Work

The course is an optional course in Digital Leadership Master's Programme (N2DGL).

Bachelor’s degree 180 credits and English 6/English B from Swedish Upper Secondary School or equivalent.

In this course, students will learn about key developments related to digital work including work technology, new forms of work, work design, and digital workplace management. Digital technology has a profound impact on work. Recent technological advances facilitated globally distributed workplaces, automation of increasingly complex cognitive work, and profound changes in how we see the content of work, employment relationships, and the concept of the workplace itself. Amidst these tectonic shifts, it is critical to understand how technology and management practices shape the direction of the workplace of tomorrow. This is the central focus of the course. Students will learn the current developments in the digital transformation of work, key concepts and theories to comprehend and evaluate these developments, and industrial best practices used to deal with the transformation. The students will also engage in central debates related to the future direction of digital work.

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

Knowledge and understanding

1. describe the key developments in digital transformation in the workplace, and how digital transformation changes what we do at work and how we do it;

2. explain concepts and theories relevant to digital work, and how they are related to practice;

Competence and skills

3. analyze and evaluate the design of digital technology for work and its impact on the workplace;

4. evaluate different modes of human-technology collaboration at work and their significance on the work process;

Judgement and approach

5. critically assess the applicability of different digital transformation approaches to work in various contexts;

6. critically reflect on choices of technology and approaches to implement it in the workplace.

The course includes interactive lectures, seminars, and group work to facilitate in-depth analysis of complex issues related to digital work.

Language of instruction: English

An overall assessment is made based on two major components:

1. Individual exam

2. Weekly tasks - Students will be given tasks to complete related to the content andactivities of the week.

If a student who has been failed twice for the same examination element wishes to change examiner before the next examination session, such a request is to be granted unless there are specific reasons to the contrary (Chapter 6 Section 22 HF).

If a student has received a certificate of disability study support from the University of Gothenburg with a recommendation of adapted examination and/or adapted forms of assessment, an examiner may decide, if this is consistent with the course’s intended learning outcomes and provided that no unreasonable resources would be needed, to grant the student adapted examination and/or adapted forms of assessment.

If a course has been discontinued or undergone major changes, the student must be offered at least two examination sessions in addition to ordinary examination sessions. These sessions are to be spread over a period of at least one year but no more than two years after the course has been discontinued/changed. The same applies to placement and internship (VFU) except that this is restricted to only one further examination session.

If a student has been notified that they fulfil the requirements for being a student at Riksidrottsuniversitetet (RIU student), to combine elite sports activities with studies, the examiner is entitled to decide on adaptation of examinations if this is done in accordance with the Local rules regarding RIU students at the University of Gothenburg.

The grading scale comprises: Pass (G) and Fail (U).
In order to pass the course, students are required to pass each of the two components.

After completion of the course the students are to be given the opportunity to participate in a course evaluation electronically. The result of the course evaluation is to be made accessible to the students. The next time the course is given the processed result of the course evaluation is to be presented to the students including possible changes brought about as a result of the course evaluation.