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ORG1100

Organizations and Management

Credits 7.5
Level Foundation courses, level I
Course start Autumn 2025
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction Norwegian
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement School exam

About

About the course

Course content

Description

The course is a general introduction course to the management sciences, with special focus son on organization and leadership topics. The course is taught in Norwegian. The course aims to develop students' understanding of the basics of the organization and leadership field and how these topics are related. This is an introductory course aimed at building a basis for further courses in the program. The aim is also to develop students' ability to apply theoretical knowledge on the analysis of practical phenomena. By the end of the course students' should have a comprehensive understanding of core constructs and concepts within the field, and the ability to apply these to analyze practical situations.

Core topics:

  • Organization theory perspectives
  • Strategy
  • Organizational structure
  • Power and conflict
  • Decision-making processes
  • Communication
  • Organizations and their environments
  • Learning and innovation
  • HRM, including topics such as trust and motivation
  • Organizations and change
  • Leadership in organizations
  • The Norwegian model
  • Sustainability in an organizational context

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

After completing this course students should:

  • Have a comprehensive understanding of core phenomena within the field of organizations and leadership
  • Understand the core concepts of the field
  • Understand how the different topics of the course are related and how different parts of organizational life influences each other

Skills:

After completing this course students should:

  • Be able to work independently and in groups to apply theory in analysis and problem-solving related to a range of practical organizational phenomena
  • Be able to use relevant terms in analyzing and discussing a range of current issues in organizations
  • Communicate the ideas based on theory and class discussion

General competence:

After completing this course students should:

  • Independently be able to analyze organizational life and be able to substantiate the claims made in analysis by building on theory and practical examples
  • Independently be able to access and acquire new knowledge from relevant research
  • Be able to identify relevant and current issues for organizational development, be able to analyze those based on relevant theory and be able to communicate and discuss those ideas with leaders and co-workers

Learning methods and activities

The course is based on lectures, group work, assignments and plenary discussions

Compulsory assignments

  • Individual/group assignment

Further on evaluation

In the case of a re-sit exam and the last exam after the course has been discontinued, the form of assessment may be changed to an oral exam.

Required previous knowledge

None.

Course materials

Jacobsen, Dag Ingvar og Thorsvik, Jan (2019) Hvordan organisasjoner fungerer. 6.utg. Bergen, Fagbokforlaget.

Articles and bookchapters published on Blackboard

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
ORG1001 7.5 sp Spring 2008
ORG8001 7.5 sp Spring 2008
SMF1193 7.5 sp Autumn 2019
SMF1193F 7.5 sp Autumn 2019
AL101115 7.5 sp Autumn 2019
ØKO1001 2 sp Autumn 2024
This course has academic overlap with the courses in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Organization and Leadership
  • Economics and Administration

Contact information

Course coordinator

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

NTNU Business School

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: School exam
Grade: Letter grades

Ordinary examination - Autumn 2025

School exam
Weighting 100/100 Examination aids Code F Date 2025-12-10 Time 09:00 Duration 4 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment
Place and room for school exam

The specified room can be changed and the final location will be ready no later than 3 days before the exam. You can find your room location on Studentweb.

Sluppenvegen 14
Room SL430
54 candidates
Room SL110 turkis sone
59 candidates
Room SL110 lilla sone
64 candidates
Room SL410 blå sone
49 candidates
Room SL111 brun sone
81 candidates
Room SL111 orange sone
60 candidates
Room SL111 grønn sone
3 candidates

Re-sit examination - Summer 2026

School exam
Weighting 100/100 Examination aids Code F Duration 4 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment Place and room Not specified yet.