Course - Managing Voluntary Organizations - IØ1003
IØ1003 - Managing Voluntary Organizations
About
New from the academic year 2020/2021
Course content
The course will deal with organisational theory, leadership theory and teambuilding with a focus on skills and knowledge that are necessary to fulfil a role as a leader of voluntary work. Organisational theory is used to discuss communication and governance with respect to the particular situation in voluntary organizations. Leadership theory is used to discuss the different roles of a manager/leader and to look at thet tasks of a manager/leader in voluntary organizations. Teambuilding is necessary to help the manager/leader to build and develop a leadership team under the circumstances common in a voluntary organization.
Learning outcome
The course is open for all students.
Knowledges:
- To understand how voluntary organizations work and why they are different from business organizations, in particular with respect to recruitment, membership and participation in the organizations management and strategy work
- To gain deep insight into leadership and the leadership roles that are relevant to voluntary organizations
- To understand the basis for being able to build effective teams in organizations where the members are not contractually obliged to participate
Competences:
- To be able to analyze an organization and look for areas of improvement
- To be able to understand and develop your own leadership role in an organization
- To be able to recruit and develop persons to your own management team
General competences:
- To develop your ability to analyze what happens in an organization through casework
- To learn how to write an academic report
Learning methods and activities
The course uses dialogue based lectures and exercises where we can discuss cases and how these can be solved.
Further on evaluation
The course evaluation method is 100% based on assignments. One assignment is a group work and counts for 50%, the other is individual and count for 50%.
Recommended previous knowledge
None
Required previous knowledge
None
Course materials
Announced at the start of the course.
No
Version: 1
Credits:
7.5 SP
Study level: Intermediate course, level II
Term no.: 1
Teaching semester: AUTUMN 2020
No.of lecture hours: 2
Lab hours: 3
No.of specialization hours: 7
Language of instruction: Norwegian
Location: Trondheim
- Economics and Administration
Department with academic responsibility
Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management
Phone:
Examination
- * The location (room) for a written examination is published 3 days before examination date. If more than one room is listed, you will find your room at Studentweb.
For more information regarding registration for examination and examination procedures, see "Innsida - Exams"