Business Enterprise, Networks and Technical Development

10 credit points

Syllabus, A-level, 1TS010

A revised version of the syllabus is available.
Code
1TS010
Level
A
Subject(s)
Business Studies
Grading system
Pass with distinction (5), Pass with credit (4), Pass (3), Fail (U)
Finalised
6 June 2000
Responsible department
Department of Business Studies
What is a course syllabus?

Entry requirements

General entrance requirement E.3

Aims

The course aims to give:

  • an understanding of the dynamic interaction between technical development

    and business development within industrial networks

  • knowledge about existing economic analysis models for integration of technical

    development with other factors in order to assess possible economic results and knowledge

    about and ability to apply the cost-estimate models which are used by business

    enterprises

  • knowledge about different models and ability to analyse organisational conditions for

    carrying out product development and commersialisation of new technique

  • knowledge about the interaction between marketing, purchasing and technical development

  • training in problem solving and national public economic investigation methodology

    including oral and written presentations

    Content

    The disposition of the course connects to the basic outlook on the interaction between

    technical development and business/society which exists in so called STS-approaches, which in the course are expressed in a network approach. It is stressed in the network approach that the individual business enterprise is not only affected by certain technical development but also constitutes a part of it. The individual business enterprise is regarded as part of an industrial network consisting of interaction between business, research institutions and other knowledge producing unities. Technique constitutes one of the most important elements in the threads keeping this web together. The course aims at discussing the problems and questions which face each business enterprise within these

    networks. This holds for decisions taken about

    investments, design of the organisation and the

    planning of marketing and purchasing. Not the

    least the total strategy of the business

    enterprise towards the surroundings is affected.

    The course consists of three components.

    1) The customer and delivery roles in the

    technical development of business enterprises

    2) Organisation of product development and

    commersialisation of new techniques. Economic

    basis and cost-estimate models in decision-taking

    about investments

    3) The business enterprise and the technological

    network. The importance of technique for the

    long-term planning of the business enterprise’s

    strategic development.

    Instruction

    Tuition is carried out in the form of lectures,

    seminars with practical examples and project work

    with your own case studies and case analyses.

    Assessment

    Examination is carried out in the form of

    consecutive tasks individually and in groups.

    The examination also includes a project work.