Entry requirements

Participation in Industrial Engineering and Management I: The Functions of the Corporation, which of 10 credits must be completed.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, students should be able to

• give an account of and discuss basic concepts and models in organisational change, particularly in relation to technology-based entrepreneurship and innovation,
• identify and analyse key issues in change management, in particular issues arising as a consequence of technological development,
• give an account of basic production economic concepts and principles of strategic production planning, in particular considering sustainability and complex supply chains,
• analyse and critically review production-related problems,
• give an account of basic theories and models in marketing, and its organisation and control in technology-intensive industries,
• carry out market analyses in different technology-intensive business environments,
• identify key issues regarding ethics in technology-intensive companies and discuss them in the light of ethical theories and decision models, paying attention to production, marketing and organisational change.

Content

This course places the technology-intensive company in a larger context in its immediate surroundings and studies the company in relation to its suppliers and customers. Companies always act in a specific context, where the environment imposes requirements and conditions that both facilitate and limit the company's activities. Entrepreneurship and innovation can pursue both incremental changes within the scope of existing activities, and radical changes in the conditions affecting the business. In this course, proceeding from various perspectives, we discuss companies' business possibilities and how we organise change.

The course consists of four parts: organisation, production, market and a parallel continuous reflective track.

Organisation: organisation of change and development processes, such as entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship and innovation management.

Production: production planning, warehousing and control, along with strategic production development. Sustainability in production and supply chains.

Market: basic concepts in marketing. Tools for market analyses as a basis for strategic decision-making. Simulation of market analysis and marketing.

Reflective track: ethics in relation to production, marketing and organisation. Ethical theory, decision models.

Instruction

Lectures, exercises, seminars, simulations and study visits.

Assessment

Organisation: written examination (2 credits), written assignments and active participation in seminars (1 credit).

Production: written examination (2 credits), laboratory sessions and simulations (1 credit).

Marketing: written examination (2 credits), written assignments and active participation in seminars (1 credit).

Reflective track: written assignments and active participation in seminars (1 credit)

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding targeted pedagogical support from the university's disability coordinator.