Capacity Building
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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
Course coordinator: Nicolette Lakemond, Linköping University
Also teaching: Adjunct professor Gunnar Holmberg, Linköping University and Saab, Postdoctor Gouthanan Pushpananthan, Linköping University
Registration: Closed on September 30, 2025
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.
Schedule 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
Schedule 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
Schedule 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
