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Course syllabus - Communication in complex organizations
Scope
7.5 credits
Course code
ITE416
Valid from
Autumn semester 2020
Education level
Second cycle
Progressive Specialisation
A1F (Second cycle, has second-cycle course/s as entry requirements).
Main area(s)
Innovation and Design
School
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
Ratified
2017-01-31
Revised
2020-01-24
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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Articles
Artiklar kommer att delas ut under kursens gång
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Articles
Perspective: Complexity Theory and Organization Science
Organization Science (Providence, R.I.), 10(3), 1999
URL: Link
Employee Communication Responsibility: Its Antecedents and Implications for Strategic Communication Management
International Journal of Strategic Communication, 13(1), 2019
URL: Link
Feminist data visualization. In Workshop on Visualization for the Digital Humanities (VIS4DH)
Baltimore. IEEE, 2016
In the Wake of New Media: Connecting the Who with the How of Strategizing Communication
International Journal of Strategic Communication, 10(4), 2016
URL: Link
Defining strategic communication
International Journal of Strategic Communication, 1(1), 2007
Expanding the scope of strategic communication: Towards a holistic understanding of organizational complexity
International Journal of Strategic Communication, 12(4), 2018
Struggling with internal crisis communication: A balancing act between paradoxical tensions
Public Relations Inquiry, 4(2), 2015
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Intercultural Organizational Communication: The Social Organizing of Interaction in International Encounters
Journal of Business Communication, 48(3), 2011
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Self-managing organizations: Exploring the limits of less-hierarchical organizing
Research in Organizational Behavior, 37, 2017
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Strategic Communication: Reflections on an Elusive Concept
International Journal of Strategic Communication, 12(4), 2018
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Don't Simplify, Complexify: From Disjunctive to Conjunctive Theorizing in Organization and Management Studies
Jour. of Manage. Stud., 54, 2017
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Communication Theory: An Underrated Pillar on Which Strategic Communication Rests
International Journal of Strategic Communication, 12(4), 2018
URL: Link
Objectives
The aim of the course is to give the student an understanding of and knowledge about how different communications strategies work in complex organizations, and how culture, ethnicity and gender can affect the communication.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student shall be able to:
1. apply appropriate methods and be able to choose relevant media in order to support the communication between different parts in an organisation for a specific purpose
2. choose, motivate and apply communication strategies in regard to cultural and ethnical aspects within and between organizations
3. asses how communication can support processes in innovation and design
4. analyse and assess how gender, culture and ethnicity affect communication within and between organisations
5. analyse and understand what affects different communication process and situations; and how the consequences of communication appears
Course content
The focus of the course is on communications strategies for complex organisations. From literature studies, lectures and seminars the student will be introduced to how gender, culture and ethnicity affect the communication within and between differen organisations.
Specific requirements
A completed Bachelor´s degree, equivalent to 140 credits. In addition, Swedish B/Swedish 3 and English A/English 6 are required. For courses given entirely in English exemption is made from the requirement in Swedish B/Swedish 3.
Examination
Seminar (SEM3), 2 credits, (examines the learning objectives 4 and 5), marks Fail (U) or Pass (G)
Project (PRO1), 5,5 credits, (examines the learning objectives 1-5), marks Fail (U), Pass (G) or Pass with Distinction (VG)
A student who has a certificate from MDU regarding a disability has the opportunity to submit a request for supportive measures during written examinations or other forms of examination, in accordance with the Rules and Regulations for Examinations at First-cycle and Second-cycle Level at Mälardalen University (2020/1655). It is the examiner who takes decisions on any supportive measures, based on what kind of certificate is issued, and in that case which measures are to be applied.
Suspicions of attempting to deceive in examinations (cheating) are reported to the Vice-Chancellor, in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance, and are examined by the University’s Disciplinary Board. If the Disciplinary Board considers the student to be guilty of a disciplinary offence, the Board will take a decision on disciplinary action, which will be a warning or suspension.
Grade
Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail