Course syllabus for Organising for innovation

Course syllabus adopted 2025-02-20 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).

Overview

  • Swedish nameOrganisering för innovation
  • CodeTEK510
  • Credits7.5 Credits
  • OwnerMPBDP
  • Education cycleSecond-cycle
  • Main field of studyIndustrial Engineering and Management
  • DepartmentTECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS
  • GradingTH - Pass with distinction (5), Pass with credit (4), Pass (3), Fail

Course round 1

  • Teaching language English
  • Application code 07116
  • Maximum participants70 (at least 10% of the seats are reserved for exchange students)
  • Open for exchange studentsYes

Credit distribution

0114 Examination 7.5 c
Grading: TH		 7.5 c

In programmes

Examiner

Eligibility

General entry requirements for Master's level (second cycle)
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Specific entry requirements

English 6 (or by other approved means with the equivalent proficiency level)
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Course specific prerequisites

Students from other programs are qualified for the course if they are eligible for registering for elective courses at Chalmers University of Technology in year 4 (fourth grade).

Aim

This course deals with concepts and frameworks related to issues on how to organise for innovation. The aim of the course is to provide students with a thorough grounding in frameworks from the innovation management literature on the organizational aspects of innovation, in order to better understand organisation and organising as key issues influencing innovation in organisations. Students will gain familiarity with the major theoretical and empirical traditions and emerging forms of organising for innovation. At the end of the course students should be able to demonstrate that they have understood the main technical terms, the different ideas and underlying assumptions of organisational aspects of innovation. They should furthermore be able to synthesize and apply this knowledge to practical problems in an innovative business environment.

Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)

At the end of this course the student should demonstrate:

a. Ability to differentiate between different kinds of organisational designs.
b. Ability to debate and discuss how the different ideas of organisations can and should be structured, specifically related to innovative environments.
c. Ability to develop and apply a vocabulary to describe real-life organisational problems.
d. Ability to inquire about, identify and analyze practical organisational problems encountered in innovative organisations today by applying organisational theories.
e. Ability to evaluate and, based on that, make well-grounded choices among theoretical models for description and analysis of organisational problems in innovative environments.
f. Ability to discuss ethical consequences of organising for managers and employees.


Content

Examples of themes that are addressed in the course are:

  • The structure of organisations
  • The organisation in its environment
  • Different forms of organizing for innovation
  • Organisational change and learning
  • Organizational culture and leadership

Organisation

The underlying assumption for this course is that learning is best acquired by multiple means. This course will consist of lectures, inviting the students to interact with the teachers, as well as of a team project, which will help the students integrate, synthesize and apply knowledge from the whole course. The course also has an ambition to include external guest lecturers that can provide real-life examples of organisational experiences, and be useful to put the course content into a context.

Literature

The course literature will be listed on Canvas.

Examination including compulsory elements

The course will be examined by means of individual as well as team assignments amounting to a maximum of 100 points, including a final written digital exam.

The course examiner may assess individual students in other ways than what is stated above if there are special reasons for doing so, for example if a student has a decision from Chalmers about disability study support.