13.1.10.21 HB7522 Network Power 2 CR 3 ECTS Credits

The gap between traditionally operating organisations and network knowledge companies is deepening and broadening. For the traditionally operating organisation, the worst possible thing is to get a network knowledge company as its competitor. Network knowledge companies are similarly superior within traditional and modern industries. Such companies as Nokia, Aaker, Hennes & Mauritz and IKEA are typical examples of Nordic network knowledge companies.

Objectives:
The student will become familiar with the principles of network knowledge and learn to understand why the star companies of network knowledge achieve fundamentally better economical results than their traditionally operating competitors. The student learns to adapt the key principles of network knowledge in real case-companies or organisations.

Content:
Why Networks Become Common / Traditional Models of Company Co-operation / Special Applications of Co-operation Models / From Co-operation to Value Chain Thinking / Knowledge Management in the Value Chain Command / Special Characteristics of Star Networks / Case Examples of Network Knowledge Companies

Semester:
Term 2