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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
Course history

Introduction

None

Recommended preliminary courses

Ingen forkunnskapskrav.

Required preliminary courses

After completing the course, the student should have the following overall learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student has

  • advanced knowledge of HR management across national borders and different framework conditions
  • in-depth knowledge of compensation, recruitment and competence development management, insight into the relationship between reward systems, organization types, labour markets and forms of affiliation
  • research-based knowledge of the connections between enterprises, strategies and their development and management of human resources and developments in this management area
  • knowledge about recent developments in the subject area.

Skills

The student can

  • engage in strategic and comprehensive HR work
  • analyze competence and competence requirements
  • consider financial and strategic consequences of HR policy decisions and consider the HR policy consequences of decisions in other areas
  • understand and analyze the connection between strategy, human resources and value creation

General competence

The student

  • can reflect on the societal aspects of the enterprise's HR policy
  • has analytical competence

Learning outcomes

Varied forms of teaching will be used, with a combination of lectures, guest lectures, cases and class discussions and student presentations.

Content

In class, the course includes:

  • Frontal lectures
  • Seminars
  • Time for students to work in groups on assigned problems

At home, the course requires that the student:

  • Work alone or in small groups on graded problem sets
  • Work alone or in small groups on non-graded assignments
  • Self study

Teaching and learning methods

Gradert skala A - F

Course requirements

The following coursework requirements must have been approved in order for the student to take the exam:

  • Coursework 1: A written literature review with a scope of 3-4 pages written individually.
  • Coursework 2: Presentation of an analysis carried out in groups. Each presentation must be 10-15 minutes long, and each group member must contribute to the presentations. The group will consist of 4-8 students, depending on the number of students enrolled in the course.
  • Coursework 3: Preparation of questions based on one of the other groups' analyses. The students must oppose one of the other groups' presentations, and create discussion in the classroom.

The aim of the coursework requirement is the development of individual and group analysis skills, as well as contributing to discussion in plenary.

All required coursework must be completed and approved by the given deadline in order for the student to take the exam. If one or more coursework requirements have not been approved, the student will be given one new opportunity to get these approved, within a given deadline.

Assessment

Grade scale A-F

Permitted exam materials and equipment

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.

Grading scale

Erik Døving

Examiners

Through this course, students acquire insight into theories, analysis methods, instruments and institutional details relating to the functioning of modern financial markets. The first half of the course is devoted to modern portfolio theory, including the capital asset pricing model, multifactor models and the arbitrage pricing model. In the second half we will look at different classes of financial products, including bonds, shares and derivatives.

Language of instruction is English.

Course contact person

Emnet gir studentene kunnskaper i matematikk, slik at de kan lese lærebøker og fagartikler som bruker standard matematisk analyse og elementær lineæralgebra. I tillegg skal studentene selv bli i stand til å sette opp og analysere matematiske modeller i økonomi.

Undervisningsspråk er norsk.