The course Business Process Management and Organizational Practice explores Business Process Management (BPM) through an organizational-studies lens. Emphasizing the duality of stability and change in organizational work, the course covers the factors, mechanisms, and interventions that affect how processes behave over time. The course covers five primary topics:

• Introduction to Business Process Management

• Process- and practice-based research

• Organizational routines

• Intra-organizational dynamics and endogenous change

• The role of agency and intention in the execution of organizational work

After successful completion of this course, students will:

• Know the basics of Business Process Management and Organizational Routines, understand their differences and commonalities
• Understand how and why processes change over time, even in unpredictable ways
• Be a reflective process expert

at least 80% attendance

• The course involves interactive lectures with exercises to integrate theoretical knowledge with practical design and analytical skills 
• The Learn platform will be used throughout the course to disseminate course materials and aid discussions with and among students 

Exam (50%), project work (40%), assignment (5%), participation in class (5%)