Leadership and Organizational Change

Code:

2MEAE10

Acronym:

LMO

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Management Studies

Instance: 2022/2023 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Economics and Business Administration

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
EAE	42	Official Syllabus after 2021-2022	1	-	6	42	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

- to analyse leadership and organizational change as joint, unseparate processes of mutual implication;
- to analyse leadership and organizational themes as complex and disputed territories, in which very different discourses coexist, with diverse origins, interests and agendas, which frequently translate in reinforcing power assimetries in organizations;
- to analyse how different modes of thinking translate in distinctive conceptualizations of leadership and ways of conducting processes of change, and generate different organizational dynamics;
- to develop critical thinking in the analysis of organization, change and leadership phenomena
- to contribute to an enriched understanding of what managing and being managed mean, especially in the context of change processes.

Learning outcomes and competences

Students are expected to develop competencies of analysis, reflexivity and critical thinking in relation to organization, change and leadership, the different approaches to these themes, and the alternative ways of intervening in processes of change in organizations.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

n.a.

Program

1. Modes of thinking
2. Mainstream perspectives
3. Relational perspectives
4. Critical perspectives

Mandatory literature

Doris Schedlitzki; Studying leadership. ISBN: 978-1-4462-0797-0
Muayyad Jabri; Managing organizational change. ISBN: 978-0-230-24408-5

Comments from the literature

The full bibliographic list will be provided to students in the first lecture.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures for presenting the theoretical elements.
Case analysis and discussion.
Presentations by students.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Teste	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	73,00
Frequência das aulas	39,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

All students must take the written test and submit group and individual assignments.

Calculation formula of final grade

• Minimum mark of 7/20 in the test. A mark below that means a fail regardless of the average classification.


• Up to 1 extra point in the final classification to the students (3 maximum) with higher quality participation in classroom sessions, if justified. 


• Approval is granted with a minimum average classification of 9,5/20.

Important remarks:

• Distributed assessment only. The final exam option is not avalaible, neither in época normal nor in época de recurso.


• In época de recurso, students may improve the test result only, and the marks in the other components will remain.

Examinations or Special Assignments

n.a.

Internship work/project

n.a.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

The assessment criteria is the same to all students, regardless of the status (TE, DA, outro) they may have.

Classification improvement

Students may improve the test result only (50% of the final classification), and the marks in the other components will remain.

Observations

n.a.