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Curriculum for

the Master’s study programme

MSc in Economics and Business AdministrationThe programme is presented in English

Please note that only the Danish version of the ‘Studieordning’ has legal validity. The Danish version is the official version and thus overrules possible differences between the two versions.

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This curriculum is issued pursuant to Executive Order no. 1328 of 15 November 2016 on Bachelor and Master’s programmes at the universities (the Universities Order), as subsequently amended, and Roskilde University’s Common Rules of 27 September 2012, as subsequently amended.

Contents

1. About the programme 1.1 Object 1.2 Competency profile 1.3 Main area affiliation 1.4 ECTS credits 1.5 Title 1.6 Study board 1.7 Affiliation of corps of external examiners

2. Admission requirements and credit 2.1 Admission requirements 2.2 Credit 2.3 Advance credit

3. Programme elements 3.1 Courses 3.2 Theme seminar 3.3 Projects 3.4 Internship 3.5 Thesis

4. Structure of the programme 4.1 Schematic breakdown 4.2 Recommended course of study

5. The study programme 5.1 First semester 5.2 Second semester 5.3 Third semester 5.4 Fourth semester

6. General regulations 6.1 Registration/de-registration and re-examination 6.2 Special examination facilities 6.3 Academic selection criteria 6.4 Pass requirements 6.5 Time limit for programme completion

7. Exemptions and appeals 7.1 Exemptions 7.2 Appeals

8. Entry into force and transitional provisions 8.1 Entry into force 8.2 Transitional provisions

9. Amendments to the curriculum Appendix 1: Admission requirements

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1. About the programme

1.1 Object The Master's programme in Economics and Business Administration consists of a single-subject Business Studies programme in Economics and Business Administration (MSc) that provides students with advanced theoretical knowledge of management processes in companies. The object of the programme is to develop the student’s skills in investigating, understanding and managing the organisational processes of companies in a complex, changing and often unpredictable world. Through the application of scientific methods, students are equipped with the necessary skills to be able to work in an independent and critical manner on the basis of an interdisciplinary approach and problem perception grounded in business economics. Students also acquire action competence through realistic project courses, in which specific problems are observed and analysed in a close interplay between theory and practice. Via the programme, students thus acquire an in-depth familiarity with relevant social scientific theories and methods, together with the skills to apply these in analyses of a number of self-selected issues of relevance to business management. The programme also develops the student’s skills on the basis of the project-based working form, supplementing these with enhanced competencies in presentation, argumentation, problem-solving, task performance, project organisation and project management, and the application of complex analytical tools via participation in a varied range of courses and forms of instruction. Through project work, courses and participation in thematic seminars during the Master’s programme, students work to achieve an academic progression and specialisation that will enable them to utilise research results within the subject areas of the programme. Students may moreover organise their Master’s programme on the basis of a defined sequence, while in parallel developing the practical, qualitative and quantitative business economics skills and knowledge required to perform independent and critical work within selected subject areas. The Master’s programme thus prepares students to perform complex and variable managerial and organisational tasks, and simultaneously develops students’ analytical skills to handle problems and situations that are unclear, complex or ambiguously defined. Students furthermore gain insight into different perspectives on the strategies of companies and their relations with the surrounding world, as well as of managerial and organisational processes that can provide a strategic and managerial foundation for a company’s various practices, including in connection with value creation, resources, innovation and change. Throughout the Master’s programme in Economics and Business Administration, a constant focus is maintained on developing the student’s knowledge, skills and competencies within company management and organisation, innovation and change, value creation, and internal and external relations, so that the student is able to play an initiating, co-ordinating, managerial or analytical role in relation to processes and practices in such diverse business areas as project organisation and development, strategic management, innovation and change, personnel management and staff development, resource management and market development. The study programme is aimed at employment in companies and organisations in both the public and private sector. The study programme has been designed with a view to qualifying the student for work in: • Organisation and management of strategic, personnel and specialist functions in private and public

sector companies and organisations • Mapping and analysis of the organisation and management of companies • Planning and implementation of innovation projects in companies and organisations, focusing on

the development of business areas and human resources

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• Establishment of one’s own business and further development of start-up companies • Representing the interests of labour market and industrial organisations • Consultancy work advising companies on the organisation and development of managerial matters • Analytical institutions documenting industrial development and social issues • Public authorities regulating business and corporate matters • International organisations concerned with economic co-operation and the development of industries

and businesses worldwide or transnationally The Master’s programme also provides graduates with the academic qualifications to commence a PhD programme.

The programme is presented in English.

1.2 Competency profile The Master’s programme MSc in Economics and Business Administration provides the student with the following competencies:

Knowledge:

• The organisation, management and development of the company’s internal and external resources. • Insight into development processes in companies, including organisational change, strategies,

innovation theory and entrepreneurship. • Theories of management of the company’s internal and external relations, including an

understanding of the company’s processes and interaction with its surroundings. • Theoretical and empirical insight into company administration and strategic management.

Skills:

• Skills in developing large-scale, specialised and interdisciplinary analyses in matters of corporate governance and theoretical issues of management and organisation.

• The ability to apply relevant theory and method to analyse business management issues. • Skills in applying advanced management theory in relation to the legitimacy of a company. • Skills in applying new knowledge of management in relation to organisational change, innovation

and entrepreneurship. • Skills to identify and define specific problems associated with the organisation, management and

development of individual enterprises or groups of companies. • The ability to analyse a company’s organisation, resources and strategies in relation to recent

discussions about business management. • The ability to illuminate new demands towards a company’s interplay with its surroundings,

including its relations with the labour market and management of the organisation’s strategic responses to societal change.

• Skills in working with both qualitative and quantitative analytical tools relating to company management and development on the basis of business economics-related interdisciplinarity.

Competencies:

• Competency to use specific methods to solve a company’s problems in terms of its organisation, management, development, innovation, entrepreneurship and use of information.

• Competency to draw up and justify proposals to solve or remedy identified problems relating to management and organisation on the basis of the systematic application of theory and practical knowledge.

• Competency to analyse and assess the consequences of solution proposals, both for the company and its employees and for other relevant groups and stakeholders inside and outside the company.

• Competency to carry out organisational and managerial tasks in companies.

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• Competency to handle personal and social aspects of project work, and to manage and administer large and complex projects.

• Competency to initiate and implement both discipline-specific and interdisciplinary co-operation, and implement communication strategies.

1.3 Main area affiliation The study programme belongs under the main area of Social Science.

1.4 ECTS credits The Master’s programme MSc in Economics and Business Administration is a two-year programme corresponding to 120 ECTS credits. 1.5 Title Social scientific area Cand.soc. i Virksomhedsledelse Master of Science (MSc) in Social Sciences in Economics and Business Administration

1.6 Study Board The programme belongs under the Study Board for Business Administration and Business Studies. 1.7 Affiliation of corps of external examiners The programme is affiliated with the corps of external examiners for Business Administration.

2. Admission requirements and credit

2.1 Admission requirements – see appendix 1

2.2 Credit Roskilde University may in individual cases or in accordance with general rules laid down by the University approve that completed study programme elements may substitute for elements of another programme at the same level. Roskilde University may also approve that completed study programme elements, taken at another Danish or foreign institution of higher education on the same level, may substitute for study programme elements in accordance with the Education Order. Applicants are required to apply for credit for any previously passed study programme elements at Master’s level, cf. the Master’s Programme Admission Order.

2.3 Advance credit Students who, as part of a study programme, wish to take elements of the programme at another university or institution of higher education in Denmark or abroad may apply to Roskilde University for advance credit for the planned programme elements.

Approval for advance credit can only be granted if the student, in connection with the application, undertakes to provide the necessary documentation, once the advance-credited programme elements have been taken, of whether or not the elements have been passed. The student must also consent to Roskilde University obtaining the necessary information from the host institution if the student cannot provide the documentation.

Once documentation is available showing that the advance-credited programme elements have been

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passed, Roskilde University will administratively approve the transfer of credit for these to the study programme at the University.

In cases where the advance-credited programme elements are for example not offered by the host institution, Roskilde University may at the request of the student undertake alterations in the approval of advance credit.

3. Programme elements

3.1 Courses These study elements will provide the student with theoretical and methodological knowledge as well as skills in the academic field of the programme. The student must be given academic preparation to focus on issues relevant to project work and the thesis. The course may take the form of lectures, classes, case work, workshops, etc.

3.2 Projects Project work is exemplary, problem-oriented and participant-managed, and is intended to develop and document the student’s skills in applying scientific theories and methods to work within a defined academic area. Project work requires the independent formulation of a freely-chosen issue within the framework of the curriculum. The project work takes place in groups of 2-8 students. The topic of the project work is selected by the students from among the topics and themes determined by the Study Board. In special cases, the Head of Studies may grant permission for a student’s project to be written or examined individually. 3.3 Project-oriented internship A student may apply to the Study Board for pre-approval to take a specially-designed, academically relevant, project-oriented internship which substitutes for individual, specified elements of the ordinary study programme. The project-oriented internship, which includes, inter alia, the compilation of an internship project report, corresponds to 15 ECTS credits. Once the application for pre-approval has been granted, the Head of Studies will assign a supervisor to the student. In its processing of the application, the Study Board must ensure that the student, through the project-oriented internship, achieves academic competencies which in scope and level correspond to the competencies that can be achieved through the ordinary study programme. 3.4 Thesis The Master’s programme includes a major independent study which is documented through the compilation of a thesis. In the thesis, the student must document knowledge and skills in applying scientific theories and methods to work on a defined, academic and relevant issue. The student must demonstrate skills in analysing, categorising, discussing, reasoning, assessing and reflecting on a scientific basis, and must be able to select and critically evaluate the sources, literature, theory and methods used in the thesis. Through the thesis, the student must demonstrate the ability to communicate an academic study to peers and demonstrate the competency to initiate, manage and complete a long-term process of academic study and writing.

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4. Structure of the programme

4.1 Schematic breakdown

Fourth

semester

Thesis (30 ECTS)

3c. semester

Course in Managing

Legitimacy and Public Relations

(5 ECTS)

Course in Strategic

Management

(5 ECTS)

Course in the Firm’s Resources

and Value Creation

(10 ECTS)

Elective course: Theme seminar in

Problem-driven Leadership or

Management and Problem Solving in

Practice (Leader Lab)

(5 ECTS)

Elective course Theme seminar -

External Relations of the Company

(5 ECTS) 3b.

semester Course in Managing


(5 ECTS)

Course in Strategic

Management

(5 ECTS)



Management and Problem Solving

in Practice (Leader Lab)

(5 ECTS)

Project-oriented internship: The Firm’s Resources and Value Creation

(15 ECTS) 3a.

semester Course in Managing


(5 ECTS)

Course in Strategic

Management

(5 ECTS)



Management and Problem Solving

in Practice (Leader Lab)

(5 ECTS)

Project: The Firm’s Resources and Value Creation

(15 ECTS) 2b.

semester Course in

Innovation Management

(5 ECTS)

Theme seminar on Organising of

Complex and Inter-

organisational Innovation Processes

(5 ECTS)

Course in Management

Accounting and Finance in Innovative Enterprises

(5 ECTS)

Project-oriented internship in Innovation Management

(15 ECTS)

2a. semester

Course in Innovation

Management

(5 ECTS)

Theme seminar on Organising of

Complex and Inter-

organisational Innovation Processes

(5 ECTS)

Course in Management

Accounting and Finance in Innovative Enterprises

(5 ECTS)

Project in Innovation and Innovation Management

(15 ECTS)

First semester

Course in Business

Management and Leadership

Course in Advanced

Organisation Theory

Course in Business Studies

Project in Business Management and Leadership

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(5 ECTS) (5 ECTS) (5 ECTS) (15 ECTS)

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4.2 Recommended course of study To help to ensure the quality and progression of the study programme and facilitate study planning for students, the following course of study is recommended: For students starting in September:

First semester

• Course: Business Management and Leadership (5 ECTS) • Course: Advanced Organisation Theory (5 ECTS) • Course: Business Studies (5 ECTS) • Project: Business Management and Leadership (15 ECTS)

Second semester

• Course: Innovation Management (5 ECTS) • Course: Management Accounting and Finance in Innovative Enterprises (5 ECTS) • Theme seminar: Organising of Complex and Inter-organisational Innovation Processes (5 ECTS) • Project 2: Innovation Management (15 ECTS)

Third semester

• Course: Managing Legitimacy and Public Relations (5 ECTS) • Course: Strategic Management (5 ECTS) • Elective course: Theme seminar: Problem-driven Leadership or Management and Problem Solving

in Practice (Leader Lab) (5 ECTS) • Project: The Firm’s Resources and Value Creation (15 ECTS)

Fourth semester: • Thesis (30 ECTS)

For students starting in February:

First semester • Course: Business Management and Leadership (5 ECTS) • Course: Advanced Organisation Theory (5 ECTS) • Course: Business Studies (5 ECTS) • Project: Business Management and Leadership (15 ECTS)

Second semester • Course: Managing Legitimacy and Public Relations (5 ECTS) • Course: Strategic Management (5 ECTS) • Elective course: Theme seminar: Problem-driven Leadership or Management and Problem Solving in

Practice (Leader Lab) (5 ECTS) • Project: The Firm’s Resources and Value Creation (15 ECTS)

Third semester • Course: Innovation Management (5 ECTS) • Course: Management Accounting and Finance in Innovative Enterprises (5 ECTS) • Theme seminar: Organising of Complex and Inter-organisational Innovation Processes (5 ECTS) • Project 2: Innovation Management (15 ECTS)

Fourth semester: • Thesis (30 ECTS)

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5. The study programme 5.1 First semester (VL1): Studies in companies and company management

Object The object of the first semester is to provide students with insight into the organisation, management and development of a company’s internal and external resources and functions. This is achieved through work in one or more of the following subject areas: project management, relations management, management of business procedures, corporate ethics and responsibility, personnel management, strategy and organisational development, and innovation.

Study programme elements in the first semester The semester encompasses:

• Course: Business Management and Leadership (5 ECTS) • Course: Advanced Organisation Theory (5 ECTS) • Course: Business Studies (5 ECTS) • Project: Business Management and Leadership (15 ECTS)

Title Business Management and Leadership

Teaching language Danish Type Compulsory course ECTS credits 5 ECTS Learning outcomes / evaluation criteria

Knowledge The student must be able to demonstrate command of:

• Management theory’s definitions of leadership, and various classic and modern perspectives on management.

• Current management issues. • Selected modern management theories that seek to respond to the

current management issues.

Skills In a critical manner, the student must be able to:

• Acquire knowledge from classic and recent literature on management.

• Identify and describe managerial problems and management processes using the concepts of management theory.

Competencies The student must be able to independently:

• Identify and work on specific issues relating to management, on the basis of one’s own observations or supplied materials This must be done using the concepts, theories and perspectives of the subject. The work must demonstrate analytical and reflexive evaluative skills.

• Translate one’s own observations into a relevant analysis and assessment of the managerial scope for action.

• Justify a choice of theory in relation to particular cases, compare the predictive power of theories and perspectives with respect to the cases, and understand the distinctive aspects of the various cases.

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Overall content

Via the course, students gain critical insight into both classic and modern theories of business management. The course aims to enable students to understand analyse a company’s management, with special reference to recent organisational and management forms.

Teaching and working methods

A number of lectures of 2-4 hours’ duration are held, and in this connection a number of exercises are carried out.

Form of examination The course concludes in an oral examination on the basis of a written assignment. The written assignment consists of a synopsis written in groups of 3-5 students. The assignment has a maximum length of six standard pages. A standard page corresponds to 2,400 characters. The size of the assignment is based on 2,400 characters (incl. spaces) per page exclusive front page, table of contents, bibliography and any appendices. The assignment will be refused examination if it exceeds the maximum size, and one examination attempt will be deemed to have been used up. The assignment must be submitted no later than two days after the end of the course. The oral examination is individual. The submitted synopsis, together with the syllabus for the course, forms the basis for the examination. The oral examination has a duration of 20 minutes, including assessment. A single overall grade is awarded. Re-examination: Re-examination consists of a written examination on the basis of a question drawn up by the course teacher. The examination assignment has a maximum length of three standard pages. A standard page corresponds to 2,400 characters. The size of the assignment is based on 2,400 characters (incl. spaces) per page exclusive front page, table of contents, bibliography and any appendices. The assignment will be refused examination if it exceeds the maximum size, and one examination attempt will be deemed to have been used up. The assignment is set one week before the oral examination, and must be submitted three days before the oral examination. The student thus has 48 hours to write the assignment.

Group examination or individual examination

Individual

Permitted examination aids

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Assessment Seven-point scale Moderation None Title Advanced Organisation Theory

Teaching language English Type Compulsory course ECTS credits 5 ECTS

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Learning outcomes/ assessment criteria

Knowledge: • Knowledge of advanced theories of organisations and organising. • Recent contributions to organisation theory and organisational

sociology. • The contributions of organisation theory to problem-oriented

analysis of complex issues in companies and organisations.

Skills: • Skills to analyse complex issues in organisations in relation to recent

relevant theories. • Skills to conduct discussions on the basis of insight in the form of

both concrete descriptions of the organisation and a scientific perspective, with accompanying analytical strategies.

• Skills to relate meaningfully to chaotic situations by identifying their action-relevant aspects.

Competencies:

• Competency to discuss and develop analytical designs, with contributions from organisation theory.

• Competency to reflect on a company’s organisational situation with the help of theoretical concepts.

• Competency to formulate well-founded, problem-oriented considerations relating to the field of organisation theory.

Overall content

The course deals with recent theories of organisations and organising, and demonstrates the utility of applying the relevant perspectives in connection with definition of the topic and the field of inquiry. Advanced organisation theory must provide an understanding of how organisational perspectives also define the choice of analytical strategies.


A number of lectures are held of 2-4 hours’ duration. A number of exercises are carried out in connection with the lectures. For the exercises, students prepare analyses that may, for example, relate to their combined academic skills by seeking to address specific examples from the teaching from an organisation theory perspective. At least one of the exercises must include an analysis of ambiguous and contradictory situations.

Form of examination The course concludes with an individual written examination in the form of a home assignment, with a duration of 48 hours. Case materials and questions relating to the assignment will be issued. The written assignment may not exceed 12,000 characters, including spaces (corresponding to five standard pages). The size of the assignment is based on 2,400 characters (incl. spaces) per page exclusive front page, table of contents, bibliography and any appendix. The assignment will be refused examination if it exceeds the maximum size, and one examination attempt will be deemed to have been used up. Re-examination takes the same form as the ordinary examination.


Individual


All

Assessment Seven-point scale

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Moderation None Title Business Studies

Teaching language English Type Compulsory course

ECTS credits 5 ECTS Learning outcomes/ Assessment criteria

Knowledge: • Knowledge of recent analytical perspectives on companies in the light

of their complex and evolving business and organisational issues and external relations.

• Knowledge of scientific analyses of organisational conditions and issues.

• Knowledge of key analytical strategies and methods of business analysis.

Skills:

• Skills in implementing concrete and scientific analyses of companies. • Skills in combining scientific analyses of companies with practical

issues in companies. • The ability to critically evaluate proposals for analysis design in

relation to complex situations in the company.

Competencies: • Competencies in analysing companies in relation to issues that can be

processed through business understanding. • Competency to analyse the activities of companies, focusing on their

utility in relation to particular business functions. • Competency to maintain a dialogue with businesses and other

organisations on problem-oriented company analysis.

Overall content

The course encompasses both a general overview and specialisation within methodological and theoretical approaches to business studies. The course follows current trends in the field and integrates these with understanding of how to analyse complex issues in and around companies. Contact with businesses is included among the themes of the course. The course is provided both in the form of classes and as group work.


A number of course sessions with lectures of 2-4 hours’ duration. A number of exercises are carried out in connection with the lectures. Students are expected to participate in group work by preparing synopses and presenting posters at exercises.

Form of examination The course concludes with an oral examination on the basis of a synopsis and poster for the theme of the course, relating to a possible project theme and compiled by the project groups. The size of the synopsis must not exceed eight pages of 2,400 characters (incl. spaces), excluding the front page, table of contents, bibliography and any appendices, and the poster should be two A2 pages, or a similar format. The synopsis is submitted in the final course session, and the poster is presented at the oral examination. Students are examined in groups. The duration of the examination is increased by ten minutes for each student, i.e. two examinees = 20 minutes,

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three examinees = 30 minutes, etc. Exceptionally, an exemption may be granted to work individually. If an exemption is granted, the size of the synopsis must not exceed eight pages of 2,400 characters (incl. spaces), excluding the front page, table of contents, bibliography and any appendices, and the oral examination will have a duration of ten minutes. A single, combined assessment is awarded. Re-examinations/make-up examinations take the same form as the ordinary examination.


Group examination


A synopsis and poster for each group.

Assessment Pass/fail Moderation Internal

Title Project: Business Management and Leadership

Teaching language Danish Type Project ECTS credits 15 ECTS Learning outcomes/ Assessment criteria

Knowledge: • The concrete development, organisation and management of the

company. Skills:

• Skills in combining theoretical and practical studies of companies, taking into account the internal and external conditions of the company’s actions.

• Skills in implementing, documenting and presenting problem-oriented analyses and analytical results.

Competencies:

• Competency to critically formulate and assess the company’s development processes and management style, as well as its financial and social organisation.

• Competency to formulate clear, problem-oriented considerations and show confident methodological understanding.

Overall content

The aim of the project work is to enable the student to: • Focus on one or more of areas of the Master’s module. • Combine theoretical and practical studies of companies. • Take account of the internal and external frameworks for a company’s

actions. • Demonstrate convincing academic progression in relation to the

knowledge acquired during the Bachelor programme. • Orient oneself towards a critical perspective on a company’s

development, organisation and management.

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• Demonstrate clear, problem-oriented considerations and show confident methodological understanding.


The project work is performed in groups of 2-8 students. During the project work, students receive guidance from supervisors to an extent specified by the Study Board. Students subject to this curriculum may write the project together with students writing the same project in Business Studies.

Form of examination The project work is assessed by an oral examination. The oral examination is a group examination. The examination takes the form of a conversation between the students, the examiner and the moderator. Students are examined on the basis of the entire project report, in such a way as to allow for individual assessment. As the basis for the examination, each group gives a presentation of 3-5 minutes’ duration on a specific theme relating to the project work. The size of the project report depends on the group size, and may comprise a maximum of:

• 2-4 students: 75 pages • 5 students: 100 pages • 6-8 students: 120 pages

A standard page consists of 2,400 characters (incl. spaces), excluding the front page, table of contents, bibliography and any appendices. If the project report exceeds the above specification of the number of pages it will be refused assessment, which means that the student(s) cannot participate in the examination, and one examination attempt will have been deemed to have been used up. The duration of the examination, including assessment time, is as follows:

• Two examinees: 60 minutes • Three examinees: 75 minutes • Four examinees: 90 minutes • Five examinees: 105 minutes • Six examinees: 120 minutes • Seven examinees: 135 minutes • Eight examinees: 150 minutes

If a student has been granted an exemption to write a project alone, the examination duration is 30 minutes. The grade awarded is based on a combined assessment of the project report and the oral examination. A single, combined grade is awarded. Re-examination takes the same form as the ordinary examination. Students have an opportunity to revise their projects, which form the basis for the oral examination.


Group examination


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Assessment Seven-point scale Moderation External

5.2 Second semester (VL2): Innovation Management Object The object of the second semester is to develop students’ knowledge of how innovation and renewal are organised in companies. For managers in modern companies this is an absolutely essential skill that is of key importance in determining how the company performs in the market and in society. The semester encompasses:

• Course in Innovation Management (5 ECTS) • Theme seminar on Organising of Complex and Inter-organisational Innovation Processes (5 ECTS) • Course in Management Accounting and Finance in Innovative Enterprises (5 ECTS) • Project: Innovation Management (15 ECTS) • Or project-oriented internship: Innovation Management (15 ECTS)

The internship in the second semester must be approved by the Study Board.

Title Course in Innovation Management

Teaching language English Type Compulsory course ECTS credits 5 ECTS Learning outcomes/ Assessment criteria

Knowledge: • Knowledge of innovation and entrepreneurship as a field of research. • Knowledge of the significance of innovation and entrepreneurship for

companies and society. • Knowledge of the process characteristics and systemic characteristics

of innovation. • Knowledge of the significance of management for innovation

processes. • Critical reflection on the role of employees and users in innovation

and value creation. • Knowledge of similarities and differences between forms of

innovation in manufacturing and service companies, and in private and public sector organisations.

Skills:

• The ability to analyse innovation processes in a company. • Skills in evaluating and selecting methods to clarify issues on

innovation and innovation management. • Skills in drawing up plans for and organising innovation.

Competencies: • Competency to reflect on, and the ability to select the tools to

organise, participatory innovation processes in a company, on the basis of innovation theory.

• Competency to draw up models for innovation processes.

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• Competency to manage innovation processes in companies.

Overall content

The course will work with theories that can be used to analyse how innovation processes are organised in companies and organisations. Students must be able to analyse and explain how innovation can be organised in different ways in a company, and interplay with value creation in the company. There will be a focus on the role of management in promoting and organising innovation and entrepreneurship in the company.


A number of lectures of up to two hours’ duration are held, and in this connection a number of exercises are carried out. The exercises may build on selected cases. For the exercises, students prepare analyses of innovation processes. These may relate to the project work and incorporate specific examples from the project work, viewed from an innovation theory perspective.

Form of examination

The examination consists of a 48-hour written assignment which is handed out after the final course session. The assignment paper must not exceed 12,000 characters including spaces (corresponding to five standard pages). Re-examination follows the same provisions as the ordinary examination.


Individual


All

Assessment Seven-point scale Moderation None Title Theme seminar: Organising of Complex and Inter-

organisational Innovation Processes (5 ECTS) Teaching language English Type Compulsory course ECTS credits 5 ECTS Learning outcomes/ Assessment criteria

Knowledge: • Knowledge of how innovation involves various players in a chain of

value. • Knowledge of how to collaborate and organise networks in innovation

projects. • Knowledge of the significance of different values in public, private and

third sector innovation partnerships. • Understanding of various theories on the role of the user in innovation. • Understanding of how innovation processes are controlled and

institutionalised in a social context. Skills:

• The ability to perform empirical analyses of various types of innovation partnerships and networks.

• Skills in assessing how players and resources can be organised and utilised in inter-organisational innovation processes.

• The ability to formulate well-founded, problem-oriented considerations in relation to companies’ innovation work in a social context.

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Competencies:

• Competency to draw up models for and organise partnerships in connection with innovation in and between companies.

• Competency to evaluate options for managing networks between companies.

• Competency to develop and benefit from external players and resources in innovation processes.

Overall content

The theme seminar will work with knowledge of how innovation is organised and carried out in co-operation between companies and in a social context, and how company networks and interactive innovation processes work. Students must be able to explain how innovation occurs in interaction with other companies, how network-based innovation processes can be organised, and how the surrounding society affects innovation in the company and entrepreneurship. The significance of the institutional framework and the social environment for innovation must be analysed as a background to understanding the value creation of the company.


The theme seminar provides students with theoretical and in-depth knowledge of selected themes and issues that are specifically formulated within the chosen thematic areas. Students acquire skills in reading theoretical texts in specialised areas and in linking theoretical reflections to practical situations, where the theories can help to provide a better description of actual company conditions and processes. At the theme seminar, students acquire competencies in writing brief presentations on the basis of advanced theory, focusing and conducting discussions on the basis of this theory, and translating academic analyses into proposals for the management and organisation of companies. A number of seminar sessions are held of 2-4 hours’ duration. Examples and case descriptions are used to define analyses of innovation and entrepreneurship. The students’ own empirical observations will be included in the seminar. At the beginning of the seminar, theory and examples are read, discussed and presented. Situations and issues are then discussed in relation to papers, drafts of which are prepared by the students during the seminar. At the end of the seminar the students present their draft papers and receive critique from an opponent, with a subsequent discussion in plenary.

Form of examination

The examination consists of 80% active participation in the seminar sessions and a written paper on an issue in the organisation of innovation processes. The written paper must address an issue of corporate governance, and must be 6-8 standard pages in length. A standard page consists of 2,400 characters (incl. spaces), excluding the front page, table of contents, bibliography and any appendices. The paper must be submitted within seven days of the final course session. If the student fails to meet the requirement of active participation at 80% of the seminar sessions, this paper must be of 10-12 standard pages in length. Re-examination will involve an expanded text of 10–12 standard pages which, in addition to addressing an issue of the organisation of innovation processes, must draw upon at least two theoretical texts. The re-examination paper must

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be submitted within seven days. Group examination or individual examination

Individual


All

Assessment Seven-point scale Moderation None Title Course in Management Accounting and Finance in

Innovative Enterprises Teaching language English Type Compulsory course ECTS credits 5 ECTS Learning outcomes/ Assessment criteria

Knowledge: • Knowledge of theories, concepts and methods in corporate financial

management. • Knowledge of financial management by innovative companies and

entrepreneurs. • Knowledge of selected modern theories of financial analysis,

budgeting, financial and investment theory, and performance management.

Skills:

• Skills in identifying and collecting data of relevance to the investment decisions and management of innovative companies, including entrepreneurs.

• Skills in assessing, justifying and communicating the application of theories, concepts and methods to the financial and investment issues of innovative companies.

Competencies:

• Competency to relate the choice of financial theories and concepts to the financial management and investments of innovative companies.

• Competency to conduct a critical analysis of finances and investment decisions.

Overall content

Via the course, students acquire a fundamental understanding of financial analysis, budgeting, financial and investment theory, and performance management. This is placed in relation to the more specific challenges faced by innovative companies, including entrepreneurs. The course aims to enable students to analyse and assess the financial decisions of companies, particularly innovative companies.


A number of lectures of 2-4 hours’ duration are held, and in this connection a number of exercises are carried out.

Form of examination

The course is examined by an individual, compulsory, closed examination of four hours’ duration. The examination is held at the University. Re-examinations/make-up examinations take the same form as the ordinary examination.

Group examination or individual

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All, with the exception of communication with others concerning the assignment.

Assessment Seven-point scale Moderation None Title Project: Innovation Management

Teaching language English Type Project ECTS credits 15 ECTS Learning outcomes/ assessment criteria

Knowledge: • Knowledge of innovation and entrepreneurship as a field of research. • Knowledge of the process characteristics and systemic characteristics

of innovation. • Knowledge of how management participates in innovation processes.

Skills:

• The ability to combine theoretical and practical studies of companies’ innovation and innovation management, taking into account external frameworks and internal conditions for innovation.


Competencies:

• Competency to critically formulate and assess the company’s development processes and management style, as well as its economic and social organisation.

• Competency to formulate clear, problem-oriented considerations and demonstrate confident methodological understanding.

Overall content

The aim of the project work is to enable the student to: • Focus on one or more of areas of the Master’s module • Combine theoretical and practical studies of companies • Take account of the internal and external frameworks for the

company’s actions • Demonstrate convincing academic progression in relation to the

knowledge acquired during the Bachelor programme • Orient oneself towards a critical perspective on the company’s

development, organisation and management • Demonstrate clear, problem-oriented considerations and confident

methodological understanding Teaching and working methods

The project work is performed in groups of 2-8 students. During the project work, students receive guidance from supervisors to an extent specified by the Study Board.

Form of examination

The project work is assessed by an oral examination. The oral examination is a group examination. The examination takes the form of a conversation between the students, the examiner and the co-examiner. Students are examined on the basis of the entire project report, in such a way as to allow for individual assessment. As the basis for the examination, each group gives a presentation of 3-5 minutes’ duration on a specific theme

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relating to the project work. The size of the project report depends on the group size, and may comprise a maximum of:


A standard page consists of 2,400 characters (incl. spaces), excluding the front page, table of contents, bibliography and any appendices. If an exemption is granted, the maximum size of a semester project is 50 pages. If the project report exceeds the above specification of the number of pages it will be refused assessment, which means that the student(s) cannot participate in the examination, and one examination attempt will have been deemed to have been used up. The duration of the examination, including assessment time, is determined as follows:


If a student has been granted an exemption to write a project alone, the examination duration is 30 minutes. The oral examination is based on the students’ project report. Students must be examined on the basis of the entire project report, in such a way as to allow for individual assessment. The grade is awarded on the basis of a combined assessment of both the project report and the oral examination. A single, combined grade is awarded. Re-examination takes the same form as the ordinary examination. Students have an opportunity to revise their projects, which form the basis for the oral examination.


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Title Project-oriented internship – Innovation Management

Teaching language English Type Internship ECTS credits 15 ECTS Learning outcomes/ assessment criteria

Knowledge: • Knowledge of innovation and innovation processes in companies as a

field of practice and research. • Knowledge of theories of innovation management and innovation

processes.

Skills: • The ability to combine theoretical and empirical studies of companies’

innovation and innovation processes with knowledge of the frameworks and conditions for innovation in companies.

• Skills in carrying out and presenting problem-oriented analyses. • The ability to describe and reflect on a practical and independently-

performed task.

Competencies: • Competency to critically formulate and assess a company’s innovation

and innovation processes. • Competency to implement problem-oriented analyses of

management styles and social and economic organisation, and thereby produce relevant new knowledge.

• Competency to independently reflect, in a theoretical and practical manner and at a high academic standard, on the function and task that the student has fulfilled in the company.

Overall content The goal of the internship is for students to acquire professional knowledge

and skills in working with methodological and theoretical problems in innovation management and innovation processes, and to achieve competency in relation to specific tasks in a private or public sector company, organisation or association. This goal is fulfilled by the student compiling an internship project to demonstrate his or her ability to work independently and scientifically in relation to the organisation and management of innovation, and to reflect in a theoretical and methodological manner in relation to the business function that the student has carried out in the company. In the project report, the student must describe and document the academically relevant aspects of the issues and tasks that the student has worked with, and reflect on the observed practice in the field, the student’s own academic learning, and the relationship with and between practice and theory in the field.

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The internship encompasses: • A maximum of 400 hours, included both the internship and the

internship project report. • The writing of an internship project report, the object of which is for

the students to demonstrate the ability to reflect on their period with the company and the skills they have applied there. It must be possible to use the report to discuss the experience students have acquired through the internship – in contrast to their abstract and analytical work with similar issues during their studies. The project report must refer to the overall academic topic of the semester.

The internship must be approved by the Study Board. Prior to commencing the internship, the student must seek advance approval for the host company. In its processing of the application, the Study Board must ensure that the student, through the project-oriented internship, achieves academic competencies which in scope and level correspond to the competencies that can be achieved through the ordinary study programme. If the application is approved, the Head of Studies will assign a supervisor. Guidance is provided to students during the actual internship.

Form of examination The internship is assessed through an oral examination on the basis of the internship project and the internship project report. The examination duration is 30 minutes. The internship project report must be of a maximum size of 50 standard pages of 2,400 characters (incl. spaces), excluding the front page, table of contents, bibliography and any appendices. The project work is assessed by an oral examination. The examination is based on the students’ internship project report. The examination takes the form of a conversation between the students, the examiner and the co-examiner. Students must be examined on the basis of the entire project report, in such a way as to allow for individual assessment. The grade is awarded on the basis of a combined assessment of both the project report and the oral examination. A single, combined grade is awarded.


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5.3 Third semester (VL 3): Management of a Company’s Internal and External Relations

Object The object of the module is to provide insight into theories of corporate internal and external relations and processes, and develop the student’s understanding of the new requirements towards the interplay of companies with the surrounding world, and towards the company’s strategic response to changes in its environment.

Study programme elements in the third semester The semester encompasses:

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• Course: Managing Legitimacy and Public Relations (5 ECTS) • Course: Strategic Management (5 ECTS) • Elective course: Theme seminar: Problem-driven Leadership or Management and Problem Solving

in Practice (Leader Lab) (5 ECTS) • Project: The Firm’s Resources and Value Creation (15 ECTS)

or internship project: The Firm’s Resources and Value Creation (15 ECTS) Or • Course: Managing Legitimacy and Public Relations (5 ECTS) • Course: Strategic Management (5 ECTS) • Course in the Firm’s Resources and Value Creation (10 ECTS) • Elective course: Theme seminar: Problem-driven Leadership or Management and Problem Solving

in Practice (Leader Lab) (5 ECTS) • Elective course: External Relations of the Company (5 ECTS)

The internship in the third semester must be approved by the Study Board.

Title Managing Legitimacy and Public Relations

Teaching language English Type Compulsory course ECTS credits 5 ECTS Learning outcomes/ Assessment criteria

Knowledge: • Insight into the complexity that characterises the relationship between

companies and their surroundings today. • Understanding of the new requirements towards the responsibility and

legitimacy of companies.

Skills: • The ability to obtain knowledge about different theoretical views of

responsibility and legitimacy. • Skills in linking theoretical reflections to practical situations where theory

can provide a better description of the company’s specific challenges and strategies.

• Skills in critically analysing and communicating detailed knowledge on issues relating to corporate responsibility and legitimacy.

Competencies: • Competency to independently identify and apply various theories and

methods to solve specific strategic issues. • Competency to see the consequences of new knowledge and describe the

validity and scope of the insight provided by that knowledge. • Competency to reflect on the usefulness of theories and tools in various

situations. Overall content The course provides students with insight into the great complexity that

characterises the relationship between companies and their surroundings today. In recent decades, questions of corporate legitimacy and social responsibility have moved from the periphery to become central problem areas of existential importance to the company. By ‘legitimacy’ is meant, in a broad sense, that

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which is considered socially acceptable. The need to be perceived as legitimate has always been crucial to a company’s access to resources – investments, markets, motivated employees and general support in the community. But the relationship between a company and society changes over time, and thereby also the premises for a company’s legitimacy.


A number of lectures are held, including presentations on practice.

Form of examination At the conclusion of the course, students submit a paper that addresses a given issue through the application of theory and empirical data from the course syllabus. The paper must not exceed eight pages of 2,400 characters (incl. spaces), excluding the front page, table of contents, bibliography and any appendices. Re-examination takes the same form as the ordinary examination.


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Title Strategic Management

Teaching language English Type Compulsory course ECTS credits 5 ECTS Learning outcomes/ assessment criteria

Knowledge: • Insight into theories about corporate strategic management and the role

of management in the planning and execution of strategy. • Understanding of the new requirements towards the interplay of a

company with its surroundings. • Understanding of the company’s strategic skills, processes, and

organisation in relation to changes in the surrounding world. Skills: • The ability to obtain knowledge about different theoretical views of the

interaction of a company with its environment, and competitiveness. • Skills in linking theoretical reflections to practical situations where theory

can provide a better description of the company’s specific challenges, strategies and strategic processes.

• Skills to develop, assess and evaluate appropriate strategies on the basis of specific business examples and contexts.

• Skills in critically analysing and communicating detailed knowledge of issues relating to a company’s strategic management, organisation and development in relation to the company’s framework and environment.

Competencies: • Competency to independently identify and apply various tools to solve

specific strategic issues. • Competency to see the consequences of new knowledge and describe the

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validity and scope of the insight provided by that knowledge. • Competency to reflect on the usefulness of theories and tools in various

situations.

Overall content Via the course, students acquire critical insight and understanding of strategic management, including how companies, by planning and organising strategic processes, act in a strategic interplay with their surroundings. The course therefore aims both to give students an overview of different perspectives on strategic management and relevant analytical tools, in order to enable them to analyse specific companies and problems and develop strategic initiatives.


A number of lectures are held, in connection with which a number of exercises are carried out.

Form of examination The examination consists of a 48-hour written assignment based on a case study that is handed out after the final course session. The assignment paper must not exceed 12,000 characters including spaces (corresponding to five standard pages). Re-examination takes the same form as the ordinary examination.


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Assessment Seven-point scale Moderation None

Title

The Firm’s Resources and Value Creation

Teaching language English Type Compulsory course ECTS credits 10 ECTS Learning outcomes/ assessment criteria

Knowledge: • Knowledge of recent theories of development, innovation and value

creation in companies in the light of their resources and surroundings. • Knowledge of theoretical and empirical analysis of change processes in

companies, including confidence between stakeholders and the company.

• Recent research into entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship. • Recent analyses of the role of employees in the development processes

of a company. • Recent analytical perspectives on corporate value foundations and value

creation. • Recent perspectives on management in the light of a company’s

development and change processes.

Skills: • Skills in analysing the development, management and value creation of

companies in the light of their resources and environment. • Skills in translating analyses of a company’s resources and value creation

into concrete models of development, entrepreneurship and innovation. • Skills in critically analysing various processes of change, including the role

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of employees in innovation processes. • Skills in communicating with the employees and management of a

company about the company’s need for change, and the company’s value foundation and value creation.

Competencies: • Competency to identify relevant knowledge about a company’s

development processes. • Competency to indicate policy options for management and the

organisation of concrete situations on which the theories focus. • Competency to reflect on a company’s financial, strategic and

organisational situation.

Overall content The course is composed of two parts. The first part is designed to provide an overview, and gives the student a summary of recent perspectives on how companies and organisations can work with resources, value creation and innovation. The second part of the course consists of a seminar in which students work with the presentation of theory and observation of cases, and write an essay on a selected issue. Students choose the analytical perspective through which they write the essay.


A series of lectures of 2-4 hours each, and a number of exercises (workshops) in association with the lectures. There will also be a number of seminar sessions of 2-4 hours each. As part of the course, students must:

• Carry out a presentation of a theoretical text (possibly in groups). • Present a draft essay on the basis of one’s own descriptions and analyses. • Participate as an opponent in relation to draft essays produced by one or

more of one’s fellow students.

Form of examination The examination consists of 80% active participation in the course sessions (see the description of teaching and working methods) and concludes with an oral examination. The submitted essay, along with the syllabus of the seminar and course, form the basis for the examination. The oral examination has a duration of 15 minutes. The essay should be 6-8 standard pages in length and describe an issue relating to corporate resources and value creation. A standard page consists of 2,400 characters (incl. spaces), excluding the front page, table of contents, bibliography and any appendices. The essay must be submitted within seven days of the final course session. A single combined grade is awarded for the essay and the oral examination. If the student fails to meet the requirement of active participation at 80% of the seminar sessions, this essay must be 10-12 standard pages in length. Re-examination consists of the submission of an essay and an oral exam in the entire syllabus.

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individual examination Permitted examination aids

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Title Theme seminar on Problem-driven Leadership

Teaching language Danish Type Elective course ECTS credits 5 ECTS Learning outcomes/ assessment criteria

Knowledge: • Knowledge of management as a problem-driven, reflexive and

contextual practice. • Knowledge of theory complexes that can be used to identify

management issues and problem types. Skills:

• The abilty to efficiently summarise theoretical knowledge in order to identify issues for management.

• The ability to perform empirical analyses of various types of issues for management.

Competencies:

• Competency to develop understandings of leadership as a contextual and problem-driven practice.

• Competency to assess and analyse a company’s management issues.

Overall content

During the course, students work to independently apply knowledge of management as a problem-driven practice. The students compile effective summaries of theory complexes in order to identify management problems and problem types. Students also work with critical discussions of how theory complexes and theoretical knowledge can bring companies new opportunities.


The theme seminar provides students with theoretical and in-depth knowledge of selected themes and issues that are specifically formulated within the chosen thematic areas. Students acquire skills in reading theoretical texts in specialised areas and in linking theoretical reflections to practical situations, where the theories can help to provide a better description of actual company conditions and processes. At the theme seminar, students acquire competencies in writing brief presentations on the basis of advanced theory, focusing and conducting discussions on the basis of this theory, and translating academic analyses into proposals for the management and organisation of companies. A number of seminar sessions are held of 2-4 hours’ duration. On the basis of an identified company, students identify and analyse issues and problem types in the company, on the basis of theory complexes on management. At the beginning of the seminar, theory and examples are read, discussed and presented. Situations and issues are then discussed in relation to papers, drafts

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Title Theme seminar on Management and Problem Solving in Practice (Leader Lab)

Teaching language Danish Type Elective course ECTS credits 5 ECTS Learning outcomes/ assessment criteria

Knowledge: • Knowledge of Leader Lab as an educational framework in which to

develop analytical and problem-solving skills, through work with a specific company as a case study.

• Knowledge of management and problem-solving, as well as possibilities for and barriers to the implementation of various types of action strategies.

• Knowledge of frameworks of understanding that can be used to identify and analyse a company’s management issues and problem types.

Skills:

of which are prepared by the students during the seminar. At the end of the seminar, the students present their draft papers and receive critique from an opponent, with a subsequent discussion in plenary. As part of the course, students must:

• Carry out a presentation of a theoretical text (possibly in groups). • Present a draft essay on the basis of one’s own descriptions and

analyses. • Participate as an opponent in relation to draft essays produced by one or

more of one’s fellow students.

Conditions for being allowed to take the examination

Student must participate actively in 80% of the seminar sessions – see the description of the teaching and working methods.

Form of examination

The theme seminar concludes with a written paper on an issue of corporate governance. The written paper must address an issue of corporate governance, and must be 6-8 standard pages in length. A standard page consists of 2,400 characters (incl. spaces), excluding the front page, table of contents, bibliography and any appendices. The paper must be submitted within seven days of the final seminar session. If the student fails to meet the requirement of active participation at 80% of the seminar sessions, this essay must be 10-12 standard pages in length. Re-examination will involve an expanded paper of 10-12 standard pages which, in addition to addressing an issue of corporate governance, must draw upon at least two theoretical texts. The re-examination paper must be submitted within seven days.


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• The ability to summarise theoretical and practical knowledge in a framework of understanding in order to identify management issues in a company.

• Skills in performing empirical analyses of various types of issues in company management.

• The ability to develop relevant action alternatives for a company on the basis of an identification and analysis of the company’s issue.

• Skills in communicating theoretical insights and analysis results to several different target groups.

Competencies: • Competency to identify and formulate an analytical framework to solve

practical issues of management in a company or organisation. • Competency to formulate a basis for decisions in the form of relevant

action alternatives for a company. • Competency to identify possibilities for and obstacles to the

implementation of action alternatives for a company, and to communicate these to decision-makers in and around the company.

Overall content The theme seminar provides students with theoretical and in-depth knowledge

of selected themes and issues that are specifically formulated within the chosen thematic areas. Students acquire skills in reading theoretical texts in specialised areas and in linking theoretical reflections to practical situations, where the theories can help to provide a better description of actual company conditions and processes. At the theme seminar, students acquire competencies in writing brief presentations on the basis of advanced theory, focusing and conducting discussions on the basis of this theory, and translating academic analyses into proposals for the management and organisation of companies. The course introduces the students to a practical case study of a company with which the student must work independently in order to define the company’s issue, identify the need for empirical data about the company, and establish a theoretical framework that can form the basis for a study of the company. On the basis of the collected data and the theoretical understanding of the company, the student prepares a company analysis, formulates action alternatives/problem solutions for the company, develops proposals for the implementation of problem solutions, and communicates these to the company for the purposes of feedback.


A Leadership Lab is a practically-oriented project and seminar course in which students, in co-operation with a company, develop their knowledge, skills and competencies in a realistic setting, on the basis of practices within the company. In concrete terms, a Leadership Lab is implemented as a series of seminars of 2-4 hours each, divided into a number of phases: 1) Presentation of the company’s issue 2) The students’ reflective observation (“data collection”), 3) Development of an abstract perspective (“framework of understanding”) and 4) Presentation of the issue solution for the company, and feedback from the company. On the basis of a specific company, students identify the issue, collect data, select appropriate theory, analyse the company’s issue, and formulate proposals to solve the problem on the basis of their own business analysis and implementation strategy for the company.

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At the beginning of the seminar data is collected on the company, and theory and examples are read, discussed and presented. The analysis results are then discussed and proposals for problem solutions are summarised in a paper, draft versions of which are produced by the students during the seminar. At the end of the seminar the students present the papers to their fellow students and receive critique from an opponent, with a subsequent discussion in plenary, before the finished paper is presented as a business report to the company, which then provides feedback on the analysis results and solution proposals. As part of the course, students must:

• Carry out a presentation of a theoretical framework of understanding • Present a draft paper on the basis of one’s own data, analyses and

proposed solutions • Act as opponent to draft papers produced by one or more of one’s

fellow students • Present the company’s business report and receive feedback.

Conditions for being allowed to take the examination

Student must participate actively in 80% of the seminar sessions – see the description of the teaching and working methods.

Form of examination The theme seminar concludes with a written paper on an issue of corporate governance. The written paper must address an issue of corporate governance, and must be 6-8 standard pages in length. A standard page consists of 2,400 characters (incl. spaces), excluding the front page, table of contents, bibliography and any appendices. The paper must be submitted within seven days of the final course session. If the student fails to meet the requirement of active participation at 80% of the seminar sessions, this essay must be 10-12 standard pages in length. Re-examination will involve an expanded text of 10–12 standard pages which, in addition to addressing an issue of corporate governance, must draw upon at least two theoretical texts. The re-examination paper must be submitted within seven days.


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Title Theme seminar - External Relations of the Company

Teaching language English Type Theme seminar ECTS credits 5 ECTS Learning outcomes/ assessment criteria

Knowledge: • Knowledge of business conditions in a complex society.

• Knowledge of analytical perspectives on the legitimacy of the company and its responsibility towards its customers, employees and society.

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• Knowledge of theoretical and empirical analyses of companies in the light of complex societal developments and globalisation.

Skills: • Skills in analysing a company’s development, innovation and

organisational processes in the light of the conditions imposed by its surroundings.

• Skills to draw up, on the basis of analyses, concrete strategies for a company’s legitimacy and responsibility.

• The ability to communicate with the company’s management and staff about the company’s relations with the surrounding world and the impact of these on the company’s development and value creation.

Competencies: • Competency to work in a problem-oriented and concrete manner

with a company’s legitimacy and responsibility.

• Competency to translate one’s own observations into relevant empirical and practical analyses.

Overall content The theme seminars may address such themes as Company Legitimisation Strategies, Experience-based Business Development, Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Marketing, and Financial Institutions and Markets. The seminars take the form of a combination of lectures and workshops, with student presentations of theory and case observations. Analytical work is performed to understand how a company is affected by trends in its surroundings, how it can develop sensitivity towards its environment, and how management can administer its external relations. Students choose the analytical perspective through which they wish to write an essay.


A number of theme seminars are held of 2-4 hours’ duration. Examples and situation descriptions are used to define the discussion area. These are either constructed for the purpose or drawn from empirical studies. The students’ own empirical observations are included in the seminar; students individually seek out companies and describe how they work with their external relations. At the beginning of the seminar, theory and examples are read, discussed and presented. Situations and issues are then discussed in relation to papers, drafts of which are prepared by the students during the seminar. At the end of the seminar the students present their draft papers and receive critique from an opponent, with a subsequent discussion in plenary.

As part of the course, students must:

• Carry out a presentation of a theoretical framework of understanding

• Present a draft paper on the basis of one’s own data, analyses and proposed solutions

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• Act as opponent to draft papers produced by one or more of one’s fellow students

• Present the company’s business report and receive feedback.

The examination consists of 80% active participation in the seminar sessions and a written paper. The written paper must address an issue of corporate governance, and must have a length of 6-8 standard pages. A standard page consists of 2,400 characters (incl. spaces), excluding the front page, table of contents, bibliography and any appendices. The paper must be submitted within seven days of the final course session. If the student fails to meet the requirement of active participation at 80% of the seminar sessions, this paper must be of 10-12 standard pages in length. Re-examination will involve an expanded text of 10–12 standard pages which, in addition to addressing an issue of corporate governance, must draw upon at least two theoretical texts. The re-examination paper must be submitted within seven days.


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Title Project: The Firm’s Resources and Value Creation

Teaching language Danish Type Project ECTS credits 15 ECTS Learning outcomes/ assessment criteria

Knowledge: • The concrete resources, value creation and innovation of the company.

Skills: • Skills in combining theoretical and practical studies of companies, taking

into account the internal and external conditions of the company’s actions.


Competencies:



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Overall content

The aim of the project work is to enable the student to: • Focus on one or more of areas of the Master’s module. • Combine theoretical and practical studies of companies. • Take account of the internal and external frameworks for a company’s

actions. • Demonstrate convincing academic progression in relation to the

knowledge acquired in the previous semesters of the Master’s programme.

• Orient oneself towards a critical perspective on a company’s development, organisation and management.

• Demonstrate clear, problem-oriented considerations and show confident methodological understanding.


The project work is performed in groups of 2-8 students. During the project work, students receive guidance from supervisors to an extent specified by the Study Board.

Form of examination The project work is assessed by an oral examination. The oral examination is a group examination. The examination takes the form of a conversation between the students, the examiner and the co-examiner. Students are examined on the basis of the entire project report, in such a way as to allow for individual assessment. As the basis for the examination, each group gives a presentation of 3-5 minutes’ duration on a specific theme relating to the project work. The size of the project report depends on the group size, and may comprise a maximum of:


A standard page consists of 2,400 characters (incl. spaces), excluding the front page, table of contents, bibliography and any appendices. If an exemption is granted, the maximum size of a semester project is 50 pages. If the project report exceeds the above specification of the number of pages it will be refused assessment, which means that the student(s) cannot participate in the examination, and one examination attempt will have been deemed to have been used up. The duration of the examination, including assessment time, is as follows:


If a student has been granted an exemption to write a project alone, the examination duration is 30 minutes. The oral examination is based on the students’ project report. Students must be examined on the basis of the entire project report, in such a way as to allow for

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individual assessment. The grade is awarded on the basis of a combined assessment of both the project report and the oral examination. A single, combined grade is awarded. Re-examination takes the same form as the ordinary examination. Students have an opportunity to revise their projects, which form the basis for the oral examination.


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Assessment Seven-point scale Moderation Internal Title Project-oriented internship – The Firm’s Resources and Value

Creation Teaching language Danish Type Internship ECTS credits 15 ECTS Knowledge:

• The concrete resources, value creation and innovation of the company.

Skills: • Skills in combining theoretical and practical studies of companies, taking

into account the internal and external conditions of the company’s actions.


Competencies:



Overall content The goal of the internship is for students to acquire professional knowledge and

skills in working with methodological and theoretical problems within Economics and Business Administration, and to achieve competency in relation to specific tasks in a private or public sector company, organisation or association. This goal is fulfilled by the student compiling an internship project to demonstrate his or her ability to work independently and scientifically in relation to Economics and Business Administration, and to reflect in a theoretical and methodological manner in relation to the business function that the student has carried out in the company. In the project report, the student must describe and document the academically relevant aspects of the issues and tasks that the student has worked with, and reflect on the observed practice in the field, the student’s own academic learning, and the relationship with and between practice and theory in the field.

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The internship encompasses: • A maximum of 400 hours, included both the internship and the

internship project report. • The writing of an internship project report, the object of which is for the

students to demonstrate the ability to reflect on their period with the company and the skills they have applied there. It must be possible to use the report to discuss the experience students have acquired through the internship – in contrast to their abstract and analytical work with similar issues during their studies. The project report must refer to the overall academic topic of the semester.

The internship must be approved by the Study Board. Prior to commencing the internship, the student must seek advance approval for the host company. In its processing of the application, the Study Board must ensure that the student, through the project-oriented internship, achieves academic competencies which in scope and level correspond to the competencies that can be achieved through the ordinary study programme. If the application is approved, the Head of Studies will assign a supervisor. Guidance is provided to students during the actual internship.

Form of examination The internship is assessed through an oral examination on the basis of the internship project and the internship project report. The examination duration is 30 minutes. The internship project report must be of a maximum size of 50 standard pages of 2,400 characters (incl. spaces), excluding the front page, table of contents, bibliography and any appendices. The project work is assessed by an oral examination. The examination is based on the students’ internship project report. The examination takes the form of a conversation between the students, the examiner and the co-examiner. Students must be examined on the basis of the entire project report, in such a way as to allow for individual assessment. The grade is awarded on the basis of a combined assessment of both the project report and the oral examination. A single overall grade is awarded. Re-examination: Re-examination takes the same form as the ordinary examination. Students are given an opportunity to revise the project.


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5.4 Fourth semester – thesis Object The thesis corresponds to 30 ECTS credits. The thesis is written in the teaching and examination language of the subject. The Head of Studies approves the thesis statement, and will at the same time set a final date for the submission for the thesis, pursuant to the University’s ‘Registration and Examination Regulations’. The thesis must be accompanied by a summary in a foreign language. If the thesis is written in a foreign language other than Norwegian or Swedish, the summary may be written in Danish. The thesis work is normally carried out in groups, but students are also entitled to perform the thesis work individually. The writing of the thesis normally concludes the study programme, but the Study Board may grant exemptions from this. The student must enclose a study portfolio, which encompasses a description of the student’s development and insight, on the basis of how project work has been carried out in all or parts of the study programme.

Knowledge

• Research-based knowledge in selected academic areas, and an understanding of and reflection on the position of the student’s own thesis study in the academic field.

• Identification of scientific issues and a critical approach to scientific knowledge. • Knowledge of the academic genre and the academic target group, and an understanding of the

overall communication situation of which the thesis is a part.

Skills

• Skills in applying and mastering scientific theories and methods in work on a defined, academic and relevant issue.

• Skills in analysing, categorising, discussing, arguing, reflecting and evaluating on a scientific basis. • Skills in critically evaluating and selecting sources, literature, theory and methods. • Skills in discussing and participating in academic debate with representatives of the academic

discourse community. • Skills in writing in accordance with the applicable standards for academic texts, and for an academic

target group.

Competencies

• Competency to independently initiate, manage and complete a long-term process of academic study and writing.

• Competency to take responsibility for one’s own academic and linguistic development and specialisation.

For theses, the form of assessment is:

• Assessment on the basis of the thesis dissertation alone – but see below on non-individualised group theses.

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• Combined assessment of the thesis dissertation and an oral examination.

The Study Board may, however, choose to stipulate one of these forms of assessment; see 5.4.

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The Study Board has decided that theses in Economics and Business Administration shall be assessed on the basis of the thesis dissertation and an oral examination, in combination.

Students who wish to have their thesis assessed solely on the basis of the thesis dissertation must apply to the Study Board for an exemption.

If the thesis is written by a group, it must be individualised on submission if one or more of the students in the group so wishes and has the possibility to have the thesis assessed on the basis of the thesis alone. The individualisation must be genuine and show which students have been mainly responsible for the individual sections. The introduction, conclusion and summary, in English and other languages, must be encompassed by joint responsibility. If the thesis is not individualised, an oral thesis examination is held instead, at which assessment is undertaken on the basis of both the thesis and the oral examination. Students who have worked together on a thesis to the extent that it cannot in practice be individualised must register for an oral thesis examination.

In addition to the academic content, the assessment of the thesis will also take into account the writing and spelling skills of the student(s), which are weighted at 10%. The Study Board may grant exemptions from this requirement in the case of students who can document a specific and relevant disability, unless the assessment of writing and spelling skills is a significant part of the purpose of the examination.

The summary will be incorporated into the assessment at a weight of 5%.

The thesis is assessed according to the seven-point scale, with external moderation.

The size of the thesis must be:

• One person: 144,000-192,000 characters including spaces, corresponding to 60-80 standard pages

• Two or more participants: 192,000-240,000 characters including spaces, corresponding to 80-100 standard pages

The size of the thesis is based on 2,400 characters (incl. spaces) per page, excluding the front page, table of contents, bibliography and any appendices. The thesis will be refused examination if it exceeds the maximum size, and one examination attempt will be deemed to have been used up. The duration of the examination, including assessment, is determined as follows:

• One examinee: 30 minutes • Two examinees: 60 minutes • Three examinees: 75 minutes • Four examinees: 90 minutes • Five examinees: 105 minutes • Six examinees: 120 minutes

If there are four or more examinees a break may be included in the examination, the duration of which will be added to the length of the examination. 6. General regulations The general provisions on examinations, tests and other forms of assessment, including regulations for submitting appeals relating to examinations and other assessments, etc., may be read at the University's website under section 3.5 of the rules and regulations.

6.1 Registration/de-registration and re-examination

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Students must register for the study activities of the coming semester. The University will however register a student who has not completed the programme in the prescribed time for the remaining activities or examinations in the following semester, cf. the registration and examination regulations.

The rules governing registration, deregistration, re-examination and possible exemptions are set out in Roskilde University’s registration and examination regulations.

6.2 Special examination facilities Students with physical or psychological handicaps, students with a mother tongue other than Danish, or students with other equivalent difficulties, may be offered special examination facilities if it is assessed that this is necessary in order to ensure equal opportunities for such students in the examination situation. The provision of such facilities must not result in a lowering of the examination standard.

6.3 Academic selection criteria If there are more students who wish to take a given course, etc., than there are places for, the following academic selection criteria will be applied:

Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Students who are required to take the course will be guaranteed a place.

6.4 Pass requirements Students who do not pass at least 45 ECTS credits in an academic year will be disenrolled. The detailed rules, including on exemptions, are contained in the University’s disenrollment rules.

6.5 Time limit for programme completion Students must complete their study programmes within the prescribed time + 1 year after commencement. The detailed rules, including on exemptions, are contained in the University’s disenrollment rules. These rules also contain detailed provisions, including transitional rules for students enrolled prior to 1 September 2016.

A student who has not passed a commenced study activity which is withdrawn from the range of study activities offered may take a second or third examination attempt by the semester after the activity was withdrawn, at the latest.

In the case of study activities that are no longer offered: A student who has not passed a commenced study activity may take a second or third examination attempt by the semester after the activity was withdrawn, at the latest.

7. Exemptions and appeals 7.1 Exemptions In exceptional cases, the Study Board may grant exemptions from such rules in the curriculum as are determined by the Study Board alone.

7.2 Appeals The decisions of the Study Board pursuant to this curriculum may be brought before the Rector if the appeal relates to legal questions. The time limit for the submission of appeals is two weeks from the date on which the decision is announced. The appeal must be submitted to RUC Education and Students ([email protected]).

In addition, decisions of the Study Board relating to the rejection or partial rejection of an application for credit for previously passed Danish study programme elements, or for advance credit for Danish or foreign study programme elements, may be brought before a credit transfer appeals committee, if the appeal relates to the academic assessment, in accordance with the Executive Order on Credit Transfer Appeals Committees. The time limit for the submission of appeals is two weeks from the date on which the decision is announced. The appeal must be submitted to RUC Education and Students ([email protected]).

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Decisions of the Study Board relating to the rejection or partial rejection of an application for credit for previously passed foreign study programme elements may moreover be brought before the Qualifications Board, if the appeal relates to the academic assessment, in accordance with the Act on Assessment of International Educational Qualifications, etc. The time limit for the submission of appeals is four weeks from the date on which the decision is announced. The appeal must be submitted to RUC Education and Students ([email protected]).

Decisions of the Rector concerning legal questions may be brought before the Danish Agency for Higher Education. 8. Entry into force and transitional rules 8.1 Entry into force This curriculum shall enter into force on 1 September 2016. 8.2 Transitional rules This curriculum shall apply to students who are enrolled in the Master’s programme on or after 1 September 2016. In the case of students who are enrolled before 1 September 2016, the curriculum associated with the Common Rules of 2006 shall apply.

Approved by the Study Board, 20 May 2016. The amendments as of 1 September 2017 were approved by the Study Board on 28 September 2016. Approved by Rector Hanne Leth Andersen, 28 February 2017. The amendments as of 1 September 2017 were approved 3 March 2017.

Hanne Leth Andersen

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Bilag 1

Adgangskrav

Studerende med retskrav på optagelse Studerende, der har gennemført en samfundsvidenskabelig bacheloruddannelse på Roskilde Universitet i Erhvervsøkonomi/HA eller Virksomhedsstudier har krav på optagelse på kandidatuddannelsen cand.soc i Virksomhedsledelse. Det er en forudsætning for dette krav, at den studerende søger om optagelsen inden bacheloruddannelsen afsluttes og senest 1. april for optagelse på kandidatstudiet den 1. september samme år eller senest 1. november for optagelse på kandidatstudiet den 1. februar året efter. Studerende, der først søger optagelse efter nævnte frist, kan kun optages, hvis der er ledige pladser på kandidatuddannelse cand.soc i Virksomhedsledelse. 1. Andre adgangsgivende bacheloruddannelser fra RUC Humanistiske bacheloruddannelser Ingen adgangsgivende uddannelser, se dog punkt 4. Humanistisk-teknologiske bacheloruddannelse Ingen adgangsgivende uddannelser, se dog punkt 4. Naturvidenskabelige bacheloruddannelser Ingen adgangsgivende uddannelser, se dog punkt 4. Samfundsvidenskabelige bacheloruddannelser Bacheloruddannelse med Arbejdslivsstudier Bacheloruddannelse med Globale Studier Bacheloruddannelse med Internationale Studier Bacheloruddannelse med Internationale Udviklingsstudier Bacheloruddannelse med EU-Studies Bacheloruddannelse med Offentlig Administration Samfundsvidenskabelig Bacheloruddannelse med Politik og Administration Bacheloruddannelse med Socialvidenskab

2. Adgangsgivende bacheloruddannelser fra andre universiteter Copenhagen Business School (CBS) Almen Erhvervsøkonomi Erhvervsøkonomi - filosofi Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU) Ingen adgangsgivende uddannelser, se dog punkt 4.

IT-Universitetet (ITU) Ingen adgangsgivende uddannelser, se dog punkt 4.

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Københavns Universitet (KU) Statskundskab Samfundsfag Økonomi Sociologi Syddansk Universitet (SDU) Almen erhvervsøkonomi Almen erhvervsøkonomi – entreprenørskab og innovation Miljø- og ressourcemanagement Statskundskab Sociologi og kulturanalyse Aarhus Universitet (AU) Statskundskab/samfundsfag Marketing and Management Communication Business Administration Erhvervsøkonomi Almen Erhvervsøkonomi – HA almen Erhvervsøkonomi med etik og ledelse Erhvervsøkonomi - bæredygtighed Økonomi Aalborg Universitet (AAU) Erhvervsøkonomi Politik og Administration Samfundsfag Økonomi Sociologi Færøernes Universitet Samfundsvidenskabelige bachelorer

3. Adgangsgivende professionsbacheloruddannelser Ingen adgangsgivende uddannelser, se dog punkt 5. 4. Ansøgere uden adgangsgivende bacheloruddannelser Har du en anden bacheloruddannelse end dem, der står i dette bilag, kan du stadig søge om optagelse på kandidatuddannelsen. For at blive optaget, skal du have en bacheloruddannelse med kvalifikationer, der svarer til en af de adgangsgivende uddannelser Når du har søgt, vil universitetet lave en vurdering af det faglige indhold i din bacheloruddannelse. Hvis de vurderer, at din bacheloruddannelse kvalificerer dig til at komme ind, så kan du blive optaget på kandidatuddannelsen. Universitetet kan beslutte, at du skal gennemføre faglig supplering på op til 10 ECTS for at blive optaget. Du skal gennemføre og bestå suppleringen inden studiestart på kandidatuddannelsen. 2. Ansøgere uden bacheloruddannelser

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Har du ikke en bacheloruddannelse, kan du som udgangspunkt ikke blive optaget på en kandidatuddannelse. Du kan dog søge hvis du opfylder følgende kriterier: - Du har uddannelsesmæssige kvalifikationer på bachelorniveau. - Du skal have gennemført minimum 180 ECTS-point på en faglig relevant uddannelse. - Uddannelsen skal være sammenhængende og der skal være progression i uddannelsen.

Det er universitetet, der laver en konkret vurdering af dine faglige kvalifikationer.

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