2024/2025 KAN-CDIBO1201U Engines of Digital Business
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Engines of Digital Business |
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Language | English |
Course ECTS | 7.5 ECTS |
Type | Mandatory |
Level | Full Degree Master |
Duration | One Semester |
Start time of the course | Spring, Autumn |
Timetable | Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk |
Study board |
Master of Science (MSc) in Business Administration and Digital
Business
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Last updated on 22-05-2024 |
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Learning objectives | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
To achieve the grade 12, students are expected to
fulfil the following learning objectives with no or only minor
mistakes or omissions
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Course prerequisites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Basic understanding of business and strategy
Basic understanding of digital technology |
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Prerequisites for registering for the exam (activities during the teaching period) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of compulsory
activities which must be approved (see section 13 of the Programme
Regulations): 1
Compulsory home
assignments
Students must complete a group project over the length of the course. They will work in teams of maximum 5 individuals. Groups will develop a case study describing and explaining the digital business model strategy of a Danish or an international organization using concepts from the course. Oral feedback, with the intention of helping students develop their case studies, will be given to groups on a continuous basis in group discussions as they work on their projects in workshops throughout the course. The compulsory assignment concerns a group presentation (max 10 PowerPoint slides). Each group must develop this presentation at the end of the course and it will summarize their case study. They will upload and submit this presentation as well as presenting their case in class. The presentation will be given by the whole group, and will provide material for their individual exam assignment. This activity is compulsory and must be approved in order for individuals to participate in the exam. Written feedback on each group presentation will then be provided one week after the presentation is given. If a student cannot participate due to documented illness, or if a student does not get the activity approved in spite of making a real attempt, then the student will be given one extra attempt before the ordinary exam. The extra attempt will require handing in a written report of 15 pages on a topic assigned by the course instructor. |
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Course content, structure and pedagogical approach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Digitalization is disrupting a whole range of industries, changing the nature of our work, the way we live our lives, and the way that business is done. At the heart of this is digitality, or the characteristics of digital technology, which profoundly changes the capacity for businesses to innovate and to reconfigure their business models. The ambition of this course is to help us understand why this is the case and to understand the dynamics of business models in the context of digitality, the importance of theoretically explainable engines and mechanisms for driving digital business, and the strategies businesses use to harness these engines and mechanisms to build successful business. The course broadly divides into three areas which considers 1) the characteristics of digital technologies which affect how business is done; 2) the components and dynamics of digital business models; 3) different strategic approaches to combining and configuring the components of digital business models as specific engines and mechanisms to drive digital business. The course aims to help students advance their careers by enabling them understand, critique and positively influence digital business.
The course will consist of ten 4-hour sessions employing a blended approach to learning. Some aspects will be online and other aspects will be carried out physically in class. Learning will consist of lectures, exercises, case study analyses and workshops.
In the lecture sessions, a combination of pre-recorded online lecture-mode instruction and case exercises will be used to enable students to identify and describe characteristics, concepts, theoretical frameworks, and principles of digital business model strategy.
In the workshop sessions, students will work in teams carrying out two sorts of activity: (1) engage in case-based teaching to apply and discuss the concepts and theories obtained in the lectures to real-life case studies; (2) work on group projects to develop their own cases of digital business models and their associated engines in Danish and international organisations, which enable students to further develop knowledge and skills in describing opportunities, challenges and consequences for digital business models in organisations. Groups are expected to present their projects in workshops at the end of the course, after which they will receive oral and written feedback. The group presentation and the feedback received will provide material for students’ individual exam assignment. |
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Description of the teaching methods | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The course employs a blended approach to
learning, where lectures will largely be delivered as a series of
pre-recorded videos and workshops will be held physically. Besides
pre-recorded videos, other teachings methods include case-based
learning, industry guest lectures, group project work, and group
presentations.
Students are expected to take active part in the development of workshops, in order to capture the most current trends and developments in the area. Groups are expected to develop suitable exercises and content for one workshop. |
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Feedback during the teaching period | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Students receive feedback through the following
mechanisms:
All group receive feedback during case study analyses with lecturers in the workshops. Students will be developing their case study projects throughout the course and will get continuous feedback on their work during the workshop sessions. Feedback on case study projects, with the intention of helping students improve their projects, will be given collectively and to groups during these sessions. Finally student groups have the choice of presenting their project as an optional assignment at the end of the course. Carrying out this optional assignment will enable them to receive extensive oral and written feedback. This feedback will provide input into the individual exam assignment. |
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Expected literature | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The literature can be changed before the semester starts. Students are advised to find the final literature on Canvas before they buy any material.
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