Business growth and strategic renewal (5cr)

Code: 5D00DX06-3001

General information

Enrollment: 15.04.2025 - 30.08.2025; Registration for the implementation has ended.

Timing: 30.08.2025 - 11.10.2025; Implementation is running.

Number of ECTS credits allocated: 5 cr

Local portion: 0 cr

Virtual portion: 5 cr

Mode of delivery: Distance learning

Unit: SeAMK Master School

Campus: SeAMK Seinäjoki, Frami

Teaching languages: Finnish

Degree programmes: Master's Degree Programme in Business Competence

Teachers: Anmari Viljamaa

Scheduling groups: Avoin AMK (Ei koske tutkinto-opiskelijaa) (Size: 10 . Open UAS : 10.)

Groups: LIIKE25S
Development of Business Competence; YTOJ25
Master of Engineering, Technology Competence Management; YLI25
Master of Business Administration, Business Competence

Small groups: Open UAS (Doesn't apply to degree student)

Course: 5D00DX06

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

A student can describe the key concepts and theories related to business growth and analyze growth strategies. The student can explain the prerequisites for growth and its consequences. The student identifies key conceptual tensions related to strategic renewal. The student can analyze a company’s value creation and revenue logic in a changing world and identify and evaluate new business opportunities.

Content

growth theories, organic and inorganic growth
prerequisites and consequences of growth
strategy tools, strategic renewal
growth management

Materials

Vuorinen, T., & Huikkola, T. (2023). Strategiakirja - 25 työkalua. Alma Talent.
Ahto, Ossi, Tuomas Kahri, ja Marco Mäkinen. Kasva Tai Kuihdu: Opas Kestävään Liiketoimintaan. Helsinki: Alma Talent, 2022.
Articles and online materials as announced by the lecturer.

Teaching methods

Lectures, independent study, practical written excercise

Employer connections

It is recommended to write the practicial excercise in relation to a genuine cas

Exam schedules

The optional exam is taken in the Exam-space.

Completion alternatives

Exam.

Student workload

lectures 21h, independent study 75h, excercise 40h

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student uses and applies concepts superficially correctly. The student evaluates the changing operational environment and its impacts in a general manner. The student attempts to identify new business opportunities, though the analysis is partially incomplete. The student can apply strategy tools in a limited way. The student evaluates their own learning in a limited manner.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student uses concepts appropriately and applies them accurately. The student comprehensively analyzes the operational environment and its changes. The student systematically applies strategy tools. The student can identify a new business opportunity for the company and evaluate it credibly. The student can somewhat evaluate their own learning.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student uses concepts insightfully. The student systematically and insightfully analyzes changes in the operational environment. The student applies strategy tools context-sensitively and systematically. The student can identify a feasible business opportunity for the company with well-founded reasoning. The student can evaluate their own learning comprehensively.