Entry requirements

A Bachelor's degree, equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen, from an internationally recognised university. Proficiency in English equivalent to the general entry requirements for first-cycle (Bachelor's level) studies.

Learning outcomes

The goals for knowledge and understanding are to be able to:

• explain basic concepts regarding digitalization, strategy and organizational management in complex organizational environments,
• explain perspectives on division of labor and responsibility in relation to digitalization,
• explain perspectives on the relationship between people, technology and organization,
• explain and thereby demonstrate understanding of the role of a digitization strategy as a control instrument and its relationship to organizations' overall goal and strategy work,
• give an account of and thereby demonstrate an understanding of financial and communicative aspects of the role of digitization in organizations.

The objectives for skill and ability are a demonstrated ability to:

• identify strengths and weaknesses with digitization initiatives, and propose development strategies.

In terms of assessment skills and approach, after completing the course the student is expected to be able to:

• critically examine and relate to digitization as a societal process in relation to human activity, interaction, organized activity and entrepreneurship,
• evaluate digital solutions in relation to an organization's goals and strategy,
• critically review and relate to the scientific discourse in the field of digitalization, digital transformation, organizations and society.

Content

Starting from the overall digitalization of society, the course focuses on introducing subject-relevant perspectives on digitalization and digital transformation with an emphasis on technical, social, economic, interactive and communicative challenges. The overall aim of the course is to provide the student with a deep understanding of change in complex organizational environments and how digitalization affects society, groups and individuals, as well as develop the abilities needed to understand and analyze digitalization as a process from a systematic holistic perspective. The course provides an overview theoretical basis for analyzing the consequences of digitization based on the current research situation.

The course introduces students to the challenges of digitalization based on the perspective of each subject area. Digitalization is then discussed from a holistic, relational perspective where digitalization is understood as a socio-material process. The course introduces perspectives on digitalization such as practice, discourse, sensemaking and materiality.

Instruction

Lectures and seminars.

Assessment

Seminars and projects.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the University's disability coordinator or a decision by the department's working group for study matters.