Study Guide

Objective

The aim of this course is to increase the knowledge and awareness on possibilities how to boost business performance by using emerging technologies.

The student is able to recognize the development or focus area in the sales or marketing and learn to enhance digital service competence in the organization. Student will have ability to utilize new emerging technologies in the digital context. Student will learn to apply new digital solutions innovatively within their own business field.

Content

Emerging technologies
Future technological trends
Digital ecosystems, their components and architectures
Utilization of intelligent solutions in business context
Change and disruptive innovation
New useful purposes – innovative thinking

Location and time

Course material is in Reppu
Live lectures
4.9.

Please note, that attending these live lectures is part of the course. All lectures are recorded.

Materials

Material and links are provided in Reppu.

Teaching methods

Mainly an online-course with first scheduled lessons.
Tasks and assignments, online quizzes.

Student workload

This course is a 5 ECTS course, that means about 135 hours of student work.

Content scheduling

Emerging technologies
Future technological trends
Digital ecosystems, their components and architectures
Utilization of intelligent solutions in business context
Change and disruptive innovation
New useful purposes – innovative thinking

Evaluation scale

0 - 5

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Student
- analyses the features and concepts of emerging technologies and related future trends in a professional manner and apply theoretical models into practice in an innovative, creative way
* understands the value of technological innovations and is able to apply or develop new business opportunities
* masters and identifies the development areas and enhances digital service competence in the organization as well as creates new digital solutions innovatively
* completes all the required assignments as instructed in a timely manner

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Student
- analyses the concepts of emerging technologies and related future trends in a professional manner and is able to apply theoretical models into practice.
* understands the value of technological innovations and is able to evaluate new business opportunities
* identifies the development areas and enhances digital service competence in the organization
* completes all the required assignments as instructed in a timely manner

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Student
- analyses the concepts of emerging technologies and related future trends in somewhat professional manner and is able to apply theoretical models into practice with some extend.
* notices the value of different business models in the digital environment and is able to recognise new business opportunities
* Identifies some development areas and understand the elements of digital service competence in the organization
* completes the required assignments as instructed about in timely manner

Assessment methods and criteria

The student is able to recognize the development or focus area in the sales or marketing and learn
to enhance digital service competence in the organization. Student will have ability to utilize new
emerging technologies in the digital context. Student will learn to apply new digital solutions
innovatively within their own business field.

Pre-assignment As course starts
1.1 Discussion - weak signals (15%) 4.10.
1.2 Quiz (10%) 4.10.
2. Practical case on change and innovation (25%) 9.12./*31.12
3. Digital ecosystems diagram (20%) 9.12.
4. Quiz on intelligent solutions (10%) 9.12
5. Canvas (15%) 9.12./*31.12
6. Quiz / Self-reflection (5%) 9.12/*31.12

**If you wish your course to be graded before term break (Christmas), please do/return/post before 9.12. The hard deadline for this assignment is otherwise 31.12.

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

Not completed assignments and given tasks on given time.
Not participating on-line lectures

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Student
- analyses the features and concepts of emerging technologies and related future trends in a
professional manner and apply theoretical models into practice in an innovative, creative way
* understands the value of technological innovations and is able to apply or develop new business
opportunities
* masters and identifies the development areas and enhances digital service competence in the
organization as well as creates new digital solutions innovatively
* completes all the required assignments as instructed in a timely manner

Toteutuksen arviointikriteerit, hyvä (3-4)

Student
- analyses the concepts of emerging technologies and related future trends in a professional manner
and is able to apply theoretical models into practice.
* understands the value of technological innovations and is able to evaluate new business
opportunities
* identifies the development areas and enhances digital service competence in the organization
* completes all the required assignments as instructed in a timely manner

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Student
- analyses the concepts of emerging technologies and related future trends in somewhat
professional manner and is able to apply theoretical models into practice with some extend.
* notices the value of technological innovations and is able to recognize new business opportunities
* identifies some development areas and understand the elements of digital service competence in
the organization
* completes the required assignments as instructed about in timely manner