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Understanding Customer Behaviour (5 cr)

Code: R0230-3012

General information


Enrollment

29.11.2021 - 05.12.2021

Timing

01.01.2022 - 31.07.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual proportion

2 op

Mode of delivery

60 % Contact teaching, 40 % Distance learning

Unit

Laurea Leppävaara, service

Campus

Laurea Leppävaara

Teaching languages

  • English

Seats

20 - 30

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Safety, Security and Risk Management (HRA), Laurea Leppävaara

Teachers

  • Lasse Kivinen
  • Sini Setälä

Teacher in charge

Sini Setälä

Groups

  • HRA221SA
    Degree Programme in Safety, Security and Risk Management, blended learning, S21, Leppävaara

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- define the factors that underlie customer actions, feelings and judgment processes
- understand purchasing decisions from the perspective of the individual and the organization
- analyze patterns and trends in customer behavior

Teaching methods

According to the latest corona- guidelines (7.1.2022) the study unit will start 17.3.2022 at Leppävaara Campus. The study unit consists of contact classes, team work, individual work. ZOOM-meetings will be arranged if necessary and by visiting lectures request. Students are informed of any changes in implementation as soon as possible.

Learning materials and recommended literature

Barden, Phil. (2013). Decoded. The Science Behind Why We Buy. Wiley.
Blythe, Jim. (2013). Consumer Behaviour. Sage.
Kahle, Lynn R. & Valette-Florence, Pierre. (2012). Marketplace Lifestyles in an Age of Social Media. Theory and Methods. Routledge.
Kahnemann, Daniel. Thinking Fast and Slow. (2011). Penguin Books.
Kotler, Philip & Armstrong, Gary. (2012). Principles of Marketing. Pearson.
Robbins, Stephen P. & Judge, Timothy A. (2016). Essentials of Organizational Behavior. Pearson.
Robbins, Stephen P., Judge, Timothy A. & Campbell, Timothy T. (2010). Organizational Behaviour. Pearson.
Solomon, Michael R. (2011). Consumer Behavior. Buying, Having, and Being. Pearson.
Soman, Dilip and N-Marandi, Sara. (2010). Managing Customer Value. One Stage at a Time. World Scientific.
Thaler, Richard H. & Sunstein, Cass R. (2009). Nudge. Improving decisions about health, wealth, and happiness. Penguin Books
Walden, Steven. (2017). Customer Experience Management Rebooted - Are you an experience brand or an efficiency brand? Palgrave Macmillan.

Alternative completion methods of implementation

You may have acquired competence, for example through work experience, training organised in the workplace, organisational activities or hobbies. Familiarize yourself with the process in LINK
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Important dates

Contact classes and deadlines.

Students workload

The workload is approximately 135 hours total.

Content and scheduling

1. Orientation, Customers, Customer Relationships, The Business Idea
2. Buying Behaviour
3. Understanding Customer Behaviour in Practice

Further information for students

Understanding customers can be challenging. How do we define what is valuable for an individual customer? What about organizations as customers? Today, many of the trends are international, but their local interpretation and implementation may still be very multifold. The study of the human mind has gone a long way, but part of the mind’s operations, especially on individual level, still remain difficult to forecast.
During this course we will define the factors that underlie customer actions, feelings, and judgment processes. We strive to understand purchasing decisions from the perspective of the individual and the organization, and analyze patterns and trends in customer behaviour.

Grading scale

H-5

Evaluation methods and criteria

n this study unit the assessing of the competences will be done by using the criteria set for requirement level I.

BACHELOR'S DEGREE INITIAL STAGE STUDENTS
EXCELLENT
grade 5
Students are able to:
• Apply professional concepts expertly.
• Comply with occupational safety instructions responsibly and independently.
• Justify activities using research knowledge.
• Work independently and take initiatives in line with objectives. Operations are often flexible, systematic, development-oriented, creative and active.
• Select the appropriate techniques and models for activities, and justify the choices.
• Act in customer-oriented ways and according to the situation.
• Promote group activities.
• Able to critically apply ethical principles in the subject field in one's conduct and tasks.
GOOD
grade 3
Students are able to:
• Apply professional concepts systematically.
• Apply occupational safety instructions in their activities.
• Justify, compare and analyse their activities using general guidelines.
• Able to cope independently in different tasks in each operating environment.
• Apply acquired techniques and models diversely.
• Act professionally in customer situations.
• Work in a group in line with objectives.
• Justify their activities in accordance with ethical principles..
SATISFACTORY,
grade 1
Students are able to:
• Apply most important/individual and appropriate professional concepts, and indicate their familiarity with the knowledge base.
• Act safely, although activities are often schematic/ experimental/ fumbling/ self-involved.
• Comply with rules and instructions, and justify their activities using provided instructions.
• Act appropriately under guidance.
• Use acquired techniques and models.
• Take customers into account in their actions.
• Act as group members.
• Act in accordance with ethical principles.