THE LEARNING ORGANIZATION
- Course
- BUSN641 - THE LEARNING ORGANIZATION
- Department
- Business Administration - English - PhD
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 3
- ECTS
- 8
- T+P+L
- 3 + 0 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- -
- Prerequisite
- -
Course Description
This course is targeted to participants who are pursuing academic careers; therefore the primary activity of the course will include critical discussion of the assigned articles and ongoing research activity for the final research papers of the participants. Learning organizations course aims to develop knowledge on main studies and research on both learning organizations and organizational learning. Participants will be able to translate scholarly concepts for useful insight into practice at the completion of this course. Another aim of this course is to gain a solid background in the study area of learning organizations and organizational learning
THE LEARNING ORGANIZATION
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Course outcomes
- 01 1. Be able to critically analyze academic articles.
- 02 2. Develop knowledge on main studies and research in literature.
- 03 3. Be able to translate scholarly concepts for useful insight into practice.
- 04 4. Gain a solid background in the study area of learning organizations.
- 05 5. Gain a solid background in the study area of organizational learning.
Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction and overview |
| Week 2 | Why Becoming a Learning organization |
| Week 3 | Building a learning culture/ Organizational learning |
| Week 4 | Developing a Learning Plan/ Bounded rationality |
| Week 5 | Setting Learning Goals/ Building learning organizations |
| Week 6 | Creating Competency Models/ Process of organizational learning |
| Week 7 | Selecting the right learning methods/ Learning organizations and key organizational actors |
| Week 8 | Research paper presentations and discussions |
| Week 9 | Research paper presentations and discussions |
| Week 10 | Research paper presentations and discussions |
| Week 11 | Research paper presentations and discussions |
| Week 12 | Research paper presentations and discussions |
| Week 13 | Research paper presentations and discussions |
| Week 14 | Research paper presentations and discussions and semester wrap-up and review |
| Week 15 | Final Exam |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 Russel Sarder (2016). Building a Learning Innovative Organization: A framework to build a smarter workforce, adapt to change and drive growth. Wiley
Learning Outcomes
No learning outcomes have been defined.
Program Outcomes
- P01 PO1 Become competent in searching and comprehending the relevant academic articles, interpreting the information learnt or obtained via various channels and absorbing exceptional knowledge in their field.
- P02 PO2 Devoted themselves to be a qualified researcher and knowledge worker in their field all throughout their life and career.
- P03 PO3 Demonstrated that they developed their individual capabilities through written projects, assignments and presentations that they will independently implement both in academia and work contexts.
- P04 PO4 Gained key practical skills and knowledge which need to be implemented in their own research and business work environment.
- P05 PO5 Been able to implement critical and analytical thinking and analyses into their studies, research and work.
- P06 PO6 Become proficient in adopting the gained knowledge into practice and research in a critical, and analytical way.
- P07 PO7 Become experts in using information technology tools for their studies, research and workplace in an ethical and safely environment by sharing and transferring their knowledge.
- P08 PO8 Succeeded in working, researching and forming partnerships with their colleagues/team members in a global environment.
- P09 PO9 Proved themselves capable of disseminating and sharing knowledge, sustainingly communicating with others, in any global workplace or research setting.
- P10 PO10 Become capable of interpreting and transferring their qualified knowledge into practice and research.
- P11 PO11 Dedicated themselves to applying advanced academic studies and enrolled themselves in work or non-work projects related to environmental approaches and ethical issues.
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