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Course syllabus - Innovative Organizing
Scope
15 credits
Course code
KIN153
Valid from
Autumn semester 2013
Education level
First cycle
Progressive Specialisation
G1N (First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements).
Main area(s)
Innovation Technology
School
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
Ratified
2013-02-14
Status
This syllabus is not current and will not be given any more
Literature lists
Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.
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Books
Democratizing innovation
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, cop. 2005 - x, 204 s.
ISBN: 0-262-00274-4 LIBRIS-ID: 9873593
URL: Fulltext
Organisation från grunden
1. uppl. : Malmö : Liber, 2007 - 186 s.
ISBN: 9789147077625 LIBRIS-ID: 10057524
Att leda osäkra och komplexa projekt : från styrning och kontroll till stöd för självorganisering
1. uppl. : Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2014 - 164 s.
ISBN: 9789144091723 LIBRIS-ID: 16596146
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Books
A very short, fairly interesting and reasonably cheap book about management
Los Angeles : SAGE, 2009 - x, 156 p.
ISBN: 9781412935463 (hbk.) LIBRIS-ID: 11493065
Organisation från grunden
1. uppl. : Malmö : Liber, 2007 - 186 s.
ISBN: 9789147077625 LIBRIS-ID: 10057524
Others
Ett antal (c:a10-15) vetenskapliga artiklar kommer att ingå.
Akademin för innovation, design och teknik,
Objectives
The course shall give the student basic knowledge of theories about innovative organizations and processes.
Learning outcomes
After the completion of the course the student should have gained an overview of the field of organizational theories and it´s multitude of perspectives and disciplines. The student should also have gained deeper understanding of different forms of innovative organizing and be able to conduct a discussion that differentiates between episodic and continuous change, innovative processes on organizational, group and individual level, as well as formal and informal organization. The student should also have apprehended terms like virtual organizations, organizational strategy, organizational culture and organizational learning respectively how they relate to the organizations innovative capability.
Course content
Questions that the course addresses includes:
- What is an innovative organization respectively innovative organizing?
- What patterns can we identify within those organizations that are considered innovative?
- How can different business environments effect different organizations needs for innovation?
- What types of organizational changes are there?
- What characterizes innovative strategies?
- What are the most common organizational perspectives, and how can they help us understand innovation better?
- What theoretical concepts and terms will help us to best understand organizational abilities for innovation?
- Your questions.
Tuition
The course includes lectures, practical exercises, individual and group assignments, seminars and one or more larger presentations.
Requirements
General entry requirements
Examination
Exercise (GRU1), 6 credits, marks Pass (G) or Pass with distinction (VG)
Exercise (INL1), 5 credits, marks Pass (G) or Pass with distinction (VG)
Seminar (SEM1), 1 credits, marks Pass (G)
Examination (TEN1), 3 credits, marks Pass (G) or Pass with distinction (VG)
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Grade
Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail