COURSE SYLLABUS

On completion of the course the student will be able to:

1. explain theories, concepts and models that focus on the spectrum of organizational theory for purpose and profit.
2. explain theories, concepts and models that focus on organizing processes for the development of an organizational purpose.

3. identify and apply key approaches for organizing socially, ecologically and economically sustainable enterprises, including NGOs and public-sector companies,
4. develop strategies for integrating organizational purpose driven methods into more traditional profit driven methods.

5. analyze the contextual driving forces influencing processes for organizing socially, ecologically and economically sustainable enterprises, including NGOs and public-sector companies

This course presents a spectrum of theories, concepts and models in the fields of organizational theory that broaden students’ understanding of purpose and profit. The course looks at purpose from beyond a profit-driven view and includes social, ecological and economical perspectives on what drives human organizing activity. The course provides frameworks to develop business models, partnerships, and/or joint ventures to eliminate poverty, inequalities and/or ecological deterioration, including:

• organizing as an outcome of institutional logics for sustainability such as a purpose-driven logic, a business-driven logic (including a shareholder driven logic, a profit-driven logic, and a hybrid-driven logic,
• organizing as an outcome of a sensemaking process for sustainability,
• organizing as an outcome of an imprinting process for sustainability,
• organizing as modelling sustainable enterprises, including NGOs and public-sector organizations, and
• organizing for different markets – including the bottom of the pyramid and the lifestyle of health and sustainability.
• problems and limitations of purely profit-driven purpose
• problems and limitations of social and ecological approaches to organizational purpose

Connection to Research and Practice The course is focused on organizational theories and sustainability and connects to research in this area by the following:

• Connecting students with internal and external faculty who are research-focused in the areas of organizational theories and sustainability through lectures and seminars.
• Introducing students to the traditional and contemporary organizational theories in structural and human organizing

Lectures, seminars, guest lectures, tutoring, group projects, seminar discussions, and presentations.

Language of instruction is in English.

It is the responsibility of the examiner to ensure that each course is evaluated. At the outset of the course, the programme evaluators in the course must be contacted. In the middle of the course, the examiner should meet the programme evaluators to identify strengths/weaknesses in the first half of the course. At the end of the course, the examiner should remind students to fill in the survey. The examiner should also call a meeting with the programme evaluators to debrief the course, based on course evaluation data and comments. The next time the course runs, students should be informed of any measures taken to improve the course based on the previous course evaluations. At the end of each study period, JIBS’ Director of Quality and Accreditation crafts a “Course Evaluation Quarter Report”, presenting the quantitative results from course evaluation surveys. The Associate Dean of Education, The Associate Deans of Faculty, Programme Directors, and JSA President and Quality receive the report.

Academic integrity

JIBS students are expected to maintain a strong academic integrity. This implies to behave within the boundaries of academic rules and expectations relating to all types of teaching and examination.

Copying someone else’s work is a particularly serious offence and can lead to disciplinary action. When you copy someone else’s work, you are plagiarising. You must not copy sections of work (such as paragraphs, diagrams, tables and words) from any other person, including another student or any other author. Cutting and pasting is a clear example of plagiarism. There is a workshop and online resources to assist you in not plagiarising called the Interactive Anti-Plagiarism Guide.

Other forms of breaking academic integrity include (but are not limited to) adding your name to a project you did not work on (or allowing someone to add their name), cheating on an examination, helping other students to cheat and submitting other students work as your own, and using non-allowed electronic equipment during an examination. All of these make you liable to disciplinary action.

Please note that changes may be made to the reading list up until eight weeks before the start of the course.

A list of articles will be supplied at the course introduction.