Emnebeskrivelse PCL9202

The integration of digital technology in various sectors of society continuously change how we interact. In work life this integration affects and is affected by ‘Communication’ and ‘Leadership’, two intersecting processes which are used to provide organisations with agency, purpose, and meaning. Communication through leadership, and leadership through communication, generate and sustain relationships internally in an organisation, remotely and face-to-face, as well as externally towards other stakeholders or society at large. Understanding the relationship between communication and leadership are necessary to create an open, encouraging and inclusive environment for employees and stakeholders.

This course focuses on contemporary debates and research on how communication and leadership intersect. In doing so, the course will introduce students to ideas, technologies and behavior that are found in the process where people try to accomplish something together in a given context and how they make sense of why they are doing it.

This interdisciplinary course will allow students to reflect upon two dimensions of today’s organizations: the value of applying a perspective on communication and leadership as ways to develop an inclusive organization in a diverse world, and an ability to handle the digitalization of an organization through concepts such as platformisation, mediatisation, and transmedia work.

Knowledge

Upon completion of the course the student:

• possess advanced knowledge on key traditions in the history of communication and leadership

• possess an advanced understanding of key topics in contemporary communication and leadership research

• possess advanced insight in the interdisciplinarity characterizing this field

Skills

• is able to critically evaluate communication and leadership issues and challenge established knowledge and practice in the field

• is able to use key theories and practice from the field to handle complex academic issues

General competence

• can manage complex interdisciplinary assignments and projects based on self-developed empirical material and relevant theory

• can identify workplace issues where ethical consideration is particularly relevant

• can assess the need for disciplinary innovation

PhD in Communication and Leadership

The learning activities will be a mixture of lectures, short presentations, case assignments, and discussion sessions in which students are expected to actively participate. The course consists of an introductory part with lectures focusing on basic concepts, followed by a part comprised of workshops in which possible cases for analysis are presented and discussed. The third part of the course combines lectures and group sessions focusing on how to apply theory on case material. The candidates will comment on each other’s paper drafts.

Teaching dates: 25. and 27. February, and 18. March

Guest lecturers with relevant work experience as leaders and managers will participate as tutors, in combination with case assignments. The course will use cases from the work sector, such as health care, media institutions, and political organisations.

Non-verifiable coursework requirements: one or more assignments that must be collectively approved

Individual qualification: G/IG (approved/not approved)

Verifiable (right of appeal): no

Coursework requirements are to be handed in or conducted in accordance with information given by the lecturer and carried out within the duration of the course, as well as registered as approved/not approved at least two weeks before the exam/exam period.

Approved coursework requirements grant students permission to take exams. Unapproved coursework requirements result in the student’s withdrawal from the exam.

Compulsory attendance: 80 % participation in classroom activities

Individual qualification: G/IG (approved/not approved)

Compulsory attendance is to be conducted in accordance with the Guidelines for Chapter 3 Studies - with supplementary provisions for compulsory activity and information given by the lecturer.

Compulsory attendance is to be carried out throughout the duration of the course and registered as approved/not approved at least two weeks before the exam/exam period.

Approved compulsory attendance grants students permission to take exams. Unapproved compulsory attendance results in the student’s withdrawal from the exam.

Exam: Individual written home examination

Duration: Semester

Grading scale: The Norwegian grading system uses the graded scale pass or fail

Weighting: Passing of the overall assessment

Support materials: All support materials are allowed

If graded fail the candidate can resubmit the written home exam within 2 weeks from the grade is announced. The number of attempts for the exam is stated in the regulations.

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