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Change Management & Improvement Processes 2012, TEK430

Your own effort

1. How large part of the lectures/exercises offered did you attend?

76%-100%»		23		57%
51%-75%»		10		25%
26%-50%»		4		10%
0-25%»		3		7%

Genomsnitt: 1.67

- It was so nice to have guestlecures! I really liked it and it made us connect theory with practice and to hear about real life examples is the best way to learn, in my opinion.» (76%-100%)
- Conflicting schedules sadly» (51%-75%)
- The lectures weren´,t related to our term paper subject. Neither were most of the seminars. In a hectic schedule the are therefor unprioritized » (26%-50%)
- Attended another course in The same time so i had to prioritize» (26%-50%)

General Impression

2. What is your general impression of the course?

Very Positive»		15		37%
Positive»		22		55%
Negative»		3		7%
Very Negative»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.7

- Very interesting subject and I really like the variety of the topics» (Very Positive)
- Analytical emphasis» (Very Positive)
- Could be a little more of concrete elements in the course to put some theories in the right context» (Positive)
- More feedback would have been nice.» (Positive)
- Now in the end, the term paper seems to affect the grade much more than the literature seminars/hand in of questions. Lectures shall be seen as more important! When having a term paper as main subject, people rather works with that instead.» (Positive)
- There isn´,t any coherence in the course. It is interesting to write a term paper, the lectures are interesting and I really enjoyed the seminars but they don´,t fit together. The paper is 100% of the grade but the lectures and semninars aren´,t helping my paper. » (Negative)
- It felet like tek280 but not as much Practice» (Negative)
- Too much fluff. No clear goals with each lecture and too little "hard" knowledge. Reflection is good but should be around bullet points and new perspectives in my opinion. The articles was good in this sense but the lectures not. And not the term paper.» (Negative)

Goals and Goal Fulfillment

3. How understandable are the course goals?

I have not seen/ read the goals»		4		10%
The goals are difficult to understand»		1		2%
The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer»		14		35%
The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn»		21		52%

Genomsnitt: 3.3

- I think that the goals feels a bit fuzzy since the case are pretty open-ended for own definitions which, I think is a part of the coarse.» (The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer)
- I was sometimes not sure where the boundaries were in the material represented in class, i.e. what was inside the scope of the course and what was outside.» (The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer)
- Goals were easy to read up beforehand and was also attained.» (The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn)

4. Are the goals reasonable considering your background and the number of credits?

36 svarande

No, the goals are set too low»		2		5%
Yes, the goals seem reasonable»		33		91%
No, the goals are set too high»		1		2%

Genomsnitt: 1.97

- I did spend almost the same time, maybe more due to my bad reading speed (articles before seminars), as spend on other courses so the point seems fair.» (Yes, the goals seem reasonable)
- *About my background» (No, the goals are set too high)

5. Did the examination assess whether you have reached the goals?

Yes, definitely»		10		25%
To some extent»		21		52%
No, not at all»		3		7%
I do not know/ have not been examined yet»		6		15%

Genomsnitt: 2.12

- In best way - seminars and case» (Yes, definitely)
- perhaps if you include the presentation.» (Yes, definitely)
- The term paper could be guided more and the goals with them set stricter to guide the students» (To some extent)
- "They will also have an ability to critically view consultants packaging of change and improvement project offerings" ? is this assessed?» (To some extent)
- The paper doesn´,t check that at all, and neither does the seminars. » (No, not at all)
- The examination could be written with zero attendance for this whole course if one wanted» (No, not at all)
- The final project is a good way to go deep into several theories represented in the course, although it limits the coverage to those theories and others tend to be left out.» (I do not know/ have not been examined yet)

Learning

6. To what extent did the lectures contribute to your learning?

Great extent»		10		25%
Large extent»		8		20%
Some extent»		11		27%
Small extent»		8		20%
I did not participate»		3		7%

Genomsnitt: 2.65

- The ones i could attend - conflicting schedule» (Great extent)
- If you include the seminars, and guest lectures I would rate it as to a large extent.» (Large extent)
- Very good case seminars, but more time should be provided to them (both in the small groups as well as the large groups, since we always had to stop in the middle of our discussion). The lectures were interesting when various persons were invited to spread their knowledge. Did though sometimes lack the direct connection to the class material.» (Large extent)
- I participated in the beginning but as time got more scarce and they didn´,t help towards my examination I prioritized my time elsewhere. » (I did not participate)

7. To what extent did the supervision sessions contribute to your learning?

Great extent»		7		17%
Large extent»		8		20%
Some extent»		11		27%
Small extent»		11		27%
I did not participate»		3		7%

Genomsnitt: 2.87

- The supervision sessions were too short. 30 or 45 minutes each had provided better learning. » (Great extent)
- Maybe a little short - input was good but it was hard to fit in a proper discussion» (Large extent)
- Reasonable» (Some extent)
- This is not the supervisions fault that i didnt feel that i got the most out of it, that has to do with preparation.. But dont change anything, really, it is a good idéa and the way you got me into the right direction from the start.» (Some extent)
- Had good discussions but not enough time.» (Some extent)
- We sent are material a bit too late to be examined before the session. Perhaps it would be good to have a stated deadline when material has to be sent in to be reviewed before sessions.» (Small extent)
- need to be more organized so that you are introduced to new ideas of how to work like this!» (Small extent)

8. To what extent did the guest lectures contribute to your learning?

- These guest lectures Is one of the best guest lectures and most interesting I have been to. The Tomas Holst is something that should be avaliable to the student on the fist grade or at least to student in all of the master programms. Sari and Mike leactures were also very good and maybe Sari could be the first one to be viewed in the course»
- Sari and Mike where the absolute best!»
- Tomas´,s lecture was very interesting but I wouldn´,t say that it contributed to my learning. Most of the focus was on the projet management of OMform»
- Very good! More focus on this. The working with the term paper takes away focus from reflecting upon what is given during the lectures. Processing knowledge with others during lectuers are great.»

Tomas Holst - OMform Café Bulten
38 svarande

Great extent»		5		13%
Large extent»		9		23%
Some extent»		10		26%
Small extent»		10		26%
I did not participate»		4		10%

Genomsnitt: 2.97

Stefan Book - Quality driven improvement
37 svarande

Great extent»		3		8%
Large extent»		12		32%
Some extent»		6		16%
Small extent»		4		10%
I did not participate»		12		32%

Genomsnitt: 3.27

Azadeh Fazl Mashhadi - Volvo Penta
37 svarande

Great extent»		5		13%
Large extent»		16		43%
Some extent»		2		5%
Small extent»		3		8%
I did not participate»		11		29%

Genomsnitt: 2.97

Sari Scheinberg - Large Scale Change
38 svarande

Great extent»		7		18%
Large extent»		14		36%
Some extent»		4		10%
Small extent»		2		5%
I did not participate»		11		28%

Genomsnitt: 2.89

Mike Moghaddas - Sony Ericsson
37 svarande

Great extent»		6		16%
Large extent»		14		37%
Some extent»		1		2%
Small extent»		2		5%
I did not participate»		14		37%

Genomsnitt: 3.1

9. To what extent did the course literature/articles contribute to your learning?

Great extent»		11		27%
Large extent»		23		57%
Some extent»		5		12%
Small extent»		1		2%

Genomsnitt: 1.9

- Great articles» (Great extent)
- Great extent! Discussing articles and process the knowledge during seminars are great.» (Great extent)
- Allways tough with articles but still better than book» (Large extent)
- I really like seminars like this, but as time got more scarce the effort put in to them got less and less. There was no feedback so engagement got lower and lower. Instead of having to come up with questions, provide questions that we need to answer. Then the difference in answers will provide good areas for discussion. Also, provide feedback on the hand-ins ro increase engagement. It is sad that it is som important but what gets measured gets done, and I can´,t justify putting in more effort when it doesn´,t contribute to my grade, more focus is instead put on other projects.» (Large extent)
- some of the articles. A few of them took a lot of time but gave very little.» (Large extent)
- Mostly well chosen cases, but sometimes they lacked something to catch me as a reader. » (Large extent)
- Complicated and not connected to each other in any sense» (Some extent)
- Some articles could have a more practical approach to put the theories into context» (Some extent)

10. To what extent did the literature seminars contribute to your learning?

Great extent»		18		45%
Large extent»		9		22%
Some extent»		9		22%
Small extent»		2		5%
I did not participate»		2		5%

Genomsnitt: 2.02

- The structure of the seminars is good and I like them» (Great extent)
- Probably the most important thing when it comes to learning in this course.» (Great extent)
- Great extent! Discussing articles and process the knowledge during seminars are great.» (Great extent)
- In the beginning they contributed well, as the engagement decreased so did the learning.» (Some extent)
- Because of lack of involvement in the seminars due to nervosity, i didnt learn very much but i attended and it was good discussions.» (Some extent)
- but to be "ticked off" when speaking in large class is stressful. » (Some extent)

11. To what extent did the term papers contribute to your learning?

Great extent»		16		41%
Large extent»		17		43%
Some extent»		6		15%
Small extent»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.74

- The own work I did for the report is actually the only thing I learned.» (Great extent)
- Made us really have to dive into the articles and literature available!» (Great extent)
- I learnt so much from the interviews!» (Great extent)
- Practice is the best theory :)» (Large extent)
- a huge amount of time and energy that could have been better spent if we had better guidance, lectures of how to do it (master level lectures- not introductions - hardcore tips )» (Some extent)
- To some extent. However, it is more focus to write correctly rather than learn a lot. This i disturbing the way of preparing for lectures and reading articles to the seminar. Also, since the paper is perfomed by a group, the collaboration makes it harder to plan what to do when...» (Some extent)

Course Administration

12. How well did the course administration i.e. web page, hand outs, etc. work?

Great extent»		14		35%
Large extent»		18		46%
Some extent»		5		12%
Small extent»		2		5%
I did not participate»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.87

- weird possible answers....I would say "rather good"» (?)
- I would have been better if all the articles were digital.» (Large extent)
- Kristian was quick at responding.» (Large extent)
- Sometimes hard to find course material for cases and lectures came in late on the web.» (Some extent)
- The articles was very hard to find online. Should be able to download them from the coursehomepage.» (Small extent)

Study Climate

13. How were the opportunities for asking questions and getting help?

Very good»		21		52%
Rather good»		15		37%
Rather poor»		2		5%
Very poor»		0		0%
I did not seek help»		2		5%

Genomsnitt: 1.67

- Great access to Sverker for questions» (Very good)
- but the challenge was not large enough to much any help unfortunately» (Very good)
- If you really believe term paper is a good way of examing the knowledge/making the students learn, I would suggest continuous follow-up of term papers. People without earlier experience of this feel lost and maybe do not know what is expected...» (Rather poor)

14. How well did the cooperation between you and the fellow students work?

Very good»		23		57%
Rather good»		12		30%
Rather poor»		5		12%
Very poor»		0		0%
I did not seek cooperation»		0		0%

Genomsnitt: 1.55

- There were some problems, the other part was extremely ambitious in The planning, but ended up waiting until the last possible second to contribute and communicate » (Rather poor)
- We were on different pages sometimes. May be because of priorities and no clear (ambitions-nivå). Nothing course related.. But I do think that this Sari should come with her input in the course earlier.» (Rather poor)
- The only student I cooporated with was my report colleague.» (Rather poor)
- Collaboration in the main exercise (term paper) of this course is, in my opinion, maybe not optimal. Especially not since it takes a lot of time beside scheduled time. If the group members are taking different courses the way of planning is not that easy...» (Rather poor)

15. How was the course workload?

Too low»		4		10%
Adequate/ Low»		15		37%
Adequate/ High»		20		50%
Too high»		1		2%

Genomsnitt: 2.45

- and the time spent didnt give much since there was too little structure. All pieces were good but way to fluffy» (Too low)
- » (Adequate/ Low)
- Hard to know the expectation level of the term paper.» (Adequate/ High)

16. How was the total workload this study period?

Too low»		1		2%
Adequate/ Low»		7		17%
Adequate/ High»		27		69%
Too high»		4		10%

Genomsnitt: 2.87

- Not relevant» (?)
- this course next to fluid mechanics» (Adequate/ Low)
- depends on how much time you put into the case I would say.» (Adequate/ High)
- Project & project. Different schedules... Hard to plan -> high(!) workload!» (Adequate/ High)
- The other production engineering course took a lot of time. But these two courses together worked well! I would not want to change anything!» (Too high)

Summarizing Questions

17. What should definitely be preserved to next year?

18. What should definitely be changed to next year?

19. Would you recommend this course to other students?

20. Do you have any additional comments?