Entry requirements

A Bachelor's degree, equivalent to a Swedish Kandidatexamen, from an internationally recognised university. Also required is 45 credits from semesters 1 and 2 of the Master's Programme in Management, Communication and IT. Proficiency in Swedish and English equivalent to the general entry requirements for first-cycle (Bachelor's level) studies.

Learning outcomes

Regarding knowledge and understanding, after completing the course, the student is expected to be able to:

• Explain fundamental relationships within IT, management, and strategy areas,
• Explain basic concepts and models for analysing markets, organisations, and environments.

Regarding skills and abilities, after completing the course, the student is expected to be able to:

• Qualitatively and quantitatively analyse markets, organisations, and organisational environments,
• Identify and propose solutions to fundamental problems for companies and organisations at the intersection of IT, strategy development and implementation, and communication,
• Gather relevant information for analysing organisations, markets, and environments,
• Formulate strategic plans for companies and organisations,
• Present the results of their work orally and in writing, individually and in groups.

Regarding judgment and approach, after completing the course, the student is expected to be able to:

• Critically evaluate information sources,
• Create theoretical frameworks.

Content

The main idea is that IT and communication technology (ICT) have profoundly changed the existence of companies and organisations. This change requires increased knowledge of how ICT can be used and the challenges companies and organisations face due to digitalisation. The course aims to provide an understanding of and direct experience with strategic work and how short- and long-term goals can be formulated, implemented, and evaluated. We will work with five areas during the course: (1) strategic analysis, (2) management and control, (3) business plans, (4) entrepreneurship, and (5) searching, collecting, analysing scientific literature, and then compiling theoretical frameworks for analysing strategic work.

Instruction

Teaching is conducted through lectures, seminars, workshops, and group work.

Assessment

The course is examined through seminars and assignments. The examination is conducted individually or in groups.

If there are special reasons, the examiner may make exceptions from the specified examination method and allow a student to be examined another way. Special reasons can, for example, be information about exceptional pedagogical support from the university's coordinator or decisions on exceptions made by the department's study affairs working group.