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Course unit, curriculum year 2023–2024
TUTA.015
Basics of Industrial Management, 5 cr
Tampere University
- Description
- Completion options
Teaching periods
Active in period 1 (1.8.2023–22.10.2023)
Active in period 2 (23.10.2023–31.12.2023)
Active in period 3 (1.1.2024–3.3.2024)
Course code
TUTA.015Language of instruction
EnglishAcademic years
2021–2022, 2022–2023, 2023–2024Level of study
Basic studiesGrading scale
General scale, 0-5Persons responsible
Responsible teacher:
Jouni Lyly-YrjänäinenResponsible organisation
Faculty of Management and Business 100 %
Coordinating organisation
Industrial Engineering and Management Studies 100 %
Core content
- UNDERSTANDING 2B2 ENVIRONMENT
Customer value key to profitable business
-supply and distribution networks
-customer value
-income statement and balance sheet
-competitive advantage
-contribution costing - FROM IDEA TO A PROFITABLE BUSINESS
Development of offering
-product life cycle
-competition
-money flow in product development
Bookkeeping
-principles of double-entry bookkeeping
-closing and re-opening the books
-inventory, receivables and payables
Marketing process
-segmentation in B2B and B2C contexts
-target market, differentiation and positioning
-sales process in B2B markets - SCALING UP THE BUSINESS
Expanding the business
-product-market matrix
-different ways of exporting
-cost and capital planning
-venture capital
Building and managing the organisation
-developing organisational structure
-defining systematic processes
-cost and profit centres
-full costing - SUCCESSFUL EXIT
Business environment in the knowledge economy
-management and leadership in the future
-focus on core competencies and outsourcing
-knowledge-intensive services and gamification
-successful exit
Complementary knowledge
- -evaluating/quantifying customer value in practice
- -estimating payback period of a new process innovation in practice
-3D printing as a communication tool in product development
-segmentation in B2B markets in practice - -challenges related to starting exports in practice
-building management reporting system and dashboards for KPIs in practice - -cultural differences in management and leadership
Learning outcomes
Further information
Equivalences
Studies that include this course
Completion option 1
In this method, students take week exams, participation in the lectures recommended. Voluntary weekly reflective learning diaries accumulate extra points.
Participation in teaching
29.08.2023 – 16.10.2023
Active in period 1 (1.8.2023–22.10.2023)
Completion option 2
Method 2 is available for those students who are not able to participate in the lectures and weekly exams.