of organisational sociological positions, i.e. institutional, action theoretical (RC), systems theoretical, and cultural (symbolic interpretative) approaches. During the course, students will be encouraged to apply the acquired theoretical and methodological approaches on selected cases in a Danish context as well as in a cross-national perspective.
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| Lærebøger: |
Examination requirement app. 400 pages
• A course compendium (around 400 pages) which is available at the campus bookstore: Akademisk Boghandel at CSS
Requirement readings/syllabus will be distributed during the first session.
Compendium can be purchased at the Akademisk Boghandel, CSS, Øster Farimagsgade 5, building 7, at the beginning of the semester.
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| Eksamensform: |
Eksamensform:
• Mundtlig eksamen med synopsis/Oral exam based upon a synopsis
Bedømmelse: Karakter efter 7-trins-skala
Gruppe/individuel: Individuel opgave, kan afleveres i gruppe
Omfang: Synopsen max 3 sider á 2400 tegn
Synopsen er beregnet som diskussionsgrundlag og indgår ikke i bedømmelsen.
• Aktiv undervisningsdeltagelse med small paper/Active participation with small essays
Bedømmelse: Bestået/ikke bestået
• Afløsningsopgave/Free written take-home essay with petitum
Bedømmelse: 7-trins-skala
Individuel
Omfang: Max 7½ side á 2400 tegn (inkl. mellemrum). Ved gruppebesvarelser tillægges 50 % á 2400 tegn pr. ekstra studerende.
Bemærk: Ved gruppebesvarelser skal den enkelte studerendes bidrag kunne konstateres.
Censur: Intern censur.
Ændring af eksamensform er senest 7 dage før den fastlagte afleveringsdato.
Change of exam form no later than 7 days before the planned date of submission.
Handing in of papers:
Ordinary exam:
Handing in of Free written take-home essays 27th August at 12 o’clock at the latest in the Secretariat (16.1.26).
Handing in of synopsis 27th August at 12 o’clock at the latest in the Secretariat (16.1.26).
Reexamination: Handing in of essays 3rd September at 12 o’clock at the latest in the Secretariat (16.1.26).
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| Kursus hjemmeside: |
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| Bemærkninger: |
Kurset fungerer samtidig som liniefag i specialseringsretnigen: Organisation, Ledelse og Arbejdsmarked
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| Undervisnings- sprog: |
Kun engelsk
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| Sidst redigeret: |
19/5-2013 |