Networks and cooperation in the development of the company (3cr)

Content scheduling

Verkostoituva liiketoiminta
Yritysyhteistyön ja verkostoitumisen muodot
Kumppanuuksien luomisen perusteet
Verkostopääoma ja verkostokyvykkyys
Verkostoituminen yrityksen strategisena valintana
Erilaisten verkostojen vaikutus yrityksen oppimiseen ja kehittämiseen

Objective

The student is able to analyze the importance of networking between business enterprises and to describe what forms of networking exists. The student can describe how networks and partnerships are created and developed. The student is able to analyze the structure and operation of networks and identify and evaluate the status of organization in networks and value chains and business logic of the supply chain from the perspective of the customer.

Content

-networked business
-forms of business collaboration and networks
-criteria for the creation of partnerships
-network capital and network capability
-networking as a strategic choice of the company
-various types of networks and their impact on the company's learning and development

Materials

Valkokari, K., Hyötyläinen, R., Kulmala, H. I., Malinen, P., Möller, K. & Vesalainen, J. 2009. Verkostot liiketoiminnan kehittämisessä. Helsinki: WSOYpro. https://seamk.finna.fi/Record/plari.85038#toc

Helander, N. 2013. Avaimia asiakasläheisyyteen: Uudistuva verkostomainen palveluliiketoiminta. Tampere: Tampere University Press. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-44-9128-3

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Teaching methods

Luennot, harjoitustyö

Exam schedules

Ilmoitetaan kurssin alussa

Student workload

Luennot ja ryhmätyöt 10 h
Itsenäinen opiskelu ja verkko-opiskelu 71 h

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student's participation in teaching is not active, the student does not participate in the debate
The student analyzes restrictively case company's networks and presents concise development plan of co-operation networks
The student presents limited network analysis and development plan

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student participates in classroom work quite actively and presents his/her own opinions occasionally.
The student is able to prepare an analysis of the case company's networks and presents a fairly comprehensive development plan of cooperating networks
The student can justify the choices of network analysis, showing understanding of the importance of co-operative networks in the development of the company. The student presents understandably network analysis and development plan of company's networks

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student is actively involved in teaching and presents his/her own analytical views on the issues that are being discussed.
The student is able to draw up a comprehensive and systematic analysis of the case company's networks and excellent development plan for the co-operation networks
The student can perfectly justify the choices and presents network analysis clearly and concisely, indicating perfectly understanding the importance of the development of cooperation networks