Course description for 2019/20
Organization
ORG1001
Course description for 2019/20

Organization

ORG1001
The course provides an introduction to basic organizational theory and working- and leader psychology. The course highlights the organizations' internal life and its relationship to its surroundings. These processes are examined from various angles on the basis of the conceptual enterprise model.

Knowledge

The candidate should have: 

  • knowledge of basic organizational theory and essential union-related topics
  • knowledge of key concepts and models that deal with various aspects of an organization that stakeholders and environment, structure and culture, motivation, leadership and change.

 Skills The candidate should have:

  • the ability to analyze fundamental union-related issues and discuss possible solutions
  • the ability to discuss practice related issues and phenomena using relevant theory

General competence The candidate should have:

  • the ability in writing to convey key subject matter of organizational discipline topic areas
  • the ability to put specific issues and phenomena in perspective through critical use of organizational theory
No costs except semester registration fee and syllabus literature.
Compulsory
Lecture, learning support materials in an electronic classroom.
The study programme is evaluated annually by students by way of course evaluation studies (mid-term evaluation and final evaluation). These evaluations are included in the university's quality assurance system.

Due to the Covid-19 epedemic, a number of assessments and exams at Nord University has been changed.

Changes are made in accordance with the Temporary Regulations on Supplements to Regulation 31/01/2019 no. 63: Concerning Studies and Examinations at Nord University - Extraordinary Measures as a Result of the Coronavirus Epidemic- according to §2 of the Corona Epidemic, Assessment Methods, Sections 1-3

To accommodate this, the form of assessment will be changed from Written School examination to Take -home Examination on this course in the spring of 2020.

Overlap refers to a similarity between courses with the same content. Therefore, you will receive the following reduction in credits if you have taken the courses listed below:

OR125E - Organisation - 7.5 credits

OR127E - Organisation and Management - 7.5 credits

OR214S - Organizational Psychology - 7.5 credits

PO110S - Organization Theory - 7.5 credits

EK225E-1 - Strategy, Organization and Marketing - 7.5 credits

ØKO1421 - Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management and Entrepreneurship - 7.5 credits

ØKO141 - Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management - 7.5 credits

BE100E - Innføring i økonomi og administrasjon - 4 credits