TTA-11016 Basics of Industrial Management, 4 cr

Person responsible

Jouni Lyly-Yrjänäinen

Lessons

Learning Outcomes

This course is mainly an introduction to industrial management. After completing this course, the student will know the basic concepts used in business management and will also be able to identify the main responsibilities and tasks of different organizational functions, such as marketing, product development, production, sourcing, and sales. The course will emphasize development of business competencies and, as a result, the student will learn to interpret financial statements and analyze how managerial decisions impact these financial figures. The course also introduces the key steps from an idea to a profitable business and, eventually, successful exit, providing the students some understanding of start-up world and the ideas and tools used in that area of management. Finally, since the course is targeted to international students, the course also focuses on intercultural communication and its challenges in business contexts. In today¿s business world, managers need to have intercultural competencies. After completing the course, the student should be better prepared to analyse and understand human behavior in multi-cultural situations and, in addition, discuss it more openly.

Content

Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes

Studying for the week exams by reading the book chapter, doing the exercises and reading the selected articles.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (0-5)

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Correspondence of content