Leading and Organizing 7.5 credits

The course focuses on understanding the management, leadership, and organization of businesses based on the main purpose of the business. In particular, different forms of contradictions and tensions in organizations are discussed. The course contributes to knowledge, skills and abilities in management, leadership and organization through analysis and application of theories and models in relation to both fictional and real cases. The course includes the following elements: - Operations management - Learning in organizations - Perspective on change - improvement, development, innovation - To lead communication processes - To lead and organize in relation to internal and external conditions - Organizational structures - Identify opportunities and barriers for the development of the organization - The relationship between technology, context, and internal organization - Application of methods and models from previous courses.