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Responsible Business Concepts (10 cr)

Code: MZMI3000-3011

General information


Enrollment
01.08.2024 - 22.08.2024
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
03.09.2024 - 31.12.2024
Implementation has ended.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
10 cr
Local portion
0 cr
Virtual portion
10 cr
Mode of delivery
Distance learning
Unit
School of Business
Campus
Main Campus
Teaching languages
English
Seats
0 - 38
Degree programmes
Bachelor's Degree Programme in Service Business
Teachers
Janne-Valtteri Nisula
Groups
MPT22SM
Palveluliiketoiminnan tutkinto-ohjelma (AMK)
MPT24VS
Palveluliiketoiminnan tutkinto-ohjelma (AMK), vaihto-opiskelu/Exchange studies
Course
MZMI3000

Materials

NOTE: Students need to participate on all contact sessions, there is a lot of hands-on doing in the groups on the course.

Evaluation scale

0-5

Completion alternatives

No alternative versions.

Further information

Integrating sustainability principles in business concept development.
The course offers a variety of tools which can be useful in the future working life. The students will develop crucial skills related to concept development, project management and time management.

Employer connections

During the course, several real case studies will be reviewed.

Virtual portion

10

Student workload

Working with the concept for max 270 hours.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

1 (Adequate)
You are able to recall the consultative approach within your learning process and different design, business and future research tools you have used. You are able to identify the dimensions of sustainability applied in concept development.

2 (Satisfactory)
You are capable to explain the consultative approach used within your learning process. You can describe different design, business and future research tools you have used. You can explain the dimensions of sustainability applied in concept development.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

3 (good)
You are able to use consultative approach within similar processes. You can implement different design, business and future research tools. You can apply the dimensions of sustainability in concept development.

4 (very good)
You can conclude consultative approach within similar processes. You can analyze different design, business and future research tools. You can evaluate the dimensions of sustainability in concept development.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

5 (Excellent)
You can critically discuss consultative approach within similar processes. You can manage different design, business and future research tools. You can develop the dimensions of sustainability in concept development.

Content scheduling

Group work | students create a sustainable business concept in a form of visualized report.
The concept will be created in small pieces in different workshops.
The course work is split in four phases:
Research (Discover)
Analysis (Define)
Ideation (Develop)
Building (Deliver)

Exam schedules

No exam.

Teaching language

en

Teaching methods

Studying and learning on the course happens through hands-on workshops.
Project-based learning. Use of design thinking techniques.

Number of ECTS credits allocated

10

Qualifications

Basics of marketing
Service system
Innovation process
Operational management

Content

Design Process
Different design tools
Ethnographic and contextual research
Design Thinking, covering desirability, feasibility and viability
Sustainable concept design
Target groups
Business models & planning
Consultative approach

Objective

You will learn consultative approach.
You will be able to use different design and business tools.
You will learn how to work through consultation process.
You will learn how to integrate sustainbility thinking into concept development process.
You will learn how to create sustainble business concepts.
You will understanding of some future research tool.

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