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  • General

    Co-development interventions in Business Networks is an advanced course in Knowledge and Business Networks, a track of the Information Networks Study Program. In addition, the course is suitable for all Master`s and Doctoral students of Industrial Engineering and Management.

    The course focuses on inter-organizational business processes and their development through planned interventions. The course advances a knowledge-based view on interventions by focusing on collaboration practices as an object of development and knowledge co-creation as a way of developing them. The course presents different theoretical approaches to co-development as well as relevant development and research methods.

    The course includes a project assignment in a real-life business ecosystem. Guided by the teachers, the student groups will facilitate co-creation workshops with the participating organizations. All case work will be carried out in the class room. Despite this, project assignment requires independent working by groups, e.g. preparation of workshops, between the lectures.

    On this course, you will learn how to manage interventions into business ecosystems: how to analyze the structure and value flows, how to plan interventions and workshops, how to apply methods and tools for co-creation, as well as how to facilitate the co-creation of new solutions.


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    • Schedule Spring 2019, updated 3.1.2019

      Lectures are held on Fridays at Open Innovation House, 1st floor seminar room A113.

      Time

      Lecture topic

      Group work

      Assignments and deadlines

      Fri Jan. 11, 9.15-12

      Introduction

      Preparation of group assignments

      Learning diary Jan. 15

      Fri Jan. 18, 9.15-12

      Business process co-development

      Group assignment topics and cases

      Learning diary Jan. 22

      Fri Jan. 25, 9.15-12

      Knowledge co-creation for changing practices

      Planning an intervention project

      Learning diary Jan. 29

      Intervention plan Jan. 31

      Fri Feb. 1, 9.15-12

      Objects and tools of design and development

      Visualization and data collection

      Learning diary Feb. 5

      Interview questions Feb. 7

      Fri Feb. 8, 9.15-12

      Participatory approaches to interventions

      Workshop planning and data analysis

      Learning diary Feb. 12

      Workshop plan Feb. 14

      Fri Feb. 15, 9.15-12

      Facilitation

      Students present workshop plans. Preparing workshop materials and scripts

       

      Week 8, evaluation

      Fri Mar. 1, 9.15-12

       

      Workshop rehearsal

      Students present workshop materials and scripts.

      Slides, visualizations and scripts for the workshop Mar. 1

      Fri Mar. 8, 9.15-12

      Intervention

      Workshop realized by students

      Results report Mar. 13

      Fri Mar. 15, 9.15-12

      Workshop rehearsal

      Students present workshop materials and scripts. Data analysis

      Slides, visualizations and scripts for the workshop Mar. 15

      Fri Mar. 22, 9.15-12

      Intervention

      Workshop realized by students

      Results report Mar. 27

      Fri Mar. 29, 9.15-12

      Practices in academia and industry

      Data analysis, reporting

      Learning diary Apr. 2

      End report Apr. 4

      Fri Apr. 5,

      9.15-12

      Feedback session

      Students present the end report.

       

      Week 14, evaluation

      It is of outmost importance that the lecture material is read by the students before each lecture for them to be able to build and apply the knowledge during the lectures.