Degree Programme in International Business Management (Masters Degree)

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1 Page 1 of 17 Degree Programme in International Business Management (Masters Degree) Courses Case Study Reseach Code: MGT2LG001 Timing: 1st semester Level: Core studies Type: Compulsory Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be familiar with case study research (CSR) write, present, and discuss with others their plans for a case study write a self-reflective paper on personal learning The course introduces the case study research and the students will apply the knowledge in their personal assignment and later in their own master thesis. In addition to contact hours, students will use intensively the virtual learning environment. The course covers the following topics CSR as a research strategy Possibilities and limitations of CSR Doing a CSR Different case study methods and data collection Ethical considerations Reporting and presenting a case study Contact hours 20 hours Written exam 4 hours Independent studies (assignments, reading for the exam) 57 hours

2 Page 2 of 17 Habiyakare Evariste Yin, R. (1994) Case study research: Design and methods (2nd ed.). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publishing. Ropo, A. Eriksson, P. Hunt, J. (1997) Reflections on conducting processual research on management and organizations. Scandinavian Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 13(4): Additional reading: Saunders, Mark, Lewis, Philip, and Thornhill, Adrian (2003) Research Methods for Business Students. FT Prentice Hall Participation 10% Exam 20% Assignment(s) 70% Action Research Code: MGT2LG002 Timing: 1st semester Learning Outcomes Upon successful completion of the course, the students will understand and practice the purpose of action research (AR) the involvement and role of the researcher in AR the broader implications of AR appreciative inquiry as an organizational analysis tool learning café as a knowledge sharing tool self reflections on learning The goal of the course is to learn about AR as a possible management and business research strategy. As the main objective of an AR is to achieve change and improvements in existing managerial practices or achieve change in one part or in the whole organization this research strategy could be selected and applied by students in their master thesis. The course covers the following topics: what AR is historical development of the AR theory characteristics and the process of AR rationale for AR benefits and limitations of AR current trends in AR thinking

3 Page 3 of 17 appreciative inquiry organizational learning and learning organizations organizational change and changing organizations Contact hours 20 hours Presentations and Written exam 4 hours Independent studies (assignments, reading for the exam) 57 hours Maria Jakubik PhD (Econ) Required: Reason, Peter and Bradbury, Hilary (ed) (2001) Handbook of Action Research. Participatice Inquiry & Practice. Sage Publications Ltd. (selected chapters) Additional reading: McNiff, Jean (1997) Action Research. Principles and Practice. Routledge Saunders, Mark, Lewis, Philip, and Thornhill, Adrian (2003) Research Methods for Business Students. FT Prentice Hall Other selected articles Exam 20% Self reflective paper 10% Group discussions (peer assessment) 10% Reading summaries (individual assignment) 30% AI report (group assignment) 30% Qualitative Research Methods Code: MGT2LG003 Timing: 1st semester Upon completion of the course, the student is familiar with qualitative research methods. has a command to make decisions concerning research design, data collection, data analyses and to write a professional research report. understands how to select and use qualitative research methods for business studies and for

4 Page 4 of 17 the thesis. The goal of the course is to introduce qualitative research methods to students to apply the knowledge in the team assignments and individual assignments and later in their own master thesis projects. The course focuses on: Formulating research objectives and research questions Research design Data collection methods Analysing data and interpreting findings Validity and reliability of research Reporting and presenting research findings In addition to lectures students will work both in teams and individually on assignments using intensively virtual learning environment. Contact hours 18 hours Self study and working on team assignments in virtual environment 30 hours Self study and working on individual assignments 30 hours Exam 3 hours Irma Pulkkinen Lic (Econ) Marschan-Piekkari, R. & Welch, C Handbook of qualitative research methods for international business. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. Miles, M. B. & Huberman, A. M Qualitative data analyses: an expanded sourcebook. Thousands Oaks: Sage. Rubin, H. J. & Rubin, I. S Qualitative interviewing: the art of hearing data. Thousands Oaks: Sage. Additional readings: Buber, R. & Gadner, J. & Richards, L Applying qualitative methods to marketing management research. Basingstoke Palgrave: Macmillan. Cassel, C. & Symon, G Essential guide to qualitative methods in organizational research. London: sage. Moisander, J. & Valtonen, A Qualitative marketing research: a cultural approach. Thousand Oaks: Sage. Morrison, M. A. et al Using qualitative research in advertising: strategies, techniques, and applications. Thousand Oaks: Sage. Individual assignments 20% Team assignments, includes also peer assessment 20% Exam 60%

5 Page 5 of 17 Quantitative Research Method Code: MGT2LG004 Timing: 1st semester Learning Outcomes Upon completion of the course, the student is familiar with quantitative research methods and has ability to make decisions concerning research design, data collection, and data analyses The goal of the course is to introduce quantitative research methods in order to give a substantial knowledge to carry out master thesis projects. The course focuses on: Data collection methods Questionnaire compilation Statistical analyses methods Reporting and presenting research findings In addition to lectures students will work both in teams and individually on assignments. Contact hours 18 hours Self study, team assignments and individual assignments 60 hours Exam 3 hours Pekka Rantanen PhD Will be announced later Assignments 40% Exam 60% International Business Project Management

6 Page 6 of 17 Code: MGT2LG005 Timing: 2nd semester Upon successful completion of the course, the students will understand what projects are and how they can be managed successfully know the central terminology of project management understand the central issues concerning project management in international settings The course focuses on examining theoretical and practical issues involved in Managing Business Projects in an International setting. The goal is to learn about project management in general and its central concepts, to understand why do projects succeed and fail, and to understand the human side of the project management. The course covers the following topics: Introduction to projects and project management Success or failure; how to define and measure Working in projects: tasks, people Contact hours (for both modules together) 20 hours Exams 4 hours Independent studies (assignments, reading for the exam) 57 hours Heikki Suominen Lic (Econ) A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (2004) Project Management Institute BS ISO 10006: 2003 Quality management systems. Guidelines for quality management in projects. Third Edition Other material assigned by the tutor Participation 20% Exams 40% Assignment(s) 40% Project Management Tools

7 Page 7 of 17 Code: MGT2LG006 Timing: 2nd semester Upon successful completion of the course the students will have the basic skills of using project management IT-tools and be able to apply them to manage their master thesis projects. The goal is to provide knowledge of different IT-tools available for managing projects. The objectives are that the students learn how to apply project management IT-tools and as an assignment the students could use these tools to manage their international business related thesis as a project during their master studies (2 3 years). The course covers the following topics: Applying selected IT-tools in various project management situations - Microsoft Project, Visio, Excel Utiliation of project management tools in creation of various graphical project management illustrations, including GANTT, PERT, flow and bar charts Using the IT-tools to manage the students international business related thesis as projects during their master studies Contact hours (for both modules together) 20 hours Exams 4 hours Independent studies (assignments, reading for the exam) 57 hours Miikka Mäkelä MSc (Econ) Materials assigned by the tutor Participation 20% Exams 40% Assignment(s) 40% International Talent Management Code: MGT2LG007 Timing: 2nd semester

8 Page 8 of 17 Upon successful completion of the course, the students will understand the various dimensions of international human resource and talent management how the business strategy and the HR strategy are linked together the global and local perspectives in talent management the main HR processes to support the talent management the future of talent management how they can in any position contribute to the talent management in their companies. The goal of the course is to learn about Human Resource and Talent management in order to understand and successfully contribute to their company s future challenges in these matters. The course covers the following topics: strategic human resource management linked to company strategy HRM today and challenges for the future Talent Management global HRM linked to local HRM HRM/Talent Management main processes resourcing (internal and external) (incl. expat matters) performance management development succession and career planning compensation and benefits how the future might look how to win The War for Talent Contact hours and presentations 18 hours Independent studies and own case work 63 hours TBA TBA Active participation of the contact hours 30% Take-home exam and Presentations 20% Self reflective paper 20% Group discussions (peer assessment) 10% Reading summaries, own case work (individual assignment) 20%

9 Page 9 of 17 Communities of Practice Code: MGT2LG008 Timing: 2nd semester Upon successful completion of the course, the students will understand why communicate why cooperate how knowledge is created how knowledge is shared what enables learning in an organisation the need to run a professional dialogue the challenges of virtual teamwork Communities of Practice will give a new insight to form a forum for professional communication and organisational learning. Its purpose is to support in-depth dialogue and sharing valuable knowledge between professionals. Virtual teams and regional organisation structures provide new challenges to perform. The course covers the following topics: Group-Team-CoP Knowledge creation and sharing, Ba CoP as a Learning Community Barriers and boundaries of communication Virtual teams Regional organisations Lectures 20 h Tutorials 10 h Exam 4 h Independent studies 47 h Seija Ranta-aho MSc (Econ) Heckscher, C. & Adler P.S The firm as a collaborative community. Oxford University Press, Oxford Nonaka, I. & Teece, D:J Managing Industrial Knowledge. Sage Publications. London Rosen, R Global Literacies. Lessons on Businee Leadership and National Culture. Simon &

10 DP in International Business Management (Masters Degree) HAAGA-HELIA a... Page 10 of 17 Schuster. N.Y. Wenger, Etienne. Communities of Practice Learning as a Social System. Published in Systems Thinker June Wenger, E. & McDermott, R. & Snyder, W.M Cultivating Communities of Practice. Harvard Business School Press. Boston Other selected articles Tutorials 30 % Learning diary (virtual disc.) 10 % Class participation 20 % Examination 40 % Workshop 1 Code: MGT2LG031(A) Extent: 2 ECTS Timing: 1st semester Upon successful completion of the workshop, the students will understand the structure of the IBMA Programme be familiar with the learning approach learn about the content of the first academic year know what is a research and what it is not learn about the nature of management and business research know the difference between basic research and applied research be aware of the orientation chart (the big picture) of the first course learn about the Blackboard system learn about themselves (test) know their groups for course exercises and assignments The main goal of the first workshop is to provide information to students about the structure, content, learning philosophy, and learning environment of the whole master programme. Furthermore, during the workshop students will be informed about the first academic year and the first course. Lastly, the goal is to socialize and to get to know each others professional background, interests, motivation, and personality. This orientation workshop starts with a small group work and with an introduction of participants. Then, the content of the IBMA Programme, its learning philosophy and learning approaches will be presented. It will be followed by the orientation to core studies, by focusing on the content of the first academic year, the first semester, and the first theme of the semester: Management and

11 DP in International Business Management (Masters Degree) HAAGA-HELIA a... Page 11 of 17 Business Research Strategies. During the afternoon session of the workshop we will talk about practicalities and learn about the BlackBoard virtual learning environment. The first workshop will be closed by conducting a group exercise and forming heterogeneous groups for conducting group assignments during the IBMA programme. Contact hours (exercises, lectures, discussions) 8 h Teacher with the main responsible for the course, teacher/s Maria Jakubik PhD (Econ) Exercises provided by the tutor Lecture material Handouts Attendance in the workshop is compulsory for all students. Workshop 2 Code: MGT2LG032 Timing: 2nd semester Upon successful completion of the workshop, the students will learn to give a compact and informative research plan presentation practise giving constructive face to face feedback learn to receive feedback learn to challenge research plans learn to justify his/her choices receive advice on how to improve the research plan become familiar with the HAAGA-HELIA thesis instructions The main goal of the second workshop is to provide students an inspiring and challenging forum for presenting their plans for the thesis as well as for giving and receiving feedback on how to improve the plans. The workshop will focus on the individual presentations of research plans. As time for presentations is very limited the more detailed content of each research plan will become familiar

12 DP in International Business Management (Masters Degree) HAAGA-HELIA a... Page 12 of 17 to the participants in advance through teamwork organized in Blackboard. The purpose of the virtual learning environment in BB is to offer a learning society in which research plans are gradually developed during the fall semester. The presentations will highlight the most essential issues of each plan. Thesis writing instructions will be applied and mastering the practical issues will be learned through the test in Blackboard. Contact hours (presentations, discussions) 8 hours Maria Jakubik PhD (Econ) General research plan and thesis writing principles presented in research literature. HAAGA-HELIA thesis instructions. Swales, M. J. and Feak, C. B Academic Writing for Graduate Students. 2nd ed. The University of Michigan Press. Attendance in the workshop is compulsory for all students P/F Thesis writing instructions test in Blackboard P/F Thesis Plan 2 ECTS Action Plan Presentations 1 ECTS Reflections on management and business research methods (four different courses) P/F Workshop 3 Code: MGT2LG033 Extent: 2 ECTS Timing: 2nd semester Upon successful completion of the workshop, the students will first, synthesize their learning during the first academic year by preparing their personal portfolio that will include the self-reflection papers on each course they have taken plus one summary paper about their first year master studies preparing and submitting the first progress report on their thesis (see thesis guide) reading, writing, and discussing an international business management case-study assessing their own and their peers contributions exchanging the reflections of a master student (who has accomplished her studies earlier, guest lecturer)

13 DP in International Business Management (Masters Degree) HAAGA-HELIA a... Page 13 of 17 and second, the student will learn about the content of the second academic year and receive information about the elective studies. The main goal of the workshop is to close the first academic year and to provide information about the forthcoming studies. During the workshop there will be time for reflections, self- and peer assessment, and a case-study discussion where the knowledge gained during the first year will be demonstrated by the students. The workshop starts with a group discussion about the learning outcomes of the first year. Then, the progress reports of the theses will be discussed by presenting the current state of the thesis and the next phases and activities need to be clarified. There will be information provided about the next academic year (preliminary schedule, distance assignment instructions) and about the elective studies. During the afternoon session of the workshop one master student will present her reflections about the benefits and difficulties of her master study. Then, the case-study closing discussion will take place. After that the self- and peer assessments will be done. Group work and discussions 8 hours Maria Jakubik PhD (Econ) Case-study and instructions (provided earlier) Handouts (assessment forms) Distance study assignment instructions for the next Fall The workshop will be assessed as accomplished or failed. Attendance in the workshop is compulsory for all students. All parts need to be passed. Personal Portfolio of IBMA compulsory studies IBMA Thesis Progress Report 1 Case analysis (written summary of the main issues of the case and recommendations to solve the problems) Case discussion Self- and peer assessments Defining Development Areas Code: MGT2LG021 Extent: 4 ECTS Timing:

14 DP in International Business Management (Masters Degree) HAAGA-HELIA a... Page 14 of 17 Language: Level: Type: Prerequisites Workshop 4 Code: MGT2LG034 Extent: - Timing: Language: Level: Type: Prerequisites Workshop 5 Code: MGT2LG035 Extent: 2 ECTS Timing: Language: Level: Type:

15 DP in International Business Management (Masters Degree) HAAGA-HELIA a... Page 15 of 17 Prerequisites Workshop 6 Code: MGT2LG036 Timing: Language: Level: Type: Prerequisites Master's Thesis Code: MGT2LG037 Extent: 30 ECTS Timing: Language: Level: Type: Prerequisites

16 DP in International Business Management (Masters Degree) HAAGA-HELIA a... Page 16 of 17 Workshop 7 Code: MGT2LG038 Extent: - Timing: Language: Level: Type: Prerequisites Workshop 8 Code: MGT2LG039 Extent: - Timing: Language: Level: Type: Prerequisites

17 DP in International Business Management (Masters Degree) HAAGA-HELIA a... Page 17 of 17 Workshop 9 Code: MGT2LG040 Extent: Timing: Language: Level: Type: Prerequisites