| Learning objectives |
- Identify and explain the concepts and theories that relate to
blockchain, including key terminology, underlying assumptions, and
how concepts and theories relate to one another.
- Demonstrate how the concepts and theories that were presented
in the course can be applied in the process of developing
blockchain-based business innovation.
- Evaluate blockchain-based solutions through theory-based
critical assessment and discuss the results including how to
mitigate the prevailing challenges as well as how to move ahead
with the development of the underlying
innovation.
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| Course prerequisites |
| No prerequisite knowledge of information
technology is required. This course is designed for managers,
business developers, digital officers, consultants, policymakers,
and others who are involved in generating business value with
digital technologies. Blockchain technology can be applied in any
business sector |
| Prerequisites for registering for the exam
(activities during the teaching period) |
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Number of compulsory
activities which must be approved: 1
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| Examination |
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Blockchain for
Business:
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| Exam
ECTS |
3 |
| Examination form |
Oral exam based on written product
In order to participate in the oral exam, the written product
must be handed in before the oral exam; by the set deadline. The
grade is based on an overall assessment of the written product and
the individual oral performance. |
| Individual or group exam |
Individual exam |
| Size of written product |
Max. 5 pages |
| Assignment type |
Synopsis |
| Duration |
Written product to be submitted on specified date and
time.
20 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade,
and informing plus explaining the grade |
| Grading scale |
7-step scale |
| Examiner(s) |
Internal examiner and second internal
examiner |
| Exam period |
Summer |
| Make-up exam/re-exam |
Home assignment - written product |
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Size of written product: Max. 10
pages |
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Assignment type: Essay |
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Duration: Written product to be
submitted on specified date and time. |
Description of the exam
procedure
The student is expected to draw on the material assigned for the
course to:
1) Develop a blockchain-based use case that can generate value and
potentially disrupt his/her company’s current business model
2) Produce and discuss new and managerially relevant insights into
his/her company’s approach to blockchain
technology.
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| Course content and structure |
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Blockchain, mostly known as the backbone technology behind
Bitcoin, is one of the hottest and most intriguing technologies
currently in the market. Blockchain is a technology that can change
the deep structure of business organization and the human
enterprise at large. Similar to the internet, the blockchain has
the potential to disrupt multiple industries by making transactions
and processes more efficient, more secure, more transparent, and
more democratic. For example, Maersk aims to use blockchain to
slash mounting administrative costs of shipping while increasing
tracking accuracy; and SKAT aspires to use blockchain to provide a
more efficient and secured motor vehicle registration and ownership
transfer services. Global organizations and governments as well
startup companies and investors have all identified blockchain as a
revolutionary technology. Building on this nascent vision, we will
explore the unique features and the underlying mechanisms of
blockchain technology in order to figure out how it can drive a
paradigm shift and change the fundamentals of core business at
industries of interest.
The course is designed to prepare highly valued professionals for
taking part in blockchain projects and ventures in a wide array of
industries, such as the financial sector, logistics,
pharmaceutical, healthcare, and public administration. In the
context of today's technology-intensive environment, business
development is the vehicle of sustainable growth and competitive
advantage. Overall, the course provides the tools for generating
new blockchain-based business models that can be applied in legacy
organizations as well as in new business ventures. The course
provides not only a framework for understanding blockchain
technology in the context of the digital age and organizational
settings but also a language to communicate its dynamic
characteristics and interdependencies.
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| Description of the teaching methods |
| This course includes presentations on core topics
by the instructor and invited external presenters as well as group
work and workshops during which you evaluate the types of relevant
insights that could be useful for future strategic decisions for
your and others’ companies. Assigned reading material will prepare
the participants for taking active part in class
interaction |
| Feedback during the teaching period |
| Feedback during class will be possible. |
| Student workload |
| Preparation |
70 hours |
| Teaching hours |
20 hours |
| Exam |
0,5 hours |
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