Advanced Organization, Strategy and Leadership

2023/2024

Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Modern organisations increasingly need to be able to evolve in line with the expectations of their environment, driven by increasing international competition but also by a high rate of change in industries and markets. This places new and different demands on leadership, which is expected to be able to develop appropriate strategies and thereby adapt the organisation.

The module provides an insight into the work of modern organisations on strategy, organisation and leadership in practice. Therefore, the aim of the module is to introduce the student to a wide range of classic, contemporary and more recent perspectives in strategy, organisation and leadership.

Learning objectives

Knowledge

The objective is that the student after the module possesses the necessary knowledge on:

  • key theoretical approaches to advanced organisation, strategy and leadership.
  • key theoretical aspects of several approaches to organisation, strategy and leadership and can reflect on strategic processes on a scientific basis.

Skills

The objective is that the student after the module possesses the necessary skills in:

  • defining and explaining organisational, strategic and leadership theories, tools and methods.
  • dealing analytically and critically with the problems of modern organisations.

Competences

The objective is that the student after the module possesses the necessary competences in:

  • being able to independently organising and conducting analyses of key issues in advanced organisation, strategy and leadership.
  • presenting and discussing practical and scientific issues in advanced organisation, strategy and leadership with different target groups.

Type of instruction

For information see § 17.

Exam

Exams

Name of examAdvanced Organization, Strategy and Leadership
Type of exam
Oral exam
Group examination with max. 4 students. The student may also choose to write the project alone.
ECTS5
Assessment7-point grading scale
Type of gradingInternal examination
Criteria of assessmentThe criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination Policies and Procedures

Facts about the module

Danish titleVideregående organisation, strategi og ledelse
Module codeBAEØK202231
Module typeCourse
Duration1 semester
SemesterSpring
ECTS5
Language of instructionDanish
Location of the lectureCampus Aalborg
Responsible for the module

Organisation

Study BoardStudy Board of Economics and Business Administration
DepartmentAalborg University Business School
FacultyFaculty of Social Sciences and Humanities