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2023/2024  KAN-CDIBO1204U  Digital Business Project

English Title
Digital Business Project

Course information
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
Course coordinator
  • Christiane Lehrer - Department of Digitalisation (DIGI)
Main academic disciplines
  • Information technology
Teaching methods
  • Blended learning
Last updated on 09-05-2023

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Learning objectives
To achieve the grade 12, students should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor mistakes or errors:
  • Demonstrate the ability to identify a relevant research question or research objective that integrates business and digital technology perspectives
  • Apply business and technology knowledge and appropriate terminology to the chosen topic, and demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between business and digital technology
  • Apply an appropriate research methodology for investigating the chosen problem or opportunity (collecting and analyzing empirical data or developing a digital artefact), and critically reflect on the strengths and limitations of the chosen method
  • Establish clear connections between problem formulation (the research question), analysis, discussion, implications, and conclusion
  • Evaluate the implications of the research findings for digital business, and identify potential areas for further investigation and improvement
  • Demonstrate the ability to communicate clearly in English about their research and the implications that derive from their findings
Examination
Digital Business Project:
Exam ECTS 7,5
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, see also the rules about examination forms in the programme regulations.
Individual or group exam Individual oral exam based on written group product
Number of people in the group 2-4
Size of written product Max. 15 pages
Appendices can be added, max. 30 pages, + additional material (video recordings, audio etc.) on a memory stick or similar. The report must be readable without the appendices.
Assignment type Project
Release of assignment Subject chosen by students themselves, see guidelines if any
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-point grading scale
Examiner(s) Internal examiner and external examiner
Exam period Summer and Winter
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
Description of the exam procedure

Every project needs to have a project agreement that includes a project description as well as an approved Digital Business supervisor. The supervisor will act as examiner on the project.

 

The examination is an individual, oral exam based on a written group project. 20 minutes are allocated to each student. This includes deliberations between examiner and external examiner as well as feedback and change over. The exam typically begins with a short presentation by the student (3-5 minutes). The student can bring any kind of relevant material to the exam, but cannot read aloud from a manuscript.

 

The project agreement must state:

-   Name and email of a supervisor who has explicitly agreed to supervise the students

-   Specific (empirical or theoretical) area and/or phenomenon of the proposed research

-   Motivation for choosing the area/field, e.g. grounded in literature

-   Research question or research agenda

-   An overview of the methods that are deemed appropriate to answer the specific research question

 

If the final project departs significantly from the description in the original project agreement (e.g. domain, theory, approach, etc.), the reasons for this must be accounted for in a short paragraph (5-10 lines) in the project report.

 

The project agreement must always be approved by the acting project coordinator who acts on behalf of the study board. Make sure to contact the supervisor/s personally (and early in the process) and make sure that you have an explicit acceptance before submitting the project agreement. It is highly advisable that students plan all supervision meetings early in the contact with the supervisor, due to time constraints.

 

The project must be handed in with the official CBS front matter.
Course content, structure and pedagogical approach

The overall purpose of the Digital Business Project is to work with a problem chosen by the student group, which falls under the general objective of the program and provides the student with a basis for progress towards their thesis work.

 

The integrated project is a group project where students self-select a problem, challenge, or opportunity in the landscape of digital business. Both digital technology perspectives and either a business-, organizational- or law/policy perspective must be integrated in the project. A specified technology perspective is required, and the students must relate the technology to challenges and opportunities in relation to either business- or law/policy perspectives. In the course of the project, the students should articulate a relevant research question or outline a research agenda, engage in practical or empirical work (e.g., the construction of digital artefacts or data collection), and present results and implications of their work. Students must demonstrate proficiency in both technology- and business/organizational or law/policy concepts and terminology. The students must also demonstrate that they are able to communicate relevant results and insights from the project in a coherent and convincing manner.

 

The project provides an opportunity to prepare for the master’s thesis by retrieving relevant information and working towards the identification of the thesis subject or “pilot” approaches intended to be used more extensively in the master’s thesis.
Description of the teaching methods
Supervision, reading of drafts, conversations (both on- and offline) with Digital Business supervisor, plus workshop by Digital Business project coordinator (run as a short seminar at the beginning of the semester).
Feedback during the teaching period
Group supervision and feedback by supervisor.
Student workload
Project agreement development 20 hours
Project work 180 hours
Exam 6 hours
Total 206 hours
Expected literature

Use the library databases to find relevant academic literature. 700 normal pages of literature relevant to the topic.
Last updated on 09-05-2023