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Course
Organization and Management in the Era of AI and Autonomous Systems
3 ECTS
Date: 14-16 October 2025
Location: Campus Valla, Linköping University. The course starts at lunch day 1, we will have a collective dinner at the end of day 1, full day of classes day 2, and finalize with classes in the morning of day 3, ending at lunch.
Examination: Active participation as well as an essay covering selected topics of the course in relation to the PhD student’s own research focus.
Course coordinator and examiner: Professor Nicolette Lakemond, LiU
Also teaching: Adjunct professor Gunnar Holmberg, LiU and Saab, Postdoctor Gouthanan Pushpananthan, LiU
Registration: Before September 30
Course information
Join us in this course where we explore the organizational and management aspects related to the uptake of AI into business and society. Recent reports show clearly that what is really holding back AI are the organizational and management challenges. In this course we explore the gap between experimentation and adoption and extend current AI emergence as still mainly stand-alone applications to understanding AI as integrated within a broader organizational context and as part of complex and critical systems for society. We use the case of search and rescue that captures many central aspects. You will be introduced to design as central for devising approaches for creating resilient systems. After the course days, you write an essay connecting your learnings to your own research topics.
Preliminary schedule:
Location: Linköping University, Campus Valla
Preparations – Literature reading, answering some questions
Preliminary schedule (OBS changes may be made)
14 October
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Course introduction
13:30 AI in organizations and business – capturing perspectives and insights from preparations
15:00 Coffee break
15:30 Introduction to management of complex intelligent systems
16:30 Introduction to the case – search and rescue
17:30 End
19:00 Evening activity including food
15 October
8:30 Contemporary research in AI, organisations and innovation – Goutha
10:00 Case discussion 1 – Defined rescue scenario
10:30 Learnings from WARA-PS
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Introduction to design theory
14:00 Case activity 2 – Unknown/other rescue scenario – the operative team
15:30 Group presentation and discussion – insights and learnings from discussion 1-2
16:30 Implications and relation to your own research – drafting idea for essay
17:30 End
16 October
8:30 Management of AI in complex systems NAT, HRO, CoPS, NICER
10:00 Connecting business – society in transitions – Bauhaus approach
11:30 Wrap-up, discussion, what’s next
12:00 End
Deadline för essay – 1 November 2025
Literature: TBD
Registration
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Generously funded by the Wallenberg Foundations.
