Syllabus

LEARNING OUTCOMES

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Identify, validate and persuasively communicate the role and value of a design-centric approach in enhancing innovation processes and entrepreneurial practices in established corporations or organisations, including startups or young companies.
- Explore the benefits and challenges, including means and methods, of instilling a lean effectually-driven entrepreneurial culture in organisations or corporations which are often causally-driven.
- Evaluate the suitability and applicability of design, design-thinking and effectual action through comparative case-based analysis, investigation, illumination and speculative application.

Credits: 5

Schedule: 05.09.2023 - 12.10.2023

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Peter McGrory

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

Responsible Teacher: Peter McGrory / peter.mcgrory@aalto.fi / 0503036543 /

Teaching Assistant: Hidde Griek / hidde.griek@aalto.fi

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:

  Corporate Entrepreneurship and Design course focuses primarily on entrepreneurial processes and practices within an existing corporation or enterprise and highlights how design, design thinking and design processes can be utilized to enhance entrepreneurial practice, as well as the benefits and challenges of instilling an entrepreneurial mindset and culture within an established organization.

• applies in this implementation

  Wk.1. Day 1. Tue 0509  /  Day 2. Thu 0709 —— [Generative AI / Design Thinking & Effectuation
  

  Wk.2. Day 1. Tue 1209  /  Day 2. Thu 1409 —— [U_Process / Theory of Process
  

  Wk.3. Day 1. Tue 1909  /  Day 2. Thu 2109 —— [Designing Strategy / Creativity & Strategic Foresight (Mid Course Presentations)
  

  Wk.4. Day 1. Tue 2609  /  Day 2. Thu 2809 —— [Levels and Types of Innovation / Systemic Innovation
  

  Wk.5. Day 1. Tue 0310  /  Day 2. Thu 0510 —— [Preparation / Incubation / Illumination (Iteration) / Implementation
  

  Wk.6. Day 1. Tue 1010  /  Day 2. Thu 1210 —— [Final Team Presentations & Reports
  

Assessment Methods and Criteria

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Participants benefit from a range of methods including theoretical insights, practical case-based illumination and exploration through individual and team-based assignments which take advantage of prior and aggregated course inputs. The grade awarded will be determined on the basis of the quality of a team-based project and presentation, as well as level of individual preparation for, and active participation in the course. Participants are expected to prepare for classes by undertaking the assigned, readings, individual assignments, re-viewing video content, etc. the quality of class participation and group interaction will be used as supplementary input to the grading process. Completion of all individual & group assignments and exercises. The final grade will be awarded on a Team Basis. - Team Presentation: 40%. - Team Report: 60%

Workload

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  5 ECTS, 135 hours (1 ECTS = 27 hours)
  - Lectures and in class discussions: 20 hours
  - Team Workshops and Presentations: 30 hours
  - Tutoring Sessions: 10 hours
  - Individual & Group Assignments: 10 hours.
  - Reading and Reviewing Online Material (for blended learning session) 10 hours
  - Team-based (Case Analysis & Creative Synthesis) Project and Presentations: 55 hours
  Personal reflection time throughout the course accounts for up to 20% (approx., 27 hours) of the total working hours (135 hours).

DETAILS

Study Material

• applies in this implementation

  Course Material will be provided prior to or in a just-on-time manner.
  

Substitutes for Courses

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Substitutes for Courses

Prerequisites

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Prerequisites

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Teaching Language : English

  Teaching Period : 2022-2023 Autumn I
  2023-2024 Autumn I

  Enrollment :

  Registration for Courses in Sisu.  Priority is given to International Design Business Management IDBM students. The order of priority is as follows:
  - students for whom the course is compulsory for their major programme and who have scheduled it for the current academic year in their personal study plan (HOPS).
  - exchange students for whom the course is a part of his/her officially approved learning agreement and scheduled to be taken during the current semester.
  - students for whom the course is compulsory for their major programme and who have not completed it yet.

  Priority order to courses is according to the order of priority decided by the Academic committee for School of Arts, Design and Architecture https://www.aalto.fi/en/services/registering-to-courses-and-the-order-of-priority-at-aalto-arts

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