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Course syllabus - Industrial Change: Challenges and opportunities
Scope
7.5 credits
Course code
IEO312
Valid from
Autumn semester 2026
Education level
Second cycle
Progressive Specialisation
A1N (Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements)
Main area(s)
Industrial Management
Organisation
Department of Business and Mathematics
Ratified
2025-12-18
Literature lists
Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.
Objectives
The aim of the course is to develop a deeper understanding of the underlying causes of industrial change and analysis of industrial change in relation to technical, economic and social developments.
The course also provides knowledge about the roles of different actors for industrial change and the dynamics between different actors during industrial transformations. Furthermore, challenges and opportunities for industrial change through innovation management, entrepreneurship and policy developments will be addressed. The students will relate acquired knowledge from the program as a whole to management of technological change and industrial transformation. Individual work is made together with work in small groups to analyze scientific texts and relevant case studies.
Learning outcomes
- Identify and describe mechanisms that are fundamental to industrial change and that interplay with other mechanisms during industrial transformations
- Compare and value different theories concerning industrial change and transformation
- Critically compare, value and apply different analytical frameworks on case studies of industrial change
- Relate and apply knowledge regarding industrial and technological change to challenges and problems in the areas of innovation and strategic management
- Apply knowledge from the course by applying a number of skills, which will be defined in the course description
Course content
The course is based on an online-based lecture series together with seminars and exercises digital. Learning materials and assignments are distributed and handled through the course's digital learning platform.
The theoretical basis of the course mainly comes from the areas of Industrial Dynamics and Socio-technical Systems Theory with strong links to Evolutionary Economics and Institutional Economics. The knowledge of Industrial Dynamics and Systems will later be applied practically in the areas of Innovation Management and Strategic Management during the course.
Several cases of industrial change will be presented during the course where contemporary cases will be mixed with historical examples of industrial transformations.
Examination consists of both individual assignments that will be distributed throughout the course along with a final group assignment.
Specific requirements
120 credits within the MSc programme in Industrial Economics, which includes 30 credits within the subject "industrial engineering and management", or comparable. In addition Swedish course 3 or Swedish level 3 and English course 6 or English level 2 are required. For courses given entirely in English exemption is made from the requirement in Swedish course 3 or Swedish level 3.
Examination
TEN1, Written on-campus examination, 5 credits, grade: Excellent (A), Very good (B), Good (C), Satisfactory (D), Sufficient (E), Insufficient (F). Learning outcome: 1-5.
INL1, Assignment, 2,5 credits, grade: Pass(G), Fail (U). Learning outcome: 1-5. Individual assignment, digital on Canvas.
A student who has a certificate from MDU regarding disability study support, can request adaptions for the examination. It is the examiner who takes decisions on any adaptions, based on the certificate and other conditions.
Grade
AF-skala
Interim Regulations and Other Regulations
Overlap fully with IEO302.