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Course Catalog 2014-2015

TTA-11016 Basics of Industrial Management, 4 cr

Person responsible

Jouni Lyly-Yrjänäinen

Lessons

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer Implementations Lecture times and places
Lectures
 8 h/week

 

 

 

 
TTA-11016 2014-01 Monday 9 - 12 , F PIENI SALI 2
Thursday 12 - 14 , F PIENI SALI 2
Monday 9 - 10 , F ISO SALI
Saturday 9 - 16 , FC112
Sunday 9 - 16 , FC112
Monday 9 - 12 , K1704

Study type Hours Time span Implementations Lecture times and places
Lectures
5 h/week
25.08.2014 - 18.09.2014
TTA-11016 2014-02 Monday 12 - 15, K4110
Thursday 9 - 12, K4110

Requirements

1. Group Presentation 2. Weekly exams
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Learning Outcomes

This course is mainly an introduction to industrial management. After completing this course, the student will be able to identify the main responsibilities and tasks of different organizational functions, such as marketing, product development, production, sourcing, and sales. In addition, the student will be able to explain the main managerial concepts and tools used within these different organizational functions. The course will emphasize development of business competencies and, as a result, the student will learn to interpret financial statements and analyze how managerial decisions impact these financial figures. Finally, the course also focuses on intercultural communication and its challenges in business contexts. In today¿s business world, managers need to have intercultural competencies. After completing the course, the student should be better prepared to analyse and understand human behavior in multi-cultural situations and, in addition, discuss it more openly.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. The lectures will be a combination of traditional lectures, group assignments, and exercises. During the lectures and group assignments, the multi-cultural group also enables the course content to be discussed in intercultural context. Therefore, students will be encouraged to present their own points of view and share their experiences.     
2. Selected guest lecturers will provide industrial perspective to the topics discussed in the class.     
3. The written report and presentation given by the students will enhance the students' ability to apply the different managerial tools and business terminology in practice.      

Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes

Exam

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

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Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
TTA-11016 Basics of Industrial Management, 4 cr TETA-1016 Basics of Industrial Management, 4 cr  

More precise information per implementation

Implementation Description Methods of instruction Implementation
TTA-11016 2014-01 For exchange students and international degree students other than Industrial Engineering And Management.        
TTA-11016 2014-02 Management Bootcamp for degree students of Industrial Engineering And Management.        

Last modified18.02.2014