Please select the curriculum by the start year of studies and track.
Jagat Kunwar
40% Face-to-face, 60% Distance learning
At the end of the study unit, students should be able to:
Use strategic management tools to analyze own business
Recognize and respond to challenges due to digital disruption
Identify and reconfigure components of the business model
Design customized value propositions for customers
Plan and develop a business idea in digital platforms
There will be approximately 5 specific take-away tasks that students must complete after the end of each themes (each worth 10%). At the end, there will be an additional report based on the five tasks already completed worth 50%. The exact deadline will be decided during the classes.
English
01.09.2020 - 31.12.2020
15.08.2020 - 04.09.2020
12 - 30
Liiketalouden koulutusyksikkö, Kouvola (not translated)
Degree Programme in Business Management
Kouvola Campus
2 credits
3 credits
1-5
Learning methods will comprise of:
Contact lessons to understand key concepts
Additional contemporary readings on the subject to deepen understanding
Assignments based on tutorial questions
Practical case studies in real world situations
Satu Peltola
Face-to-face
You can proceed with your own timetable and work your thesis on your own (with the help of the supervisor of course!).
Start to study in the Learn environment https://learn.xamk.fi/course/view.php?id=87§ion=0.
Learn key: IBM1
Welcome to start your thesis process and these courses!
Individual assignments:
1.a. How to start a thesis and what to study? A summary of three electronic master’s theses.
1.b. Draft of your thesis idea
2. A literature review of your thesis
Tuition in Finnish
01.01.2021 - 02.05.2021
02.12.2020 - 31.12.2020
You should enroll in this course in Peppi by following the enrollment deadlines. Then add yourself in the this course in the Learn environment.
Liiketalouden koulutusyksikkö, Kouvola (not translated)
Degree Programme in Business Management
No exam.
Individual work:
-literature search and data collection related to your thesis topic and a literature review of your thesis
Master’s thesis 30 cr consists of three stages/courses:
- Idea and planning 10 cr – organized during 1st year, 2nd semester
- Implementation 10 cr – organized during 1st year, 2nd semester and 2nd year, 1st semester
- Reporting, assessment, and presentation 10 cr – organized during the 1-2nd year
This idea and planning course:
Thesis content and process: How do you define and delimit the topic of your thesis and compose a research or development plan?
Introducing some concepts such as aim, objective, research questions, the conceptual basis
-Description of the context, reflecting, analyzing: What is the context in my thesis?
-Aim, objective, research questions: What do I want to achieve with my work?
-Literature review and referencing: What do I need to know and what literature guides my study?
-How do you apply and combine various sources of information to define concepts and create a theoretical framework for your thesis?
Markku Nikkanen
Distance learning
Literature, and the study material will be announced prior to the course.
The assessment is based on the two reports (grading 0-5), orientation assignment (approved/failed), and participation to the online meeting (compulsory). All parts need to be completed to pass the course.
English
01.09.2020 - 31.12.2020
15.08.2020 - 04.09.2020
12 - 30
Liiketalouden koulutusyksikkö, Kouvola (not translated)
Degree Programme in Business Management
eCampus
2 credits
5 credits
1-5
During the course, there will be no contact lectures as the distant learning practices will be applied. The course, however, contains one obligatory online meeting including
group discussion session with tasks and statements that are examined and solved jointly. Prior to the course, there is also an orientation assignment. A detailed schedule related to the learning process will be announced on the Learn- site.
Jarkko Ansamäki
Satu Peltola
20% Face-to-face, 80% Distance learning
-Lecture material
-Workshop discussions/webinars
-individual and team work related to data collection and literature search
-Individual assignments and peer feedback
-active participation in 3 workshops
-final team report and presentation, opponent assignment
Tasks under assessment
Pre-assignment=done, but NOT GRADED
Assignment 1 = done, but NOT GRADED
Assignment 2 = done, but NOT GRADED
Final report and presentation=customer strategy, GRADED
Please follow the deadline. If you submit the final report after the deadline, it will be noticed in grading (one grade lower!).
If you can not participate workshops you will read, write and submit one more extra literature summary related to assignment 1 or 2, which support the literature of final report.
Workshop 3/Presentations should participate!
Tuition in Finnish
01.08.2021 - 31.12.2021
02.07.2021 - 31.07.2021
Learn environment. You should enroll in this course in Peppi by following the deadlines. After the enrollment period is over, you will receive a message via Peppi (remember to check your Xamk email!). Such message will contain the Learn link as well as the Learn access key and other information related to the course issues.
Liiketalouden koulutusyksikkö, Kouvola (not translated)
Degree Programme in Business Management
3 credits
4 credits
1-5
No exam.
-Individual assignments by following the deadlines
-Individual literature search and data collection, reading, and writing
-Teamwork: writing of final team report, team discussions and collaboration, team presentation and opponent work.