On successful completion of this course, the students will be able to:

• LO1: understand today’s most prominent and advanced concepts for describing, explaining and shaping organizations;
• LO2: are familiar with recent trends in (re-)structuring organizations;
• LO3a: can identify the core messages and assumptions of both scholarly and practitioner articles, and critically reflect on them;
• LO3b: can make creative use of management literature (i.e. core messages and assumptions) to formulate convincing and precise arguments address¬ing complex managerial issues;
• LO4: are able to form and continuously develop effective and efficient study teams, where team members support and challenge each other, and benefit from the team’s diverse and far-reaching knowledge.

• KS ^(*)Organization