EPN-V2

ØAADM2000 Business Strategy Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Foretaksstrategi
Study programme
Bachelor Programme in Business Administration and Economics
Bachelor Programme in Auditing and Accounting
Weight
7.5 ECTS
Year of study
2019/2020
Curriculum
SPRING 2020
Schedule
Course history

Introduction

Dette emnet gir studentene en innføring i strategisk analyse og ledelse. Studentene tilegner seg innsikt i og forståelse for strategisk analyse, strategisk tenkning og tilnærming, og gjøres dermed i stand til å delta i strategiske planprosesser i en virksomhet. Foretaksstrategi bygger på og anvender kunnskap og ferdigheter fra de øvrige økonomisk-administrative emnene slik at disse sees i sammenheng.

Recommended preliminary courses

Forkunnskaper tilsvarende Organisasjonsteori.

Required preliminary courses

Ingen forkunnskapskrav.

Learning outcomes

Approved by the Doctoral Committee 24 May 2018. Minor changes approved 27.04.2020.

This PhD-course is open for candidates at the PhD Program in Educational Sciences for Teacher Education, other PhD candidates and academic employees.

Language: English (and Norwegian, dependent on the language of participants).

This course is one of two PhD-courses on Action Research. Course 2 builds on Course 1. This first course addresses different forms of Action Research, as an approach to the intertwining of research and change in social and educational science. Approaches to Action Research will be related to philosophical questions of what science means in social research, questions of researching practice and user-engagement in research.

Teaching and learning methods

On completion of the course, the candidate will have achieved the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge

The candidate:

  • has knowledge of historical and contemporary perspectives on Action Research, related to philosophy of science.
  • has knowledge of key questions related to research and ethics in the field.

Skills

The candidate:

  • can analyze relationships between theories of knowledge and Action Research
  • can formulate epistemological, methodological, and ethical problems in educational science research related to Action Research
  • can give academically competent oral presentations at relevant national and international conferences

General competence

The candidate:

  • can identify and discuss relationships and conflicts between more general scientific theories and knowledge theories in Action Research, related to his/her field of research.
  • can give well-structured presentations of basic qualities and issues in Action Research

Course requirements

Organised tuition is given in the form of lectures and seminars. Candidates are expected to actively participate in all the teaching activities.

Assessment

Students are expected to read the syllabus before the course to be able to participate actively in discussions.

Permitted exam materials and equipment

Se egen hjelpemiddelliste som publiseres i god tid før eksamen.

Grading scale

The learning outcomes serve as criteria for assessments. The grades are "pass" or "fail".

Examiners

The presentation will be assessed by the course coordinator and a member of the academic staff involved in the PhD program.