EPN-V2

MSLV4200 Collaboration and collaborative management Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Samarbeid og samarbeidsledelse
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2020/2021
Course history
Curriculum
FALL 2020
Schedule
Programme description

  • Introduction

    The course provides insight into the literature on collaboration and collaborative management within the public sector and between the public and other sectors of society. Collaborative management will be placed in a theoretical and contextual perspective. Students are presented literature discussing collaboration and collaborative management in different contexts. The course deals with collaboration regarding the formulation and implementation of public policy, innovations in public sectors and service production. Furthermore, the course discusses challenges concerning collaboration across different tiers and sectors of government, and among public, private and third sector actors. Emphasis will be placed on theories on leadership and governance in the context of collaboration, where the differences between hierarchical and more equal relations between actors is elucidated.

  • Required preliminary courses

    None

  • Learning outcomes

    The course covers labour law problematisation with particular relevance to reorganisation and change processes. Employers' need for flexibility and change is seen in light of employees' need for protection and predictability. Changes measures can vary in nature and scope. The course takes the legal framework that an employment contract entails as its point of departure, and problematises change needs relating to the individual employee, reorganisation related to parts of or the whole enterprise, rationalisation and workforce reductions, and changes that lead to transfer of duties or activities to another employer. In addition to relevant legislation and collective agreements, emphasis is also placed on relevant rulings. The course will focus on the public sector.

  • Teaching and learning methods

    None

  • Course requirements

    Knowledge

    The student has

    • advanced knowledge of demarcations relating to the concept of employee and temporary employment
    • in-depth knowledge of employers¿ managerial prerogative as a legal concept and of statutory and non-statutory boundaries relating to this discretion
    • in-depth knowledge of which rules apply in relation to reorganisation and workforce reductions
    • specialised insight into business transfer rules

    Skills

    The student is capable of

    • identifying and analysing legal issues relating to the connection between the employer and employee in change processes
    • applying a legal methodological issue and understanding and analysing key rulings relating to reorganisation and change

    Competence

    The student is capable of

    • disseminating the results of extensive independent work and masters writing reports, submitting professional reports and giving oral presentations as forms of communication

  • Assessment

    Teaching is in the form of lectures, student presentations, discussions, group work, seminars and assignments. A high degree of independent activity is expected in the course. The teaching will mainly be problem-based using examples and cases from the students' practical experiences. Literature and studies of rulings are main components of the teaching sessions.

  • Permitted exam materials and equipment

    None

  • Grading scale

    The report must be submitted individually or in groups of up to three students, and can be up to 10 pages long. Students will choose a practical work-oriented issue themselves within the framework of the thematic content of the course. A joint grade will be awarded for reports submitted in groups. If a participant is ill, the group can submit the report at a resit/rescheduled exam, or the report can be submitted individually.

  • Examiners

    All aids are permitted for the exam provided that norms for citations are followed.

  • Target group and admission

    All answer papers are assessed by an internal examiner. External examiners are used in cases of doubt about whether a pass grade should be awarded and for spot check assessments of approx. 25% of the answer papers. The grades awarded for the answer papers assessed together with an external sensor form the basis for determining the level for awarding the different grades. The internal examiner shall take the external examiner's assessment into consideration in the grading of all the exams.

  • Course contact person

    A grade scale with grades from A to E for pass and F for fail is used.