Academic year 2022 - 2023

•   Academic Reading and Writing MBA22DBM06-3001 05.09.2022-06.11.2022  2 credits  (DBM22HF-V, ...) +-
  Competence objectives of the study unit

  Objective of the course is to prepare students in developing their skills in text based, themed reading and writing tasks. Through reading and writing process the students are supported to critical thinking and decision making in the use of evidence, sources for effective essays.

  Prerequisites

  No prerequisities.

  Content of the study unit

  Contents:
  Reference management in academic writing
  Student writing on specific theme and feedback on student writing
  Oral presentation or poster presentation

  Assessment criteria

  Assessment criteria – satisfactory (1-2)

  Sufficient (1) and Satisfactory (2)
  Participating in the contact lessons and in the online lessons, returned tasks.

  Assessment criteria – good (3-4)

  Good (3) and Very good (4)
  Active participation in the contact lessons and in the online lessons, returned tasks with good outcomes.

  Assessment criteria – excellent (5)

  Excellent (5)
  Very active participation in the contact lessons and in the online lessons, returned tasks with excellent outcomes.

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  Person(s) in charge

  Kajsa From

  Mode of delivery

  Face-to-face

  Learning methods

  Competence objectives of the study unit
  Objective of the course is to prepare students in developing their skills in text based, themed reading and writing tasks. Through reading and writing process the students are supported to critical thinking and decision making in the use of evidence, sources for effective essays.
  
  Content of the study unit
  Student writing on specific theme and feedback on student writing. Oral presentation or poster presentation

  Objects, timing and methods of assessment

  Assessment criteria
  Assessment criteria – satisfactory (1-2)
  Sufficient (1) and Satisfactory (2)
  Participating in the contact lessons, returned tasks.
  Assessment criteria – good (3-4)
  Good (3) and Very good (4)
  Active participating in the contact lessons, returned tasks with good outcomes.
  Assessment criteria – excellent (5)
  Excellent (5)
  Very active participating in the contact lessons, returned tasks with excellent outcomes.
  Approved / Failed
  Evaluation:
  Numerical for PASS from 1 to 5 and
  0 for FAIL: No participating in the contact lessons, no returned tasks.

  Teaching language

  English

  Timing

  05.09.2022 - 06.11.2022

  Enrollment date range

  15.06.2022 - 11.09.2022

  • 2 credits

  Group(s)

  • DBM22HF-V
  • DBM22HP-V

  Teachers and responsibilities

  Rosmeriany Nahan-Suomela, Philip Hollins

  Responsible unit

  Faculty of Business

  Degree Programme(s)

  Degree Programme in Digital Business and Management

  Campus

  Vasa, Wolffskavägen 33

  Assessment scale

  H-5

  Student's schedule and workload

  2 credits = 54 hours work including lectures and independent work.

•   Business Management MBA20BU05-3004 01.01.2023-31.07.2023  10 credits  (DBM22HF-V, ...) +-
  Competence objectives of the study unit

  Business Management 10 cr
  Objective of the course is to provide students with an understanding of basic theories and principles by which businesses are organized and managed in modern society. The students will demonstrate competency by analyzing management functions, principles and processes from a cross cultural perspective.

  Prerequisites

  No prerequisites

  Content of the study unit

  Content:
  Management functions. Market environmental factors that affect businesses. Compare and contrast management styles. Management of multi-cultural team and project management.

  Assessment criteria

  Assessment criteria – satisfactory (1-2)

  Sufficient (1) and Satisfactory (2)
  Participating in the contact lessons, returned tasks.

  Assessment criteria – good (3-4)

  Good (3) and Very good (4)
  Active participating in the contact lessons, returned tasks with good outcomes.

  Assessment criteria – excellent (5)

  Excellent (5)
  Very active participating in the contact lessons, returned tasks with excellent outcomes.

  Further information

  Language of the course: English

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  Mode of delivery

  Face-to-face

  Teaching language

  English

  Timing

  01.01.2023 - 31.07.2023

  Enrollment date range

  01.12.2022 - 31.12.2022

  • 10 credits

  Group(s)

  • DBM22HF-V
  • DBM21HF-V
  • DBM21HP-V

  Teachers and responsibilities

  Rosmeriany Nahan-Suomela, Outi Ihanainen-Rokio, Yassine Talaoui

  Responsible unit

  Faculty of Business

  Degree Programme(s)

  Degree Programme in Digital Business and Management

  Campus

  Vasa, Wolffskavägen 33

  Assessment scale

  H-5

•   Financial Decision Making MBA22DBM05-3001 01.01.2023-31.07.2023  5 credits  (DBM22HP-V, ...) +-
  Competence objectives of the study unit

  The objective of the course:
  To equip students with the fundamental theories, methods, and tools for Sustainable Business Planning and sustainable Financial Decision Making. Starting with the strategic management framework and ending in the various types of investment, stages of implementation, and monitoring. To provide approaches to formulate a strategy, develop a business plan and its monitoring, to access investment decisions and its funding within the overall strategy of the business.
  
  Learning Objectives(LOs):
  LO1 - Demonstrate an understanding of management accounting as an information system.
  LO2 - Apply diverse methods and technics to build, interpret and analyze financial information necessary to make decisions.
  LO3 - Discuss and explain the issues that should be considered when designing an effective monitoring system towards strategic goals.
  
  On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to build, analyze, interpret and monitor the business plan and its financial, social, and environmental impacts. Namely, budgets, forecasted financial statements and diverse indicators for the investment appraisal, including social and environmental indicators.

  Prerequisites

  No prerequisitites

  Content of the study unit

  Content of the course:
  • Decision-making theory in general with a focus on decision-making based on quantitative and financial data
  • How to collect, organize, analyze and interpret information to make decisions
  • The anatomy of a business plan
  • The company's internal and external contexts of the business
  • Strategy management framework
  • Strategic management tools
  • Planning and monitoring tools
  • The indicators of investment appraisal (financial, social, and environmental )
  • Cost and pricing decisions
  • Sensitivity analysis
  • Monitoring the plan

  Assessment criteria

  Assessment criteria – satisfactory (1-2)

  Sufficient (1) and Satisfactory (2)
  Participating in the online and in contact lessons, returned tasks.

  Assessment criteria – good (3-4)

  Good (3) and Very good (4)
  Active participating in the online and in contact lessons, returned tasks with good outcomes.

  Assessment criteria – excellent (5)

  Excellent (5)
  Very active participating in the online and in contact lessons, returned tasks with excellent outcomes.

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  Mode of delivery

  Face-to-face

  Teaching language

  English

  Timing

  01.01.2023 - 31.07.2023

  Enrollment date range

  01.12.2022 - 12.01.2023

  • 5 credits

  Group(s)

  • DBM22HP-V
  • DBM22HF-V

  Teachers and responsibilities

  Benita Gullkvist

  Responsible unit

  Faculty of Business

  Degree Programme(s)

  Degree Programme in Digital Business and Management

  Campus

  Vasa, Wolffskavägen 33

  Assessment scale

  H-5

•   Research Methodology MBA22DBM07-3001 01.01.2023-31.07.2023  5 credits  (DBM22HP-V, ...) +-
  Competence objectives of the study unit

  Objectives of the study unit
  To provide students with an understanding of research methods and knowledge on how to produce a master’s thesis in the field of international business administration using both qualitative and quantitative research methods guided by principles of research integrity.
  
  Learning objectives:
  LO1: be familiar with common quantitative and qualitative data collection and analyses methods and the ethical principles of conducting research
  LO2: be able to evaluate the reliability and validity of data sources and analysis
  LO3: be able to acknowledge the key elements of a master’s thesis and critically analyze the goodness of the thesis

  Prerequisites

  No prerequisites

  Content of the study unit

  Content of the study unit:
  The subjects covered in the course include 1) Basics of research and research ethical principles, 2) Quantitative data collection and analysis methods, 3) Qualitative data collection and analysis methods. 4) Analysis of previous degree projects at master’s levels. 5) Writing and structuring master’s theses.

  Assessment criteria

  Assessment criteria – satisfactory (1-2)

  Sufficient (1) and Satisfactory (2)
  Participating in the contact lessons and in the online lessons , returned tasks.

  Assessment criteria – good (3-4)

  Good (3) and Very good (4)
  Active participating in the contact lessons and in the online lessons, returned tasks with good outcomes.

  Assessment criteria – excellent (5)

  Excellent (5)
  Very active participating in the contact lessons and in the online lessons, returned tasks with excellent outcomes.

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  Mode of delivery

  Face-to-face

  Teaching language

  English

  Timing

  01.01.2023 - 31.07.2023

  Enrollment date range

  01.12.2022 - 12.01.2023

  • 5 credits

  Group(s)

  • DBM22HP-V
  • DBM22HF-V

  Teachers and responsibilities

  Henrik Virtanen

  Responsible unit

  Faculty of Business

  Degree Programme(s)

  Degree Programme in Digital Business and Management

  Campus

  Vasa, Wolffskavägen 33

  Assessment scale

  H-5

•   Sustainable Leadership MBA22DBM03-3001 01.01.2023-31.07.2023  5 credits  (DBM22HP-V, ...) +-
  Competence objectives of the study unit

  The objective of the course:
  This course concentrates on people management and leadership issues, from the perspective of sustainable and responsible management. Management is in transition and it requires navigation in a complex global operating environment. What is effective leadership? and what does sustainability mean in people management? How do organizations address sustainable development goals through effective leadership?
  The course introduces approaches and theories to develop management and leadership that contribute to innovation, trust, sharing, and wellbeing at work and will create responsible management practices. It addresses also personal leadership skills and their development, especially with dialogical and inclusive perspectives.
  
  Learning Objective 1
  The student learns the constructs of sustainable and responsible leadership and can recognize the difference between managerial and leadership action. The student is familiar with how her / his own personal action and communication frames leadership in a given context. The student understands the basic psychological concepts linked to servant and shared leadership and their effect on creating a sustainable organization.
  
  Learning Objective 2
  The student can analyze and discuss the relevant leadership and management approaches from an organizational perspective in real-life contexts that are linked to challenges in sustainability and responsibility. The student has the ability to discuss and elaborate a personally relevant people management challenge and has the ability to present analysis, synthesis, and justified solutions to this challenge, also with the understanding of sustainability issues.

  Prerequisites

  No prerequisites

  Content of the study unit

  Key content areas:
  • Transition in management paradigms towards sustainable and responsible management
  • Leadership as a systemic and dialogical practice
  • Work identities and management identities at modern workplaces
  • Self-management and shared leadership
  • Dialogical approach in people management, compassion and pro-social action in management, servant leadership
  • Trust and psychological safety at work
  • Ethics and responsibility in people management
  • Handling conflict and paradoxes at work
  • Wellbeing at work, especially in the times of distant work

  Assessment criteria

  Assessment criteria – satisfactory (1-2)

  Sufficient (1) and Satisfactory (2)
  Participating in the online and contact lessons returned tasks.

  Assessment criteria – good (3-4)

  Good (3) and Very good (4)
  Active participation in the online and in the contact lessons returned tasks with good outcomes.

  Assessment criteria – excellent (5)

  Excellent (5)
  Very active participation in the online and in the contact lessons, returned tasks with excellent outcomes.

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  Person(s) in charge

  Outi Ihanainen-Rokio

  Mode of delivery

  Face-to-face

  Teaching language

  English

  Timing

  01.01.2023 - 31.07.2023

  Enrollment date range

  01.12.2022 - 12.01.2023

  • 5 credits

  Group(s)

  • DBM22HP-V
  • DBM22HF-V

  Teachers and responsibilities

  Outi Ihanainen-Rokio

  Responsible unit

  Faculty of Business

  Degree Programme(s)

  Degree Programme in Digital Business and Management

  Campus

  Vasa, Wolffskavägen 33

  Assessment scale

  H-5

Academic year 2023 - 2024

There is no implementations attached to this degree programme.