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.

This is an intensive course in flipped classroom style. It requires students to prepare for the classes before and between the contact weekends and attend classes. The teaching methods include readings, active learning approaches, 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 congnitive flexibility. Please note that there is a pre assignment for the course. Instructions will be sent to registered students two weeks before the first contact day.

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

21.08.2023 - 13.10.2023

Portfolio The portfolio consists of individual assignments and reflection of learning during the contact lessons. .

12.06.2023 - 18.08.2023

Friday 1 September 17.40 - 20.30 and Saturday 2 September 9 - 15.45
Groupwork and class discussions on the future of work and organizations, introduction to organizational design

Friday 6 October 17.40 - 20.30 and Saturday 7 October 9.00 - 15.45
Short lectures, group work and class discussions on organizational design and organizational development methods

Submission of the portfolio 29 October 2023

MAICTE
MALEAE
MASALE
MAENTE
CONTACT
MAEXPE
MADIGE
EXCH
MACOME

Students requesting for RPL (recognition of prior learning) should prepare their applications (with the help of their tutoring teachers) and send them to Johanna Vuori by 25 August, 2023

Johanna Vuori

31 - 50

Assessment components in the portfolio and their weights:
Preassignment 20%
Interim assignments 10%
Final assignment 20%
Documentation and reflection of the intensive days 50%

Evaluation is based on reaching the learning outcomes
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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