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Course Catalog 1998/99


Business Adm and Social Science

IEO601 Organization and Leadership 15.0 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
Q 2 - Q3

LANGUAGE:Swedish

EXAMINER
Sven-Åke Hörte Prof


PREREQUISITES
Basic competence and standard competence A. Priority is given to applicants with three years of work experience

COURSE AIM
Part 1, Organization I, 7.5 ECTS:
After passing the course, students shall have knowledge of
- what organizations are like, how they are structured and how they work
- organizational structures, management and development

Part 2, Management, 7.5 ECTS:
The aim of part two is to
- provide advanced knowledge of management.


CONTENTS
Part 1, Organization,
Organizations as a phenomenon are delt with. Social phenomena as groups, leadership, power and participation are other topics of importance. Culture, structures as well as organizational development are highlighted on the organizational level.

Part 2, Leadership
The course deals with leadership through different ways of clarifying the different functions of leadership. It is based on research in management developed over time and on current research in management in business administration. Thus, the course deals with the change of the role of the leader, the influence of the leader as to cognitive and strategic thinking, leadership as international competition parameter, assessment methods when recruiting leaders as well as leadership development.

TEACHING
Part 2:
Teaching will take the form of lectures and seminars.

EXAMINATION

COURSE GRADE SCALE: U, G, VG

ITEMS/CREDITS

Organization - written exam 6.00ECTS
Leadership - written exam 6.00ECTS
Leadership - required assignments 1.50ECTS
Organization - required assignments 1.50ECTS

COURSE LITTERATURE
Part 1
Bruzelius, L & Skärvad, P-H, Integrerad organisationslära, Lund, Studentlitteratur, 1995.
Tägtström, T, Ershammar, M & Helmrich K., Flöden för framgång. Informationsgruppens förlag, 1996.
IES, Övningsuppgifter i organisation, 1998
More material will be added.

Part 2
Bolman L G, Deal T E, Reframing Organizations, Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1993
Schein, E, Organizational Psychology, Prentice Hall,, 1988 (p 1-181)
Wiberg, L, Teori 3, Nerenius och Santérus förlag, 1992
Another book on free choice, some articles and a novel will be added

Reference literature:
Källström A, I spetsen för sin flock, Förlags AB Industrilitteratur, 1995
Tollgerdt-Andersson, I., Framgång eller motgång, Liber, 1990
Tollgerdt-Andersson, I., Svenskt ledarskap i Europa, Liber Hermods, 1996


Valid for school year 1998/99.
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