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
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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