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ØAADM4400 Knowledge Strategy in a Digital Economy Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Kunnskapsstrategi i en digital økonomi
Study programme
Master Programme in Business Administration
Oslo Business School, Exchange Programme
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2025/2026
Curriculum
FALL 2025
Schedule
Programme description
Course history

Introduction

Eksamen i emnet er er skoleeksamen på 4 timer.

Recommended preliminary courses

The course is appropriate for students from all profiles.

Required preliminary courses

No aids are permitted.

Learning outcomes

Grade scale A-F

Content

  • The importance of knowledge work to value creation and employment in modern society
  • Knowledge management as an interdisciplinary project
  • Strategy and knowledge-based value creation
  • Characteristics of knowledge-intensive organisations
  • Servicification and the importance of the immaterial aspects of goods and services
  • Innovation, value creation and business models based on immaterial resources
  • Measuring and managing knowledge-intensive work
  • Internationalisation of knowledge-intensive work

Teaching and learning methods

The exam papers are assessed by one internal and one external examiner.

At least 25% of the exam papers will be assessed by two examiners. The grades awarded for the papers assessed by two examiners form the basis for determining the level for all the exam papers.

Course requirements

Det benyttes intern og ekstern sensor til sensurering av besvarelsene.

Et uttrekk på minst 25 % av besvarelsene sensureres av to sensorer. Karakterene på disse samsensurerte besvarelsene skal danne grunnlag for å fastsette nivå på resten av besvarelsene.

Assessment

The exam in the course is a course paper with a scope of 9-11 pages. The term paper must be based on a self-defined problem related to one of the topics covered by the course. The content of the term paper must be an analysis of the problem based on theory and research, as well as a discussion of proposed solutions/measures.

The term paper can be written in groups of 2 students or individually. Students are encouraged to write the term paper in groups. Font size 12pt. Line spacing 1, max 12 pages without front page, content and reference list.

Students awarded a fail grade are given one opportunity to submit an improved version of the assignment for assessment,

Permitted exam materials and equipment

Line Christoffersen

Grading scale

Anbefalt forkunnskap er tilsvarende Statistikk i 1. studieår.

Examiners

The exam papers are assessed by one internal and one external examiner.

Course contact person

Professor Karl Joachim Breunig, PhD