Evolving Organisations - Study guide

No prerequisites. This course unit is part of the master's degree's curriculum. Completion of the course requires master's study entitlement.

- The future of changing work
- Agency and job crafting
- Human and social capital in an organisation
- Organisational design
- New ways of organising
- Organisational tensions
- Organisational development and ethics

When the implementation type of the course is CONTACT, ONLINE or BLENDED it is required that the student is present during those teaching hours that are marked in the study schedule. If you are absent more than 25 %, your grade will be lowered by one. If you are absent more than 50 %, the course is failed.

The student is able to recognize some trends affecting the future of work and reflect her/his own work and role against the changes. S/he recognises the elements of organisational design and is able to explain some tensions in organisations. The student recognises different organisational concepts and ways to organise. S/he can define some approaches to organisational development and plan how to apply them in a development plan. S/he writes professional text.

In addition to competences described in grade 1, s/he is able to identify ways how to develop agency at work. S/he can compare different organisational designs and their elements. S/he is able to distinguish different kinds of tensions and their consequences in organisations and explain how they emerge. S/he can select and compare different approach for organisational development and take multiple perspectives into account when planning how to apply them in practice. S/he recognises and reflects ethical questions related to change and development work. The level of student’s academic writing is mostly correct.

In addition to competences in grade 1 and 3, the student can distinguish multiple perspectives affecting the future of work and able to evaluate which factors and trends will affect her/his own job and career. The student is able to critically assess the factors that affect her/his own work, organisational design and organisational development from different perspectives. This is demonstrated in reports comparing, justifying and using of different theoretical frameworks. The level of student’s academic writing is correct.

This course replaces the course Leading Change from the previous curriculum.

The teaching methods of this online course include readings, active learning assignments, class discussions, short lectures and (critical) reflection of students' past and current experiences with work practices and organisations. These learning methods have been designed to foster the following meta competences: complex problem solving, critical thinking, people management, coordinating with others and cognitive flexibility.

Anita Pösö

Literature supporting student learning will be presented in course Moodle

Course themes and assignments relate to students’ own work and their work organisations

Pasila Campus

no exam

English

International student body

13.01.2025 - 14.03.2025

1. Mind-map on the future of work 30 points 2. Two interim assignments related to organisational design and organisation development, total of 30 points 3. Final assignment on organisation development 40 points .

02.01.2025 - 10.01.2025

This class will meet once a week online on Wednesdays at 17:40 - 20.30. The zoom link will be sent to students at the beginning of the spring semester 2025

15 January: orientation and paradox thinking
22 January: job crafting and agency
29 January: future of work
5 February: organization and organization design
12 February: organization and organization design continuing
no class on 19 February
26 February: self-managing organization
5 March organizational development
12 March organizational development continuing

Final assignment due on 1 April, grades by 22 April

MASALE
EVENING
MAEXPE
ONLINE
MAAVBUM

Johanna Vuori

31 - 60

Evaluation is based on reaching the learning outcomes and demonstrated in the learning and final assignments
Grading
90 – 100 points, grade 5
80 – 89 points, grade 4
70 – 79 points, grade 3
60 – 69 points, grade 2
50 – 59 points, grade 1

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