| Detailed information |
| Pre-requisites |
SE BC2: Induction: Team development UND SE BC1: Foundations of management UND KS BC3: Foundations of management science
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| Original study plan |
Master's programme Leadership and Innovation in Organizations 2025W |
| Learning Outcomes |
Competences |
| Students will develop the ability to investigate social movements and collectives that leverage social media platforms to attract attention, recruit members, and propagate their missions. They will learn to classify these movements and collectives as emergent organizational phenomena, applying new theoretical concepts that challenge traditional frameworks of organization. This will enable students to understand and interpret the evolving nature of collective action in the digital age.
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| Skills |
Knowledge |
Learning Outcomes
- Learning Outcome 2 (LO2): Explain Max Weber’s bureaucratic organization
- Learning Outcome 3 (LO3): Explain new forms of organization, especially partial organization and organizationality
- Learning Outcome 4 (LO4): Evaluate social movements and collectives on social media platforms
- Learning Outcome 5 (LO5): Explain the dimensions of organization necessary to analyze new phenomena
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Part I: Traditional forms of organization:
- Max Weber and the bureaucratic organization
- Formal organizations in a modern-liberal world society
- Key dimensions of formal organizations
Part II: New approaches to organization:
- Partial organization
- Actorhood
- Organizationality
Learning Outcomes
- Learning Outcome 1 (LO1): Recall the theoretical foundation of traditional forms of organization, and new forms of organization (see course topics).
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| Criteria for evaluation |
In total, students have the possibility to reach 100 points, 20 (20 %) for in-class participation, 30 (30%) for the reflection paper, and 50 (50 %) for the group presentation. A minimum of 40 points at the exam is necessary in order to obtain a positive grade. A minimum of 50 % of points in each category is required in order to obtain a positive grade.
Final grades will be given as follows:
| Points | Grade |
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| 87.5 - 100.0 | 1 |
| 75.0 – 87.0 | 2 |
| 62.5 – 74.5 | 3 |
| 50.0 – 62.0 | 4 |
| 0.0 - 49.5 | 5 |
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| Methods |
The course uses a combination of different teaching methods in order to
- maximize the motivation and attention of the students.
- address the learning objectives in the didactically best way.
This includes the following
- Teacher-centred information inputs, supported by slides and literature
- Development of content in collaboration with the students on the black board
- Joint discussions of contemporary case studies
- Analysis of a social movement along the dimensions of partial organization and presentation of the findings in class (team work)
- Individual reflection paper on the team work exercise
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| Language |
English |
| Study material |
- Slides
- Links to videos
- Reading material: recent publications from top-tier journals
- Homework exercises
(All content is provided via moodle)
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| Changing subject? |
No |
| Further information |
For quality assurance and improvement purposes, please participate in all JKU course evaluations and surveys!
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| Corresponding lecture |
986CAINCI1S19: SE CI1: Organizing and leading for innovation (3 ECTS)
986CAINICI1S21: SE CI1: Innovation networks and alliances (3 ECTS)
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