Content owner

Tampere University

Extent

5 cr

Course dates

31/8/2021 - 24/10/2021

Application period

4/8/2021 - 16/8/2021

Fees

75.00 € (15 €/cr)

Campus

Hervanta Campus

City

Tampere

Faculty or School

Faculty of Management and Business

Language of instruction

English

Code

TUTA.015

Study fields

Technology and Natural Sciences

Mode of study

Contact teaching

Study level

Basic studies

Basics of Industrial Management, 5, cr

Code: TUTA.015

Language of instruction: English

Description

This course sets the stage for management studies and provides a solid foundation for more advanced studies in industrial management. After the course, students understand how technology-driven, industrial-scale operations provide goods and services efficiently to the society while, at the same time, make profit for the owners. Understanding of value creation and its relationship to the success of business organisations forms the cornerstone of the course.

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Contents

Core content

UNDERSTANDING 2B2 ENVIRONMENT

Customer value key to profitable business
-supply and distribution networks
-customer value
-income statement and balance sheet
-competitive advantage
-contribution costing
FROM IDEA TO A PROFITABLE BUSINESS

Development of offering
-product life cycle
-competition
-money flow in product development

Bookkeeping
-principles of double-entry bookkeeping
-closing and re-opening the books
-inventory, receivables and payables

Marketing process
-segmentation in B2B and B2C contexts
-target market, differentiation and positioning
-sales process in B2B markets
SCALING UP THE BUSINESS

Expanding the business
-product-market matrix
-different ways of exporting
-cost and capital planning
-venture capital

Building and managing the organisation
-developing organisational structure
-defining systematic processes
-cost and profit centres
-full costing
SUCCESSFUL EXIT

Business environment in the knowledge economy
-management and leadership in the future
-focus on core competencies and outsourcing
-knowledge-intensive services and gamification
-successful exit

Complementary knowledge

-evaluating/quantifying customer value in practice
-estimating payback period of a new process innovation in practice
-3D printing as a communication tool in product development
-segmentation in B2B markets in practice
-challenges related to starting exports in practice
-building management reporting system and dashboards for KPIs in practice
-cultural differences in management and leadership

Course dates

Common

Lecture:

31.08.2021 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Festia FA133 Pieni sali 2 (100)
02.09.2021 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Festia FA032 Pieni sali 1 (100)
07.09.2021 08:00 - 10:00
07.09.2021 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Festia FA133 Pieni sali 2 (100)
09.09.2021 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Festia FA032 Pieni sali 1 (100)
14.09.2021 08:00 - 10:00
14.09.2021 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Festia FA133 Pieni sali 2 (100)
16.09.2021 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Festia FA133 Pieni sali 2 (100)
21.09.2021 08:00 - 10:00
21.09.2021 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Festia FA133 Pieni sali 2 (100)
23.09.2021 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Festia FA032 Pieni sali 1 (100)
28.09.2021 08:00 - 10:00
28.09.2021 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Festia FA133 Pieni sali 2 (100)
30.09.2021 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Festia FA032 Pieni sali 1 (100)
05.10.2021 08:00 - 10:00
05.10.2021 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Festia FA133 Pieni sali 2 (100)
07.10.2021 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Festia FA032 Pieni sali 1 (100)
12.10.2021 08:00 - 10:00
12.10.2021 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Festia FA133 Pieni sali 2 (100)
14.10.2021 10:00 - 12:00, TAU Festia FA032 Pieni sali 1 (100)
19.10.2021 08:00 - 10:00

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