Service and Product Development (5 op)

Tavoitteet

To provide students with a comprehensive view of service and product development principles. Participants will gain a thorough understanding of the distinctive characteristics of both services and products, whilst understanding the importance of concept development in today´s international business environment. The student will learn to acknowledge the meaning of the product and service development as well as the customer relationship management thinking.

Sisältö

The content:

The distinctive characteristic of product and services
Product development process
Designing service offering
Servitizising canvas - service sophistication
Innovative product and service strategies in business

Oppimateriaalit

To be announced in the lectures

Arviointiasteikko

0 - 5

Arviointikriteerit, kiitettävä (5)

Excellent (5) - All learning outcomes/ assessment criteria have been achieved to an exceptionally high-level demonstrating the following attributes:
• Exceptional understanding, exploration, insight and application of the theories, concepts, processes and creative tools learned.
• Clear adherence to all specifications for the assessment task, including word limit where appropriate
• The organisation, structure and standard of presentation of the work and conduction of workshop, including any subject-specific conventions, where applicable, are of very high quality throughout
• Evidence of effective communication of work to peers and others. Excellent teamwork.
• Offer stimulating and rigorous arguments that are likely to be at the limits of what may be expected at this level
• The course work has been executed/performed in an original way
• Outstanding ability to reach appropriate decisions based on incomplete or complex evidence
• Evidence of very high-quality analysis, synthesis, evaluation and critical appraisal
• Evidence of outstanding problem-solving skills and ability to suggests alternative approaches
• Evidence of outstanding ability to address complex issues both systematically and creatively

Arviointikriteerit, hyvä (3)

Good (3-4) - All learning outcomes/ assessment criteria have been met fully at a good or very good standard demonstrating the following attributes:
• Good to very good understanding, exploration, insight and application of the theories, concepts, processes and creative tools learned.
• No significant inaccuracies, misunderstandings or errors
• Clear adherence to all specifications for the assessment task, including word limit where appropriate
• The organisation, structure and standard of presentation of the work, including any subject-specific conventions, where appropriate, are of reasonable to good quality throughout
• Evidence of sufficiently effective communication of work and good teamwork
• Ability to present structured, clear and concise arguments
• The work has been approached and/or executed/performed in a comprehensive way with some degree of originality
• Evidence of sufficient ability to reach appropriate decisions based on incomplete or complex evidence
• Evidence of reasonable to good quality analysis, synthesis, evaluation and critical appraisal
• Evidence of sufficient problem solving skills and ability to suggest alternative approaches

Arviointikriteerit, tyydyttävä (1)

Satisfactory (1-2) - All learning outcomes/ assessment criteria have been met demonstrating the following attributes:
• Demonstrate sound understanding and exploration, some insight and/or appropriate research and using creative tools and processes
• Some minor inaccuracies and/or misunderstandings of concepts, theories or literature – small but not significant errors
• Some minor deviation from the specifications for the assessment task, including word limit where appropriate
• Meet the minimum standard to organize and present with some adherence to the subject-specific conventions
• Demonstrate some ability to develop an argument but can lack fluency. Teamwork is challenging
• The course work has been approached and/or executed/performed in a standard way with limited evidence of originality
• Some contextualisation but with a heavy reliance on a limited number of sources and, in general, the breadth and depth of sources and research are lacking
• Evidence of study and demonstration of ability to reach appropriate decisions based on incomplete or complex evidence
• Some, but limited evidence of analysis, synthesis, evaluation and critical appraisal
• Some evidence of problem solving skills
• Some evidence of ability to address complex issues adequately

Lisätiedot

The information about the course materials can be found in Reppu. The literature list will be provided at the beginning of the course