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From Local to Global Business (Spring 2012)

Course code : XLGB-U2
ECTS Credits : 5 Status : Optional
Revised : 26/01 2012 Written : 24/01 2012
Placement : 5. semester Hours per week : 4
Length : 1 semester Teaching Language : English

Objective : To provide students business and technical skills and knowledge of how companies can align business processes with IT strategy by using academic methods based on relevant theories.
Students who fully have met the objectives of the course will be able to:
- use in a practical way the most important e-business technologies and theories – both in a local and global scale.
- describe the changes and consequences in an organization due to implementation of new solutions.
- identify opportunities for use of e-business strategies and
outline how to make the implementation on a specific case (typically a specific company business case).
- understand the concept of using business platforms.
Principal Content : Providing students with insight how the principles of corporate development, entrepreneurship, and innovation in both “old” and “new” economy/business influences operational situation.
Giving insights into business responsibilities when dealing with customers by using the Internet.
Providing students with detailed knowledge of new technologies (IT) applicable in an e-business context.
Learn how to use use theoretical tools for business improvement and change management programmes.
Teaching method : By using relevant theories developing the students’ insights into practical business management by using business cases from public/private enterprises as course lecturers - and letting the students solve practical assignments by using academic methods based on relevant theories. Through presentations and finally at an oral examination the students demonstrate understanding of topics out from learning theories (Solo-taxonomy, Bloom´s taxonomy, Kolb´s learning Cycle).
Required prequisites : For Export Engineering students:
First one-and-a-half year and a minimum of 120 ECTS.
Recommended prerequisites : For non-Export Engineering students:
Familiarity with production, sales and marketing, and economic terms used in companies.
Relations : -
Type of examination : Oral examination based on assignments
External examiner : Internal
Marking : 7 step scale
Remarks : -
Teaching material : Hand-outs and Internet.
Responsible teacher : Poul Kohsel , poko@dtu.dk