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MSLV4500 Leadership in Practice Course description
- Course name in Norwegian
- Ledelse i praksis
- Study programme
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Executive Master in Public ManagementOslo Business School, Exchange Programme
- Weight
- 10.0 ECTS
- Year of study
- 2025/2026
- Curriculum
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FALL 2025
- Schedule
- Programme description
- Course history
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Introduction
After completing the course, the student should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:
Knowledge
The student
- can develop a research question for their master’s thesis
- can independently describe relevant academic frame of reference and/or context as a foundation for a project plan for the master’s thesis
Skills
The student
- can plan a research project and write a project description in a precise scientific format and language
- can carry out extensive and systematic literature searches relating to their own project description, summarise and discuss the findings of others, and cite sources correctly
- can reflect upon ethical issues related to the project
General competence
The student
- can analyse and deal critically with various sources of data and use them in scholarly arguments
- can critically assess relevant ethical norms and values related to the chosen method in the project plan
- can assess whether a research project requires various forms of registration or approval in accordance with the applicable legislation
Recommended preliminary courses
The students should have leadership experience.
Learning outcomes
The course will use varied, student-active work methods. The teaching will mainly be digital, in addition to blended learning with seminars on campus during the course. Work and teaching methods include digital lectures, individual literature studies and written work, oral presentations, group discussions and supervision. Up to two hours of guidance is given on the project description.
Teaching and learning methods
The following must have been approved in order for the student to take the examination:
- compulsory attendance and participation at seminar days for your own specialisation
- presentation of own student’s project description for the master’s thesis with subsequent discussion in a plenary session
- held the role of opponent, providing feedback on one or more fellow students' project plan (peer assessment/opponent)
Course requirements
A project examination in the form of a project description for the student's master’s thesis, individual or in groups, depending on whether the thesis will be written individually or in a group. Scope: 3,000 words (+/- 20%). For group assignments, one overall grade is awarded for the whole group.
Resit examination: If the student fails the assignment, he/she will be given opportunity to submit a reworked version.
If the course is taught in English, students can also choose to write/conduct the examination in a Scandinavian language (Norwegian, Swedish or Danish).
Assessment
All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.
Permitted exam materials and equipment
Pass/fail.
Grading scale
All answers are assessed by one examiner.
An external examiner is used regularly, at a minimum of every third completion of the course. When selecting answers for external evaluation, a minimum of 10 percent of the answers shall be included, with no fewer than 5 answers. The external examiner’s assessment of the selected answers shall benefit all students.
Examiners
MAVIT4050 Theory of Science and Research Methods, 10 ECTS credits or equivalent. MAVIT4060 Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methodology, 10 ECTS credits.
Course contact person
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