1. ME2305 Management: Traditions, Theories and Trends 6.0 hp, v 2.0 Karl Liander karl@liander.se karl.liander@es.kth.se 070-7920560

2. ME2305 M3T: Administration You are to sign the class-list during any of the first three lectures. If you are missing on the list, write name, ”personnummer” and e-mail address on the list and contact your ”studievägledare/kansli” ASAP!

3. ME2305 M3T: Purpose The purpose of the course is to enable the participants: To analyze, describe and use management models as presented in literature and practice. To develop awareness and be able to analyze the theoretical foundations of management of primarily technology-based organizations. To be able to analyze, evaluate and use management models

4. ME2305 M3T: Course content Literature –Clegg, Kornberger och Pitsis: Managing & Organizations Lectures –On the course literature (KL) –”Guest lectures” by managers and scholars –”Student lectures” Group exercise –A paper (app. 10 pages) and a 15 min lecture on a chosen text.

5. ME2305 M3T: Examination A written, take-home examination and one paper. The paper is graded Pass/Fail and the examination F, E-A. The exam will be distributed (via the course home-page http://www.kth.se/itm/utbildning/skolans_kurser/kurser- itm/indek/ME2305/VT09-1) on Friday, October 16 2009. The exam is to be handed in (via e-mail or in paper form) to me no later than October 31 2009 http://www.kth.se/itm/utbildning/skolans_kurser/kurser- itm/indek/ME2305/VT09-1 80% participation on lectures is requried…

6. ME2305 M3T: Lectures Date and timeRoomNote Thurs 3/913.00D2KL Fri 11/913.00D2 KL Thurs 17/913.00D2Guest Fri 18/913.00D2Guest

7. ME2305 M3T: Lectures Date and timeRoomNote Wed 22/913.00D2 KL Fre 25/913.00D2Guest Wed 30/913.00D2Student Fri 2/1013.00D2Student

8. ME2305 M3T: Lectures Date and timeRoomNote Wed 7/1013.00D2Student Thurs 15/10 13.00D2 KL

9. ME2305 M3T: ”Group Exercises” Dates and timesRoomNote Tues 8/913.00 D43, D41, D42 Tues 15/913.00 D43, D41, D42 Tues 22/913.00 D43, D41, D42 Thurs 24/913.00 D43, D41, D42

10. ME2305 M3T: ”Group Exercises” Dates ad timesRoomNote Tues 29/913.00 D43, D41, D42 Thurs 1/1013.00 D43, D41, D42 Tues 6/1013.00 D43, D41, D42 Tues 13/1013.00 D43, D41, D42

11. ME2305 M3T: Literature (340 SEK at amazon.co.uk)

12. ME2305 M3T: Tentative reading instructions WeekChapters in Managing & Organizations 21-2 (and the Preface) (app. 75 pages) 33-5 (app. 125 pages) 46-7 (app. 100 pages) 58-9 (10) (app. 100 pages) 611-12 (app. 80 pages) 713-14 (app. 75 pages)

13. ME2305 M3T: Group exercise You perform and in depth study of a text of your own choice (discuss your choices with be before you start) and summarize the text and your analysis in a ten-page paper. You present your findings to the rest of the students in a 15 minute presentation. The text may be one of the management ”classics”, it may also be a text on the management a specific process or type of company (i.e. management of knowledge intensive work, managing innovation and growth etc.) Choices of text should be made no later than Mid- September…