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Responsible Business Management (5 cr)

Code: TT00BM99-3001

General information


Enrollment
02.07.2019 - 20.10.2019
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
01.08.2019 - 31.12.2019
Implementation has ended.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 cr
Local portion
5 cr
Mode of delivery
Contact learning
Unit
Engineering and Business
Campus
Kupittaa Campus
Teaching languages
English
Seats
12 - 45
Degree programmes
Degree Programme in Business
Teachers
Otieno Mbare
Course
TT00BM99
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Evaluation scale

H-5

Content scheduling

After studying this course the student will be capable of performing the following:
- Apply the knowledge gained in strategic management process model to develop a strategy
- Apply various tools and instruments such as SWOT and PESTE analysis to make strategic decisions in an organization and thus, determine when a particular strategy is most appropriate to use
- Apply the knowledge gained in the course to formulate corporate strategy, implement and evaluate the entire strategic management cycle
- Determine when good ethics is good business in strategic management and apply this moral thinking in decision making.

Objective

After studying this course the student will be capable of performing the following:
• Apply various tools and instruments such as SWOT and PESTE analysis to make strategic decisions in an organization and thus, determine when a particular strategy is most appropriate to use
• Apply the knowledge gained in the course to formulate corporate strategy, implement and evaluate the entire strategic management cycle
• Determine when good ethics is good business in strategic management and apply this moral thinking in decision making.

Content

• The nature of strategic management – using the strategic management model
• The importance of vision and mission statement for a business organization
• Why internal and external audits are important to a business firm
• Different strategies firms apply in the face of competition
• Business ethics in business

Teaching methods

Lectures, Teamwork, and Presentations

Pedagogic approaches and sustainable development

Constructivism, reflective, inquiry-based, and experiential learning

Student workload

135 hrs
• Individual assignments (30h)
• Group assignments (30)
• Studying the recommended literatures (42h)
• Final group project work (33h)

Evaluation methods and criteria

Assesment is on a scale of 1 - 5, where:
1 = Mediocre, 2 = Satisfactory, 3 = Good, 4 = Very Good, 5 = Excellent
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Consider active participation as necessary for your grades, 10%
Assignments constitutes 40% of your grade
Exam, 50%

Failed (0)

Failed:
- Quantity: the work is not completed and or;
- Quality: the minimum content requirements are not met

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

Acceptable, but below average / Satisfactory:
- Research, thinking and communication are hardly acceptable
- Appear to grasp theory and have made a start in showing its applicability

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

Satisfactory/Very Good
- Research, thinking, and communication are satisfactory (3);
- General understanding of theory and application in real-life context (4)
- Research, thinking, and communication are very good (4)
- Understanding of theory and applicability but work could be stronger (3)

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Outstanding:
- Mastery of theory and penetrating insights in real-life context;
- Outstanding research, thinking, and communication

Further information

For more information contact:
Dr. Otieno Mbare
Email: Otieno.Mbare@turkuamk.fi
Tel. +358 40 355 0175
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