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System analysis and development methods (5 cr)

Code: 3151048-3001

General information


Enrollment

01.05.2019 - 31.08.2019

Timing

01.08.2019 - 31.12.2019

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

4 op

RDI portion

3 op

Mode of delivery

20 % Contact teaching, 80 % Distance learning

Unit

Engineering and Business

Campus

Kupittaa Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish
  • English

Seats

30 - 45

Degree programmes

  • Master of Business Administration, Project Management

Teachers

  • Timo Tolmunen
  • Osmo Eerola
  • Markku Lindell

Teacher in charge

Osmo Eerola

Groups

  • YPROTK19
  • YPROIK19

Objective

After completing the course, the students can:Apply a systems approach to complex economic, technological and organisational development challengesApply systems analysis methods to development workUse methods for acquiring the qualitative and quantitative information required in developmentAnalyse, refine and present collected information to support decision-makingPlan and initiate necessary development procedures (projects)

Content

Key areasModelling and developing operations as a systemDetermining and describing complexity, Cynefin frameworkGeneral systems theory and system dynamicsTechnical, social and economic systemsSystems analysis and descriptionDevelopment based on information: collecting, analysing and presenting informationQualitative and quantitative information retrieval and processing using examples

Evaluation scale

H-5