Syllabus

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course deepens participants knowledge of key issues and paradigms in the IS field and explores the state-of-the-art of IS research findings in relation to the respective topic(s) of the course.

Credits: 6

Schedule: 27.02.2023 - 21.04.2023

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Petri Parvinen, Matti Rossi

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

Teacher in charge Petri Parvinen petri.parvinen@aalto.fi +358503120905

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  This is an advanced course in information systems research issues aimed to both IS doctoral students and M.Sc. students. The course consists of either 1) lectures, articles and/or seminar presentations and assigments, or 2) a virtual assignment on chosen topics of information systems. The topic and format varies semester by semester.

• applies in this implementation

  This course takes a deep dive into the realm of digital service management. We explore digital services as sold offerings in their many particularities. We cover different business models including freemium, pay-as-you-go, single purchase and SaaS. The course empahasizes a shareholder value perspective and brings in an professional investor angle. The course has a somewhat practical approach as it concentrates on the skills and activities of creating, developing, managing and finetuning a great digital service. Tools for leading the product team, versioning, optimizing the product-market fit, pricing, customer discovery, innovation adoption acceleration, team building and role management, internal workload prioritization, customer care and churn mitigation are among the topics.
  

Assessment Methods and Criteria

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  assignments

   

• applies in this implementation

  The course runs a habit of starting an exercise in class and assigning students to continue the exercises in their own time. Multiple exercises are presented. 

Workload

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Contact teaching 
  Independent work 

• applies in this implementation

  Conventional workload as per credits and related recommendations.

DETAILS

Study Material

• applies in this implementation

  In addition to the live lecture contents and related academic reading lists, the course material contains recorded video lecture materials, podcasts and other materials that are announced on the Mycourse page. 

Substitutes for Courses

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Substitutes for Courses

Prerequisites

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Prerequisites

SDG: Sustainable Development Goals

9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Teaching Language : English

  Teaching Period : 2022-2023 Spring V
  2023-2024 Spring V

• applies in this implementation

  Please prepare for the first lecture by starting to watch and study the contents on the MyCourses page.

Details on the schedule

• applies in this implementation

  Live sessions every Friday 10.15-11.45. Some of the sessions are on campus only, some are online only. No hybrid sessions. 

  Preliminary schedule:

  3.3. 1015-1145 CAMPUS

  10.3.  CAMPUS

  17.3. ONLINE

  24.3. CAMPUS

  31.3. CAMPUS

  14.4. ONLINE

  21.4. CAMPUS

  
  

  
  

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