Service Logic-Based Strategic Management (5cr)

Code: A9300-3003

General information

Enrollment: 24.05.2021 - 30.05.2021; Registration for the implementation has ended.

Timing: 01.08.2021 - 31.12.2021; Implementation has ended.

Number of ECTS credits allocated: 5 cr

Local portion: 0 cr

Virtual portion: 5 cr

RDI portion: 3 cr

Mode of delivery: Distance learning

Campus: Laurea Virtual Campus

Teaching languages: English

Seats: 0 - 30

Teachers: Päivi Tossavainen; Auli Guilland; Jukka Ojasalo

Study unit: A9300

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- explain the strategic shift to service-based business logic and its impact on corporate level
- analyse a company’s strategy and strategic choices
- master the key concepts, principles and methods of strategic management

Teaching methods

Instruction 100% online. Lectures, group work, individual assignments
Pre-assignment (pass/fail), deadline 06 Oct 2021
1st contact day, instruction: 07 Oct 2021, 09:00-16:30
Assignments: (A) Focus of development plan (10%) + (B) Literature analysis (30%), deadline for both 11 Nov 2021
2nd contact day, instruction: 12 Nov 2021, 09:00-16:30
Assignment: Development plan (60%), deadline 02 Dec 2021
3rd contact day, instruction: 3 Dec 2021, 09:00-16:30

Learning materials and recommended literature

Lusch, Robert F. & Vargo, Stephen L. 2014. Service-Dominant Logic. Premises, Perspectives,
Possibilities. Cambridge University Press, UK.
Literature list will be published in Canvas.

Co-operation with working life and/or RDI

Each student may select the case company/organization for the course assignment him/herself.

Forms of internationality

International student group

Student workload

5 ects credits = 135 hours (1 credit = 27 hours of work)
Contact sessions
Reading the literature for the assignments
Collaboration with the case company/organization
Writing the assignments (notes, reports)

Further information for students

It is compulsory to attend the contact sessions.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Further information