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Virtual teams (5 cr)

Code: LA00BQ12-3004

General information


Enrollment

01.07.2021 - 05.09.2021

Timing

01.08.2021 - 31.12.2021

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

5 op

RDI portion

5 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Unit

Faculty of Business and Hospitality Management (LAB)

Campus

E-campus

Teaching languages

  • English

Seats

20 - 30

Degree programmes

  • Master's Degree Programme in International Business Management (2014-2020)

Teachers

  • Brett Fifield

Scheduling groups

  • Verkkoluento (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)

Groups

  • LLTIYIBM20S
    Master's Degree Programme in International Business Management 20S Lahti

Small groups

  • Verkkoluento

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- explain the relevant trends and issues to be considered in distributed virtual organizations and virtual teams in international business context.
- develop a strategic approach to developing a virtual organization or virtual team in an international business context.
- recommend solutions that could be implemented in actualizing the chosen strategy to create the virtual organizations international business context and evaluating the associated risks.

Implementation and methods of teaching

Virtual
Learning package is virtual and therefore the virtual contact days are supportive of the learning materials.
Virtual meeting are needed.
The course is linked to the course Virtual Leadership.
This course will approach the problem space from and academic publication perspective and aims at producing an academic publication as the course output.

Timing and attendance

This virtual course is tied to Virtual Leadership. You need to take both courses as the module.
Reading, auditory and/or video.
See reppu.

This virtual course is tied to Virtual Teams. You need to take both courses as the module.
Reading, auditory and/or video.
See moodle.

Virtual Contact Days:
24.9.2021, @ 9.15 - 16.00 Virtual Teams
12.11.2021, @ 9.15 - 16.00 Virtual Teams
10.12.2021 @ 9.15 - 16.00 Virtual Teams

Learning material and recommended literature

Self study, virtual team project, and internet

Alternative completion methods

None

Exam retakes

None

Student time use and work load

5 ECTS,

Contents

Tied to VIBES Project.

We will develop a curriculum that supports innovation and strategic entrepreneurial thinking, extended by organizational structures and multicultural awareness of leading and working in virtual teams. By focusing on creating and developing entrepreneurial opportunities as targeted value propositions, the multidisciplinary collaborative process approach supports capabilities development, the integration of appropriate tools, and the necessary iterative feedback throughout the processes. By supporting entrepreneurship and collaborative co-creation capabilities in virtual teams as IO3, we believe we can also create an innovative sustainable approach to economic development in IO5 as intrapreneurial processes within European SMEs. Our students will extend the lessons learned into their future organizations.

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

This course is tied to Virtual Leadership. You need to take both courses as the module.

Assessment criteria

Document files 100%

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

Failing to achieve the level of one.
Any form of plagiarism, coping other people’s work or such silliness, is an automatic fail. Free riders will either have their grade reduced, have to form their own group, or fail.

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

Explain the relevant trends and issues to be considered in distributed virtual organizations and virtual teams in international business context and critically evaluate the issues of navigating in a distributed virtual organization.

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

Develop a strategic approach to developing a virtual and multicultural capabilities in virtual spaces.

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

Recommend solutions that could be implemented in actualizing the chosen strategy to create the virtual organizations international business context and evaluate the associated risks.