Please note! Course description is confirmed for two academic years, which means that in general, e.g. Learning outcomes, assessment methods and key content stays unchanged. However, via course syllabus, it is possible to specify or change the course execution in each realization of the course, such as how the contact sessions are organized, assessment methods weighted or materials used.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Learning outcomes for this course, upon successful completion, include the ability to: 1) understand how ICT has changed the basis of competition in various industries, 2) understand how digitization can affect and transform any business, not only the traditional computing and telecommunications industries, 3) recognize how to meet and exceed customer expectations in a digital world, 4) understand how ICT can drive strategic change within a firm and across industries, and 5) recognize some of the larger trends in society to which ICT is contributing, from unemployment to the unequal distribution of wealth.

Credits: 6

Schedule: 18.09.2023 - 06.10.2023

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Kari M. Koskinen

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

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 course focuses on the rapid change from autonomous vehicles to Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things and everything in between that has been brought about by Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) over the past few years. We are now living during a turning point in society, when individuals, firms and societies are becoming rapidly digitized, and thanks to the exponential nature of change in ICT, these changes will only accelerate over time. The adoption of digital methods of doing business has become a prerequisite for success for firms in the digital age. Any firm that fails to respond appropriately to this paradigm shift will succumb to competition in the digital age. In this course, we explore how to manage and ride this change as individuals, as a firm or as a society. The course will address topics such as: Moore's Law and the second half of the chessboard; digitization and competitive advantage; infrastructure and e-commerce; cloud computing and Big Data; Internet of Things; artificial intelligence and the implications of all these changes in business and society.

DETAILS

Substitutes for Courses
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 No teaching
    2023-2024 No teaching

    Enrollment :

    The course is targeted only for the Mikkeli Campus students.