Project assignment:
Leadership and organization in action are challenges for many in today’s complex, rapidly changing and internationalized business and working life. Nevertheless, the ability for dynamic management, renewal and innovation, and competence utilization are often not well developed in business and education. One way to gain increased knowledge is to study actual development processes that are ongoing, recent events or are in fresh memory. The assignment must be based on such own issues and own data collection, as well as theory-informed discussion about problems and development measures (relevant case) that are done independently by the candidates. The purpose of the thesis is to achieve a good understanding of management and organization of potentially innovative and strategic knowledge resources through the participants’ own studies and experiences of practice and relevant use of theoretical frameworks and insights. (See more details below).
More about requirements for the assignment: The assignment must focus on actual issues in a self-chosen setting, where several individuals participate in development in some form of organized
context – in connection with companies, teams, networks or other forms of organized business. Candidates can choose the form and degree of development measures to be included in the answer, because this depends on the chosen setting, but exploration of possible renewal and creative work around development and facilitation of leadership in action must be included. (If the case is well known or documented by others in the past, requirements for an independent contribution – in addition to previously available descriptions – will be tightened.)
Everyone should define and specify their problem, approach and field of study, and obtain their own new primary data for this thesis. Archives and other available data can be used in addition to their own new data. All sources and procedures must be professionally substantiated.
Based on the study of the self-chosen setting, the answer will then identify, analyze and discuss critical problem and competence processes, as well as discuss whether and how there are elements of facilitation for better management and renewal, based on the relevant, collected material from practice and seen in light of insights from theories, chosen perspectives and knowledge, as well as possible lack of knowledge. Also discuss and reflect on changes in relation to the possible innovative or innovative; what is the big difference in relation to the previous or existing situation, what has been learned, and what significance does this have for management and the organized business? The problem and the candidate’s way of answering this are further delimited and specified on the basis of the self-chosen setting and the theoretical perspectives / frameworks you find relevant. It is required that you justify all choices and use scientific methods. This may include action research, that you yourself are directly involved in what you are investigating. In all cases, it is important that what is done is documented and then analyzed in writing. Analysis and discussion must be anchored in obtained data material, experienced practice and theory. Selected examples and quotes are nice to have in the answer. The material obtained must be accounted for and documented in the answer and its appendices as well as possible, so that the examiners can to some extent make their own interpretations of the material in order to be able to assess the answer’s empirical basis and analytical discussion.
In addition to contributing to an increased understanding of leadership and organization in action, the answer to the task is also a creative exercise for the participants to track down, account for and analyze
significant and critical factors for the success of management, development work and competence renewal. The description can be useful documentation for participants / informants in the relevant practice context, a basis for further development. Increased ability to facilitate management in action is a potentially very important competence and competition factor. The task includes discovering and describing development processes in such a way that participants and informants or others get a better picture of actual challenges and competence processes in the management and organization of strategic and innovative knowledge resources.
Evaluation:When assessing the assignment, emphasis is placed on the answer:
Provides a nuanced and good picture of challenges in actual development processes and management.
Utilizes relevant learning material and in an independent and reflective manner. (Integrate theory / empirical)
Is developed through own creativity (procedures should be reported in the thesis).
Tasks with elements of innovation in them will be able to score higher.
Is written in a way that provides interest and value to better master the critical problems,
renewal and competence processes in management and organization.
Has an orderly disposition and presentation, as well as good language skills. A scientifically structured
structure of the answer must be used. In addition to what is before about this, reference is made to a short, well-edited summary, structured introduction, orientation on theoretical perspectives, the study’s research methods and material, presentation of data and results, analysis and discussion, conclusion, reflections and recommendations for further work, as well as references and attachments.
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Layout guidelines:
A4 format, with 5 cm left margin and 2 cm right, top and bottom margin
Times New Roman font and line spacing 112 in 12 point font (300-350 words per page)
The pages must be numbered
A table of contents and a summary must be prepared at the beginning of the answer and a bibliography at the back of the answer. These pages are in addition to the actual exam answer.
NB! NOTE that all attachments (max 3) must be included in the same pdf document as the answer itself. (These appendices are in addition to the table of contents, summaries and bibliography).
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