Course increase student's knowledge of the industrial company's working organisation and interplay between its different functions such as production, maintenance, development, market, purchases etc, with a special focus on leadership.
ML1610 Work Organization, Business Management and Leadership 7.5 credits
Information per course offering
Information for Spring 2025 TIIPS programme students
- Course location
KTH Södertälje
- Duration
- 14 Jan 2025 - 16 Mar 2025
- Periods
- P3 (7.5 hp)
- Pace of study
50%
- Application code
61420
- Form of study
Normal Daytime
- Language of instruction
Swedish
- Course memo
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- Number of places
Places are not limited
- Target group
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- Schedule
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Contact
Course syllabus as PDF
Please note: all information from the Course syllabus is available on this page in an accessible format.
Course syllabus ML1610 (Spring 2025–)Headings with content from the Course syllabus ML1610 (Spring 2025–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )
Content and learning outcomes
Course contents
Intended learning outcomes
After passing the course, the student should be able to:
- describe industrial systems and working organisation's emergence and principles
- describe and apply work organizational principles and methods for interplay between different functions
- explain and separate managerial concepts, such as: TQM, lean production and outsourcing
- explain principles and models for introduction of change of working organisations
- explain different types of working parties ”roles in team”, group's development process
- define, describe and illustrate different types of leadership styles and models
- explain his own and others' behaviour in group dynamic processes, as leader and that led
- apply work organization tools
Literature and preparations
Specific prerequisites
Specific entry requirements: Passed module SEM1 and SEM2 in ML1618
Equipment
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Literature
Meddelas vid kursstart.
Examination and completion
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Grading scale
A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Examination
- SEMA - Seminar exercises, 1.5 credits, grading scale: P, F
- TENA - Written examination, 4.5 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
- ÖVNA - Exercises, 1.5 credits, grading scale: P, F
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
Examiner determines, in consultation with KTH's coordinator for disabilities (Work), about possible adapted examination for students with documented, permanent disabilities. The examiner may admit other examination format for re-examination of individual students.
Other requirements for final grade
Attendance at specified compulsory course dates (or completed compensation assignment to these) are requirements for final grading.
Opportunity to complete the requirements via supplementary examination
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Opportunity to raise an approved grade via renewed examination
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Examiner
Ethical approach
- All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
- In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
- In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.
Further information
Course room in Canvas
Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.
Offered by
Main field of study
Technology
Education cycle
First cycle
Add-on studies
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