Knowledge

The student...

has broad knowledge of how organizations work and how to design organizations to achieve and solve different goals and tasks
has knowledge of what business strategy, business idea, business models and business plans are and how this is used to develop businesses
has knowledge of what characterizes the digital economy and digital information systems and how these affect value creation for public and private enterprises
has knowledge of sustainability, circular economy and basic business ethics and privacy legislation in digital business
has knowledge of how management and leadership affects the behavior of the organization's members, as well as what power and conflict is and works in an organization
has knowledge of how to organize and implement successful changes and facilitate learning and innovations in organizations
has knowledge of entrepreneurship and management in newly established companies, how organizations can change during their life cycle

Skills

The student...

can apply the theories included in the syllabus to describe and analyze how organizations are structured and function, identify problem areas, characteristics of different types of organizations, the context organizations are part of and propose measures to solve these challenges
can discuss what business idea, business models, business plan and strategy are and understand how this can be used to develop businesses, as well as what ethical challenges companies face
can participate in the work of planning and implementing digitization projects in organizations and can contribute to digital further development of "traditional" products and services
masters skills in a range of analytical tools that can be used to work independently, critically and strategically with various issues related to organization, management and digital business development in organizations

General competence

The student...

can explain what an organization is, its components, and how organizations can be developed based on analysis of present and possible future situation.
understands the importance of having knowledge of how organizations work in order to navigate an organization
can search for relevant digital information as well as be able to critically evaluate this information
is aware of possible ethical dilemmas and consequences of strategies and decisions in the digital economy
has insight into key success factors in connection with digitization projects

Subject description ODF1100

Organization, Leadership, Business Development and Digitalization