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Service business design (5 cr)

Code: IB00EC62-3001

General information


Enrollment

06.04.2022 - 02.09.2022

Timing

19.09.2022 - 31.12.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

RDI portion

1 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Campus

Kouvola Campus

Teaching languages

  • English

Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Digital International Business

Teachers

  • Heidi Järvi
  • Sanna Kokkonen
  • Mari Hämäläinen

Teacher in charge

Harrison Okuogume

Groups

  • IBKV20SP1
    Digital international business, full-time studies
  • IBKV20SP2
    Digital international business, full-time studies

Objective

You are able to explain the nature and importance of customer oriented service design process.

You are able to describe and map the relevant stakeholders in designing new services.

You are able to gather customer insights through various tools to innovate services.

You are able to develop and test relevant service propositions.

You are able to measure service performance with key KPIs.

Content

How do services differ from products?

Why do services need designing?

How to map service actors and other stakeholders?

What are the different insight gathering tools to innovate services?

How to develop, prototype and test service propositions?

Materials

Material, links and literature given on the Learn platform

Teaching methods

To be agreed individually

Employer connections

-

Exam schedules

Assignments completed by the given date

International connections

-

Student workload

1 credit = 135 hours of work

Content scheduling

Differences between services and products
What is service design needed for?
Using stakeholder mapping to develop services
Methods and tools for gathering user information
Developing, prototyping and testing service concepts

Further information

-

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Assignments, no exam