Programme syllabus autumn 2024
Programme syllabus autumn 2024
Title
Leadership and Organisation: Societal Challenges and Organisational Changes, Master's Programme (Two-Year)
Swedish title
Ledarskap och organisation: Samhällsutmaningar och organisatoriska förändringar, masterprogram
Programme code
SASCO
Credits
120 credits
Programme establishment date
2018-12-03
Syllabus approval date
2023-08-21
Syllabus valid from
2024-09-02
Decision-making body
Faculty of Culture and Society
Entry requirements
Bachelor's degree, consisting of 180 credits. The equivalent of English 6 in Swedish secondary school.
Level
Advanced level
Organisation
The aim of the Master’s program is for the students to acquire advanced knowledge and critical understanding of the mutual relationship between societal challenges, leadership and organization in private, public and non-profit sectors as well as knowledge of critical perspectives. After finishing the program the students will be able to move on to PhD studies or to qualified work within e.g. national and international agencies and organizations.
The program is multi-disciplinary and is grounded in the disciplines of Sociology, Pedagogy, Psychology, Business Administration and Political Science. The program is aimed towards students and professionals who are interested in developing their knowledge and understanding of the challenges that organizations and businesses face.
The courses within the main area Leadership and Organization are taught in the first and second semesters. A number of elective courses are offered in the third semester. The fourth semester consists of the mandatory Master’s thesis of 30 credits.
Programme contents
Semester 1, autumn 2024
Leadership and Organisation: Societal Challenges - Perspectives on Leading and Organising
OL671E, 15 credits
Main field of study: Leadership and Organization
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Leadership and Organisation: Societal Changes - Power and Resistance
OL672E, 15 credits
Main field of study: Leadership and Organization
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Semester 2, spring 2025
Leadership and Organisation: Critical Perspectives on Leadership and Organisation
OL673E, 15 credits (COMPULSORY)
Main field of study: Leadership and Organization
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Leadership and Organisation: Research Methods in Leadership and Organisation
OL674E, 15 credits (COMPULSORY)
Main field of study: Leadership and Organization
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Semester 3, autumn 2025
Semester 4, spring 2026
Leadership and Organisation: Master Thesis
OL675E, 30 credits (COMPULSORY)
Main field of study: Leadership and Organization
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Comment
Semester 3: Students may choose to take courses at Malmö University or at another university in Sweden or abroad (i.e. exchange studies). The Department of Urban studies will offer a few elective courses. These will be made available during semester 2 in time for application. There will be a possibility for research internship.
Qualitative targets
Knowledge and understanding
To obtain a Master’s degree in Leadership and Organisation the student shall:
- demonstrate knowledge and understanding in the main field of study, including both broad knowledge of the field and a considerable degree of specialised knowledge in certain areas of the field as well as insight into current research and development work, and
- demonstrate specialised methodological knowledge in the main field of study.
Skills and competences
To obtain a Master’s degree in Leadership and Organisation the student shall:
- demonstrate the ability to critically and systematically integrate knowledge and analyse, assess and deal with complex phenomena, issues and situations even with limited information
- demonstrate the ability to identify and formulate issues critically, autonomously and creatively as well as to plan and, using appropriate methods, undertake advanced tasks within predetermined time frames and so contribute to the formation of knowledge as well as the ability to evaluate this work
- demonstrate the ability in speech and writing both nationally and internationally to clearly report and discuss his or her conclusions and the knowledge and arguments on which they are based in dialogue with different audiences, and
- demonstrate the skills required for participation in research and development work or autonomous employment in some other qualified capacity.
Judgement and approach
To obtain a Master’s degree in Leadership and Organisation the student shall:
- demonstrate the ability to make assessments in the main field of study informed by relevant disciplinary, social and ethical issues and also to demonstrate awareness of ethical aspects of research and development work
- demonstrate insight into the possibilities and limitations of research, its role in society and the responsibility of the individual for how it is used, and
- demonstrate the ability to identify the personal need for further knowledge and take responsibility for his or her ongoing learning.
Degree
Master's Degree (120 credits)
Degree of Master of Arts (120 Credits) with a Major in Leadership and Organisation.
To obtain a degree a minimum of 120 credits is required. At least 90 credits must be second cycle courses within the main area Leadership and Organization. The program's compulsory second and fourth semester courses must be completed and included in the degree.
Additional information
Language of instruction: English
Any specific entry requirements for progression within the programme are indicated in the respective course syllabus.
The syllabus is a translation of a Swedish source text.
If a decision about discontinuation of a study programme has been made, the programme syllabus will cease to be in effect, however only after the students have had the opportunity to complete their study programme within nominal study time (calculated based on the final admission to the programme’s first term) and thereafter, as a minimum, during the following two terms, referred to as the “closure period.”