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Course Catalog 2011-2012
TETA-9036 Doctoral Course on Service Business Development, 5 cr |
Additional information
Suitable for postgraduate studies
Person responsible
Miia Martinsuo
Lessons
| Study type | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | Summer | Implementations | Lecture times and places |
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Requirements
- Read the required articles and book excerpts for all sessions, as shown in the reading list - Participate actively in the two group assignments (sessions 1-2) - Participate in introducing at least one topic and initiate and lead discussion on it (during sessions 3-6) - Give a commentary to one overview presentation (during sessions 3-6) - Participate in at least five of the course sessions as an active discussant - Complete the two individual assignments successfully
Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning
The course consists of readings, presentations, group discussions and two individual assignments. The list of readings covers essential research literature within the service business development research field. The students read materials assigned to them, and make presentations of those materials according to instructions. The literature content is discussed and debated based on reading them and listening to presentations. While preparing for presentations and participating in discussions in repeated sessions, doctoral students develop their argumentation capability and readiness to defend their views. Individual assignments are used to help doctoral students position their own thesis work within the research field, and evaluate the understanding of the student.
Learning outcomes
The objective is to increase doctoral students’ knowledge about the entire research field and its theoretical and empirical foundations. Additionally, the objective is to generate discussion and debate on selected sub-fields in service business and development, develop doctoral students’ own positioning and argumentation within the field, and provoke critical and ambitious review work that would contribute directly to the doctoral students’ own research.
Evaluation criteria for the course
A scale of 0-5 is used in grading, and grades are based on the essay on thesis positioning (40%) and the essay on the selected service business development focus area (60%).
Assessment scale:
Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course
Additional information about prerequisites
Prerequisites: Research methods in industrial management or equivalent, and a personal interest in service operations management or service business development.
Prerequisite relations (Requires logging in to POP)
Correspondence of content
There is no equivalence with any other courses
More precise information per implementation
| Implementation | Description | Methods of instruction | Implementation |
| The course offers doctoral students an overview of relevant research in service operations management and service business development. The objective is to increase doctoral students’ knowledge about the entire research field and its theoretical and empirical foundations. Additionally, the objective is to generate discussion and debate on selected sub-fields in service business and development, develop doctoral students’ own positioning and argumentation within the field, and provoke critical and ambitious review work that would contribute directly to the doctoral students’ own research. |