Current active course description (last updated 2025/26)
Introduction to Knowledge, Organization and Leadership
MKL110
Current active course description (last updated 2025/26)
Introduction to Knowledge, Organization and Leadership
MKL110
The course provides students with a basic understanding of knowledge management including the management of knowledge-related work and knowledge processes. The course provides an introduction to different perspectives on knowledge, organisation and management concerning the history of ideas. This means focusing on how different approaches to knowledge affect the understanding of organisation and management. Emphasis is placed on developing students’ ability to see the relationships between organisation and knowledge society, and the importance this has regarding the manager’s role. Students are trained to apply different theoretical perspectives to practical and experience-based issues, both from their own and others’ managerial practice. Great emphasis is placed on the development of a learning community, where the sharing of knowledge between students through various forms of cooperation will be key. Students will be trained in critical reflection through discussion and academic writing, with the goal of achieving a reflected relationship with their own managerial practice.
After completing the course, candidates will have attained the following learning outcomes defined in knowledge, skills and general competence.
Candidate
Knowledge
The student
- has advanced knowledge of different knowledge perspectives and understandings of organization and management
- has in-depth knowledge of various scientific perspectives and theories within the field of organization and management
- Can apply knowledge in new areas within the subject area
- can identify and analyze knowledge-related issues based on various scientific perspectives and theories within the subject area of organization and management
- Has in-depth knowledge of important drivers linked to the development of a sustainable knowledge society nationally and internationally.
Skills
The student
- can analyze and relate critically to various sources of information and use these to structure and formulate professional reasoning
- can analyze and discuss from different theories and perspectives in the field of organization and management and be able to critically reflect on the theories' strengths and weaknesses.
- can apply knowledge to reflect on their own and others' management practices based on different perspectives and theories
- can work independently with practical problem solutions in own and others' businesses and organizations using theory and methods in the field of organization and management
General competence
The student
- can analyze relevant ethical knowledge-related issues related to knowledge management
- can apply their knowledge and skills in new areas
- can communicate independent work both in writing and orally and master the subject's central terminology
- can use specific examples to illustrate and explain general theoretical models and concepts related to knowledge work
See programme description
Compulsory theoretical course.
Lectures, case studies, academic and collective supervision, various forms of group work; discussions, practical exercises, reflective teams and response groups.
Compulsory attendance on the first day of the first session - must be approved in order to sit the exam
Compulsory coursework requirements - all coursework must be approved in order to take the examination
- 2 compulsory papers.
Final assessment:
- Home examination, group, 5 days, grading scale A-F, counts for 100%
Group 2-3 students. Examination in May. Two examiners, of which at least one is an external examiner.
Generating an answer using ChatGPT or similar artificial intelligence and submitting it wholly or partially as one's own answer is considered cheating
No prerequisite knowledge apart from the admission requirements.