Living in a Changing World (5 cr)

Learning outcomes

The student is able to:
• work with and understand different cultures
• collect data on the diffusion of technology in different countries and understand the underlying forces preventing or enabling diffusion
• have an understanding of future studies

Location and time

The course starts early October and finishes late November early December. The exact dates will be made available during September.

Materials

In 2024 we will reflect our project experience with the role of innovation and networks

Social Structure and competition in interfirm networks the paradox of embededdness, Brian Uzzi available e.g. in teh book sociology and economic life

Hargadon Andrew, How Breakthroughs happen- the surprising truth about how companies innovate, 2003

Teaching methods

The course is implemented online.

The course is a project consisting of three phases: the individual orientation phase, the team orientattion phase and the project implementation phase.

The project will have c 500 students from around the world from c 10 universities and students will be grouped into teams of five.Students will work on a sustainability challenge given by one global client.

For further information please read Experimenting on a Global Online Learning Network, UAS Journal, Journal of Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences 4/2022 https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2022120569469

Employer connections

The project has one global client with a challenge to students on sustainability. Earlier clients have included Barry Callebout second generation chocolate (https://www.barry-callebaut.com/en/manufacturers/trends-insights/renaissance-coco a), Seventh Generation (https://www.seventhgeneration.com /) and Kone (kone.com)

The project also experiments with global online learning. Our challenge for 2024 is that we will not have one online platform, but that we will try to mirror the content to the local platform of each institution.

Exam schedules

The course is compulsory to the students of the Leading Transformational Change programme. The course will fit between the courses Digital marketing and Nudging. It will be running from early October to early December.

International connections

The course works with and is implemented with c.10 universities around the world: Canada, Belgium, Ecuador, Finland, Indonesia, South Africa and the US.

Evaluation scale

H-5