About Strategising, Digitisation and Networks

Welcome to this course! Here you will find general information about the course, the major class topics, Canvas(Studium (this Learning platform) layout information and how you should navigate through materials, expectations, general tips/tricks, etc.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course will make the student:

Reflect on the roles that digitisation plays in an interconnected business context and the effects on strategy
Compare and discuss theoretical foundations, assumptions and changes to these foundations in the intersection between networks, digitalisation and strategy
Practically apply ideas on digitalization, networks and strategies as well as being able to relate it to own research interests

CONTENT

The course consists of five themes:

Theme I: Interconnectivity, interdependence and networks – a theoretical background
Theme II: Strategies from a network perspective
Theme III: Digitalisation in and of relationships
Theme IV: Future research – where is the new research frontiers
Theme V: Relating own research to Thema I – IV

INSTRUCTION

Seminars, seminary papers and a final course paper. The seminars involve discussing and applying literature related to each module of the course. The final course paper aims to relate to course material and further reading to the research interest of the PhD candidate. If the doctoral student can present valid reasons for absence, supplementary written assignment will be given linked to the part that the doctoral student missed.

STUDIUM/CANVAS and ZOOM

Studium: All seminars will take place online, unless otherwise announced. The platform used for the course is Studium/Canvas. Instructions are provided in the section called "Modules", see menu to the left. Click Menu to read more about the Themes I-V.

Zoom: The communication platform used is Zoom, which you find in the menu to the left. To access the seminars, click on Zoom and choose the seminar you are going to attend.

Grading Scheme

The student will get one single grade, equivalent to 7.5 credits.

The course is examined through active participation in the mandatory seminars that take place continuously during the course, handing in of seminary papers and through a final course paper. If the doctoral student can present valid reasons for absence, supplementary written assignment will be given linked to the part that the doctoral student missed.