Consultation Projects, Business Development Focus (10 cr)

Code: 3B00DW47-3001

General information

Enrolment period: 10.06.2020 - 01.09.2020; Registration for the implementation has ended.

Timing: 18.09.2020 - 14.12.2020; Implementation has ended.

Credits: 10 cr

Mode of delivery: Contact learning

Unit: International Business

Campus: TAMK Main Campus

Teaching languages: English

Seats: 0 - 40

Degree programmes: Bachelor's Degree Programme in International Business

Teachers: Sven Rassl; Sean Morga

Person in charge: Sven Rassl

Course: 3B00DW47

Objectives (course unit)

This course goes through the different steps of product or service design process in practice. It gives a good understanding of how the idea is developed into a ready product or service. The course approach is practical: teams of 3-4 students pick up project from a commissioning company/organization or start project of their own.

After completing the course, students will be able to:
• Apply the concepts and theories of product and service design into practice
• Carry out consultation projects in product and service design area
• Accomplish the project, analyze and report the results to customer
• Plan and implement a project independently and as member of a team.

Content (course unit)

How to implement product design project in practice?
How to implement service design project in practice?
How to manage the customer interface in consultation projects?

Prerequisites (course unit)

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The student can apply the concepts and theories of product and service design into practice. He/she can carry out simple consultation projects in product and service design area. Under supervision and with the support of a mentor, the student is able to accomplish the project and report the results to the customer. He/she can support a consultation project as member of a team.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

The student is familiar with the concepts and theories of product and service design and can utilise these concepts in a practical business case consultation project. He/she can independently and as a member of a group carry out consultation projects in the product and service design area. The student is able to plan, implement, and evaluate consultation projects and is able to report the project results to the customer. He/she can contribute to the outcomes of a consultation project as member of a team.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student has in-depth understanding of the concepts and theories of product and service design and can utilise these concepts in a practical business case consultation project. He/she can independently and as a member of a group carry out consultation projects in the product and service design area, plus he/she is able to reflect on his/her own service design work progress. The student is able to plan, implement, and evaluate consultation projects and is able to report the project results to the customer. He/she can contribute and enhance the outcomes of a consultation project as member of a team. The student actively facilitates the outcome of the consultation project.

Assessment scale

0-5