ØABED3400 Management Control Systems Course description

Management control is essential in all organisastions. Lack of appropriate management control systems can result in underperformance, large financial losses, damaged reputation and even organisational failure. This course is an introduction to design and use of management control systems in organisations facing different challenges.

Gradert skala A - F

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Knowledge

The student has:

• knowledge of the use of management control systems in organisations
• an overview of different management control systems
• insight into the process of designing new control systems and changing old control systems to face different challenges of organisations
• knowledge of the unintended consequences of management control systems and how to handle these
• insight into ethical issues of design and use of control systems

Skills

The student know how to:

• use critical thinking, discussion and collaboration when working with design and use of management control systems in organisations
• design appropriate management control systems in smaller organisations

General knowledge

The student know how to:

• develop and work with cases

Journalism is changing and so is investigative journalism. Amongst the factors that affect investigative journalism are emerging digital media and changing technology. This course aims to encourage investigative journalism in digital times and gives students the opportunity to collaborate across borders using digital technology. A rising trend within international investigative journalism is to collaborate across borders and exchange useful information and data. Similarly, investigative journalists increasingly work in interdisciplinary teams drawing on expertise from such fields as law, economy, information technology and social science. The course seeks to deepen the understanding and knowledge of such investigative journalism.

The course will emphasize digital ways to investigate data. Students will learn principles of big data harvesting and analysis, and they will collaborate internationally with other students either on analyses of digital working methods or on doing more practical research related to investigative stories.

Another important aspect will be securing digital life and protecting sources when doing collaborative investigations across borders.

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The student should have the following learning outcomes upon successful completion of the course:

Knowledge

The student

• has acquired deeper understanding of methodologies in digital investigative journalism
• has acquired solid knowledge of both traditional investigative journalism and more recent digital investigative journalism
• has got insight into how to collaborate across borders by utilizing digital tools
• has developed deeper knowledge of investigative techniques, particularly when used online
• has developed an understanding of ethical perspectives of digital investigative journalism

Skills

The student

• can use appropriate theories, methods and knowledge to develop and conduct an investigative journalistic project with digital methodologies
• can use digital tools to harvest and analyze relevant data

General competence

The student

• is able to analyze ethical and legislative concerns as a result of investigative journalism
• is capable of gathering data in national as well as international contexts and analyze ethical and legislative concerns as a result of such work

Samlinger, med forelesninger og diskusjoner.;

Ingen arbeidskrav.;

The exam is a 4 days written individual home examination of 8 -10 pages. The paper may be written in either English or Norwegian (or another Scandinavian language). Font and font size: Arial/Calibri 12 points. Line spacing: 1.5.

Ingen hjelpemidler er tillatt.