Course syllabus - Technology in Organizations and Society

Objectives

The purpose is to guide students to critically approach the main challenges related to technological development in organizations and society at large. Several theoretical frameworks are presented throughout the course in order to analyze the relationship between social processes and technological development, in particular with regard to sustainability issues broadly meant. This is a distance course that students can attend while working full time. As the course is given in  English, applications can be submitted from all over the world.

Learning outcomes

1. Problematize the relationship between technology and society .
2. Use a proper scientific terminology when communicating and presenting, in writing.
3. Demonstrate the ability to integrate interdisciplinary knowledge to analyse the complexity of contemporary challenges.

Course content

The course focuses on technological change, organizational processes, and social challenges, and introduces theoretical tools to critically interpret the relationships between them.

Tuition

Since the course is a distance learning course, the teaching will be in the form of online lectures, published on the course web platform.

Requirements

General entry requirements

Examination

Assignment (INL1), 4 credits. Exam requiring articulating an answer to open question(s) that asks for reasoning on specific concepts by using them properly in relation to others. Grades Excellent (A), Very good (B), Good (C), Satisfactory (D), Sufficient (E), Insufficient, complementary work possible (Fx), Insufficient (F) Learning outcomes 1-2
Assignment (INL2), 3,5 credits. Essay in which one theme addressed in the course is discussed using scholarly literature. Grades Excellent (A), Very good (B), Good (C), Satisfactory (D), Sufficient (E), Insufficient, complementary work possible (Fx), Insufficient (F) Learning outcome 3

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Grade

Excellent, Very good, Good, Satisfactory, Sufficient, Insufficient, complementary work possible, Insufficient

Interim Regulations and Other Regulations

This course partially overlaps with IEO101 regarding the general theoretical framework. However, while IEO101 is thematically driven (lectures and guest lectures organized around a specific theme), this course is not theme-based. Examinations in these two courses are not overlapping as they are designed according to a different structure of the courses.