Leadership and Organisation: Societal Challenges and Organisational Changes, Master's Programme (Two-Year)

During the first year, you will be taking courses informed by critical perspectives on leadership and organisation. During the third semester, you will choose between several independent courses in order to deepen your knowledge in your particular subjects of interest. These will be made available during the second semester, in time for application. Among the courses offered are Leadership and Organisation: Research Internship, 30 credits. Students may choose to take courses at a university abroad. The programme concludes with the writing of a 30-credit master's thesis.

The programme has a strong, multidisciplinary connection to research. Many programme lecturers are active and internationally recognised scholars within leadership and organisation, work environment, social work, gender in organisations, power, resistance, governance, technology, and sustainability.

The perceived pressure for organisations to adapt to societal changes means that it is important that managers, leaders and employees have solid knowledge and a critical understanding of governance, management and organisation within and across the private, public and non-profit sectors. In addition, there is an increasing demand for people that can integrate knowledge and understanding of power, gender, diversity, work, technology, sustainability into leadership, organisation and change.

Graduates will be qualified to work within various fields, such as management and organisational development within organisations, agencies and companies, both nationally and internationally. The programme also prepares you for continued studies at PhD level.

Part 1, description of previous experience

Not applicable (0p): Not assessed/ unclear

• To a minor extent (1p): The applicants previous experiences with working with societal challenges and in applying critical perspectives on leadership and organisation in different types of organisations demonstrate some knowledge and understanding of particular relevance to the programme in relation to leadership and organisation with regards to societal challenges.
• To a high extent (2p): The applicants previous experiences with working with societal challenges and in applying critical perspectives on leadership and organisation in different types of organisations demonstrate a good knowledge and understanding of particular relevance to the programme in relation to leadership and organisation with regards to societal challenges.
• To a very high extent (3p): The applicants previous experiences with working with societal challenges and in applying critical perspectives on leadership and organisation in different types of organisations demonstrate very good knowledge and understanding of particular relevance to the programme in relation to leadership and organisation with regards to societal challenges.

Part 2, description of academic work independently

• Not applicable (0p): No assessment / unclear
• To a minor extent (1p): The independent work has some relevance to the programme content (problem and objectives) however, logic, description and the connection to programme content could be more explicit.
• To a high extent (2p): The independent work is estimated to have relevance to the programme. The applicant demonstrates analytical ability with respect to the problems and methodological knowledge.
• To a very high extent (3p): The project work is considered to have great relevance to the programme and the applicant shows good analysis/analysis capability with respect to the problem and demonstrates solid knowledge and skills in the approach/methodology.

Part 3, letter of intent

• Not applicable (0p): No assessment / unclear
• To a minor extent (1p): The applicant demonstrated how education can be important to legitimise their continued work with leadership and organisation in relationship societal challenges and societal development. The applicant can clearly communicate their arguments in English, demonstrating a sufficient level of English writing proficiency.
• To a high extent (2p): The applicant demonstrates a commitment to how education can enhance their continued work and interest with/for leadership and organisational issues and their relationship to societal challenges and societal development. The applicant's perception of different kinds of societal challenges must be clear and comprehensive. The applicant can clearly communicate their arguments in English, demonstrating an advanced level of English writing proficiency.
• To a very high extent (3p): The applicant shows a strong commitment to using the education in their continued work and interest with/for leadership and organisational issues in relation to societal challenges and societal development. The applicant's view of societal challenges must be clear and comprehensive including multiple aspects of societal challenges. The applicant demonstrates the ability to be self-reflective and demonstrates a clear, commitment to utilising their education to contribute to dealing with societal challenges in research and practice. The applicant demonstrates an understanding of the complexity of the field of societal challenges and societal development. The applicant can clearly communicate their arguments in English, demonstrating an advanced level of English writing proficiency and demonstrates knowledge of the current area's terminology.