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  • Pre-assignments

    Pre-assignments

    The primary purpose of the pre-assignments is to facilitate the student's learning process by:

    • Analyzing various study material (book chapters, articles, videos)
    • Relating learning material to student's prior knowledge and experiences (reflection)
    • Fostering an active student-centered deep-learning approach to learning through doing assignments (solving cases and exercises, writing essays)


    There are two types of pre-assignments:

    • Reflective analysis pre-assignments (before lectures L01, L02, L04) are essays written individually
    • Case-assignments (before lectures L03, L05, L06, L07, L08, L09) are done in groups.

    The weight of the pre-assignments in course grading is 60%. See general instructions and grading for reflective analyses and case assignments in respective pdf documents below.


    Summary: the course includes a total of nine pre-assignments related to lectures L01-L09. Specific instructions and tasks for each pre-assignment are provided in the respective folders below.

    The deadline for submitting each pre-assignment is 12:00 (noon) one day before the respective lecture. Submission boxes for each pre-assignment are found below.

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      Reflective analysis instructions and grading File
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      Case assignment instructions and grading File
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      L01 Pre-assignment Reflective analysis
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      L01 Pre-materials Folder
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      L02 Pre-assignment Reflective analysis
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      L02 Pre-materials Folder
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      L03 Pre-assignment Dragonfly (Case assignment)
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      L03 Pre-materials Folder
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      L04 Pre-assignment Reflective analysis
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      L04 Pre-materials Folder
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      L05 Pre-assignment Industrial investment project analysis: Case SoapCo (Case assignment)
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      L05 Pre-materials Folder
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      L06 Pre-assignment Customs house (Case assignment)
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      L06 Pre-materials Folder
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      L07 Pre-assignment Hikka - Supplier sales plan (Case assignment)
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      L07 Pre-materials Folder
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      L08 Pre-assignment ABB assignment (Case assignment)
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      L08 Pre-materials Folder
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      L09 Pre-assignment Western Metro (Case assignment)
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      L09 Pre-materials Folder
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