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  • Course Overview

    Basic Course Information

    ZOOM link for all sessions:

    https://aalto.zoom.us/j/62735854644

    • MNGT-E2010 - Advanced Topics in IDBM, AALTO BIZ (IDBM)
    • Teaching language: English
    • Credits: 3 ECTS
    • Teaching period IV
    • Master's level course: 
      • IDBM Master Program: Compulsory core course
      • Elective for IDBM Minor Studies
    • Advanced specialization studies, recommended for 2nd year of the IDBM master program studies
    • Registration through SISU
    • Grading: 0-5

    Connection to IDBM Program

    This online course advances and deepens students’ understanding of contemporary topics of international design business management. This course is a web-based seminar format to enable students to participate in the course from any location.

    Along with the advanced academic knowledge of international design business management, this course provides tools and methods for conducting research work that can contribute to students’ thesis work.

    Learning Outcomes 

    After completing this online course, students should have:

    • A deeper theoretical and practical understanding of international design business management and its central topics such as creative leadership, design management, design thinking, diversity and creativity, and change management.
    • Ability to work effectively in distributed virtual teams
    • Skills and experience in facilitating webinars and giving engaging online presentations for a large audience
    • Readiness for Master’s thesis work 

    Assessment Methods and Criteria

    1. Individual written assignments
    2. Webinar presentation
    3. Personal contribution and activity (attendance and participation) 


    Workload

    This course builds heavily on readings and attendance of webinars & online discussions. Therefore, you are expected to study all pre-readings prior to each webinar and actively participate in online discussions. 

    You will also complete the following assignments:

    1) Individual final reflection essay (4-5 pages, 1500-2000 words) on an IDBM-specific topic during the lectures and how it relates to your thesis.

    2) Individual thesis problem definition statement (2-3 pages)

    3) as a team of 3-4 students, report insights from each module by video  


    Course Schedule

    28.2. Lecture 1: Practicalities (Hani Tarabichi)

                               Designing Change (Anna Valtonen)

    7.3. Lecture 2: (Ville Eloranta)

                             Design in an age of large-scale transformation (Marco Steinberg)

    14.3. Lecture 3: Work and Organizational Design (Niina Nurmi)

                               Research problem statement (Hani Tarabichi)

    21.3. Lecture 4: Sustainability transformation (Idil Gaziulusoy)

                               Service Design in practice (Juha Kronqvist)

    28.3. Lecture 5: Reactive .vs. Proactive City Services, (Pasi Rautio)

                               Self-managed organizations (Frank Martella)

    4.4. Lecture 6: Designing Transformative Futures (Andrea Botero C)

                             Concluding remarks (Hani Tarabichi)

    Deliverable Schedule

    • Master's thesis problem definition: D/L 28.3.2023 at 23:00
    • Final reflection essay: D/L 28.4.2023 at 23:00
    • Peer learning videos (On Mondays at 18:00 during the course)


    Study material

    • Pre-readings for lectures; literature and other materials suggested for each research theme.


    Learning environment

    • MyCourses and Zoom (webinars and online teaching sessions).
    • Please download free Zoom client app from https://zoom.us/download (desktop version strongly recommended)


    Responsible Teachers

    Hani Tarabichi: hani.tarabichi@aalto.fi