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Objective

Networking is vital in today's business. Global business requires dynamic and flexible actions from networks and organizations to success. Co-operation and interaction skills are greatly determining created value between organizations and individuals.

The Course competences:
procurement skills, management skills, working life skills and engineering practice.

The learning objectives of this course:
In this course, you will get readiness to work and understand networks. You will understand opportunities and challenges of networking as business strategy and recognize organization roles in global value networks. In addition, you will understand principles of co-operation in level of organizations and individuals, as part of business development.

Content

In this course you will study following topics:
Networks as phenomenon
Networks and value networks in business
SRM (Supplier relationship management)
Collaboration between organizations
Collaboration between individuals

Materials

Material which is available in virtual study environment.
Study material and course literature will be presented at the course itself.

Teaching methods

7 contact lessons according to separate time schedule. Contact lessons are face-to-face in main campus.
Independent study consists of orientation assignments, learning assignments and learning diary.
Course exam is made as group exam.

Employer connections

Possible company excursions and visitor lecturers from working life.

Exam schedules

This course has an exam on April 2023.

International connections

English study materials are used in this course.

Completion alternatives

Accreditation procedure is described in study guide. Course teacher will give additional information of other possible methods to take this course.

Student workload

One credit means 27 hours of student work. Therefore 5 credit course means 135 hours of student work.

Course plan:
- contact lessons, 7 times, around 26 hours
- Company excursion, around 8 hours
- Independent study, around 100 hours

Further information

Course assessment is based on orientation assignments, learning assignments, learning diary and exam.

Evaluation scale

Pass/Fail

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Student understand course topics and demonstrate competencies in learning objectives.

Qualifications

Purchasing management. Student is able to find information idependently and to prepare reports. They have basic knowledge of the logistics processes.