TTA-75066 Project Business and Networks, 4 cr

Additional information

The course is suitable for Industrial management major and minor studies, students of the international program in business and technology, and other students interested in project business.

The course is based-on a student-centered teaching approach where contact teaching sessions emphasize group work assignments, discussions and other interactive elements instead of traditional lectures delivered by a teacher.

Due to restriction in room capacity and, more importantly, in order to facilitate a discussive and interactive in-class atmosphere, course participation is limited to a maximum of 40 students.
If more than 40 students sign up for the course, admission is based on the following criteria:
* All students studying in Master's Degree Programme in Industrial Engineering and Management are admitted (as long as student registers to the course before registration is closed)
* For all other students, admission is based on the time the student has registered to the course (early registrations have priority)

Also please note that all students need to have successfully completed either TTA-71010 (Projektinhallinta) or TTA-71016 (Project Management) before registering to the course. This requirement is mandatory.

Person responsible

Tuomas Ahola

Lessons

Learning Outcomes

The course focuses on project business in inter-organizational networks. Course learning outcomes: 1) Student is familiar with central knowledge areas in project business and networks 2) Student is able to locate and analyze knowledge on project business and networks 3) Student can develop and compare alternative courses of action in the management of project-based firms and networks 4) Student gains preparedness for producing written reports (such as master's thesis or academic conference papers)

Content

Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes

Course consists of interactive seminar sessions, self-study of learning materials, completing individual learning diaries and a group assignment. In addition to studying learning materials provided by teachers, the students also individually search for relevant knowledge in academic journal databases and actively process this knowledge during the course. The course is graded based on individual learning diaries and group assignment. Completing the course with a high grade is supported by an active approach to learning (i.e. learning by actively and critically processing course content as opposed to learning by listening and memorizing course content).

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (0-5)

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Study material

Prerequisites

Additional information about prerequisites
Project management basics or equivalent

Correspondence of content

There is no equivalence with any other courses