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2023/2024  KAN-CMIAO1007U  Business Project

English Title
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
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Study board
Study Board for cand.merc. and CMIA (CMIA)
Course coordinator
  • Christoph Grimpe - Department of Strategy and Innovation (SI)
Main academic disciplines
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Innovation
  • Strategy
Teaching methods
  • Face-to-face teaching
Last updated on 02-06-2023

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Learning objectives
In the business project and in its associated oral exam the student should demonstrate:
  • An ability to apply theories, analytical perspectives and managerial tools from both the first and the second semester courses in analyzing a business development problem in a company
  • An ability to view a business development problem from different theoretical, analytical and managerial perspectives covered by the first and second semester courses
  • An ability to understand fundamental presumptions, validity and possible synergies between these theories, perspectives and tools
  • An ability to identify and analyze a relevant business development problem, apply relevant methods in an empirical study and write a consistent project report
Examination
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 Oral group exam based on written group product
Number of people in the group 4-5
Size of written product Max. 30 pages
Max. 30 pages (groups of 5 students), max. 24 pages (groups of 4 students)
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.
15 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
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
* if a student is absent from the oral exam due to documented illness but has handed in the written group product she/he does not have to submit a new product for the re-take. However the group product must be uploaded once again on Digital Exam.
* if a whole group fails the oral exam they must hand in a revised product for the re-take.
* if one student in the group fails the oral exam the course coordinator chooses whether the student will have the oral exam on the basis of the same product or if he/she has to hand in a revised product for the re-take.
Description of the exam procedure

Students have to form groups of four or five and choose a business development case for analysis. The groups will be allocated a supervisor and will receive supervision. The number of supervision hours will be announced at the beginning of the course. Students must only bring the written project to the oral exam in a version identical to the one handed in as well as notes for a short initial presentation.

 

The oral exam is structured as follows: The students may choose to open the exam by a short presentation of what they consider a particularly important and interesting theme in the project report. Alternatively, the examination will start with questions from the examiner. After the initial presentation, the students and the examiners will engage in a dialogue based on questions related to the project report. The examination will take its point of departure in the theme presented by the students or the central theme of the project report. Thereafter, the examination may address all parts of the project report. The examination may also involve questions of how other relevant theories and frameworks discussed in the courses than those applied in the project could have been applied to the case.
Course content, structure and pedagogical approach

The purpose of this second semester project is to train students to analyze a business development problem in a company by applying relevant theories, analytical perspectives and tools covered in both the first and second semester courses. The project includes an empirical case study of an innovative company.

 

The project work is carried out in groups. Each group writes a report analyzing a particular business development problem in a case company. The groups’ task is to demonstrate that they are able to analyze a business development problem by applying theories, frameworks and tools covered in both the first and second semester courses.
Description of the teaching methods
The course includes lectures on research methods. Moreover, a practice session will be offered that clarifies the practicalities of writing a business project, practice the formulation of research questions, the choice of theoretical frameworks, and the case analysis. After these introductory classes, the groups will receive supervision by faculty members.
Feedback during the teaching period
Students will receive feedback on their work during the supervision period.
An additional practice session will be offered. The practice session will clarify the practicalities of writing a business project, practice the formulation of research questions, the choice of theoretical frameworks, and the case analysis.
Student workload
Teaching 6 hours
Preparation and exam project 200 hours
Last updated on 02-06-2023