ØAADM4300 Work Environment and Leadership Course description

This course builds on the course Strategic Human Resources Management and focuses on the management's responsibility for mapping and developing an organisation's working environment.

Language of instruction is Norwegian.

Applied Statistical Methods and Strategic Human Resources Management.

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After completing the course, students will acquired the learning outcomes defined in knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student has

• insight into important development trends in workplaces today and their implications for the working environment and leadership
• in-depth knowledge of important theories and empirical data in the field at the national as well as the international level

Skills

The student is capable of

• mapping and analysing organisations with an emphasis on working environment and leadership
• critical and independent thinking about relevant working environment and leadership issues

General competence

The student has

• analytical skills
• relational and group-based problem-solving skills
• skills in verbal and written communication

The main work methods in this course are lectures and discussions.

In order to be able to register for the exam, the student must have the following approved work requirements:

• Coursework 1: Students will present an article from the syllabus in groups of two to five students. The time frame of the presentations is 45 minutes.
• Coursework 2: Students must submit a project sketch as preparation for the term paper.

The purpose of the coursework requirements is for the students to practice presenting and applying the theoretical knowledge taught in the course.

All required coursework must be completed and approved by the given deadline in order for the student to take the exam. If the presentation or project sketch is not approved, one new opportunity is given to present the article or submit a new project sketch by the given deadline.

The exam in the course is a course paper.

The course paper can be written individually or in pairs. The course paper must have a scope of 12-16 pages for students who write individual papers and 17-20 pages for papers written by two students together (not including the cover page, list of references and appendices).

Font and font size: Arial / Calibri 12 points. Line spacing: 1.5.

Students awarded a fail grade are given one opportunity to submit an improved version of the course paper.

All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

Grade scale A-F

The exam papers are assessed by one internal and one external examiner.

At least 25% of the exam papers will be assessed by two examiners. The grades awarded for the papers assessed by two examiners form the basis for determining the level for all the exam papers.

Beate Elstad