Business Related Project Studies (5cr)

Objectives (course unit)

International Business students can carry out a part of their studies as project studies. The projects are defined in advance for the credit count, costs and duration. The projects are commissioned e.g. by local companies or by Tampere University of Applied Sciences. The team projects come from actual companies and the students themselves. See further instructions and required forms at www.wiki.tamk.fi (use "Business Related Project Studies" as a search key there).

After completing the course, the students will be able to:

Work more professionally in real projects, and participate in carrying out systematically managed projects, from project approval and planning to control and implementation.
Apply and further develop existing disciplinary knowledge in real life cases and projects.
Use their individual communication, negotiation and group work skills more effectively and efficiently.
Enhance their use of different sources of information, learning environments, project management software tools, and IT in general.

Content (course unit)

How can universities and local companies work together?
What different projects are relevant for university of applied sciences (UAS) students?
What kind of co-operation will benefit both the student(s) and the client?
What can a UAS student learn and benefit from participation in a real project?
How is project management interrelated to the strategic and general management of an organization?
What are the benefits of applying systematic project management methods and related IT tools for different projects?
How are projects planned, implemented, controlled and reported successfully?
What kind of proposed generalizations can be made based on successful project outcomes?

Exam schedules

-

Assessment methods and criteria

Students' performance during the project and at the end of the process, in the form of a final report. There is also a discussion of the final report at the end, if necessary.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

Negotiations, discussions, students' self-driven project and process management efforts, project reporting, learning by doing, group work, problem-solving, active co-operation with real client - as well as with different stakeholders and service providers when applicable.

Learning materials

Sourced by project teams, project by project.

Student workload

Based on the written project description/agreement which the commissioner, student(s) and the responsible TAMK instructor have all signed under.
Each student reports his/her actual individual working hours in the end, and - applying the normal UAS rules - the project provides the student with 1 cu per each 26-27 hours of student's work on it.

Content scheduling

Case by case.

Completion alternatives

None.

Practical training and working life cooperation

These Business Related Project Studies are completely classified as part of TAMK enterprise-university collaboration and R&D activities.

International connections

Exist naturally, in the cases of truly international projects.

Further information

Mr Pasi Kuusijärvi, M.Sc. (Econ. and Bus. Adm.)
Senior Lecturer, Accounting and Financial Management
Tampere University of Applied Sciences
+358 40 846 052
pasi.kuusijarvi@tamk.fi

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Good/pass requires that the students have performed their project acceptably, and the final report has been delivered to the TAMK instructor who has accepted it.
Fail means that the TAMK instructor gives the students a timely extension, to perform the missing parts acceptably later on.