Curricula

Objectives

Nordic Business Forum started in 2010 as a small event in central Finland is now a Northern Europe-wide series of business events committed to building leaders who change the world. The forum cater to CEOs, business executives, and entrepreneurs alike, and host world-class business conferences in Finland, Norway, the Netherlands, and of course also online. Events attract about 10,000 attendees and tens of thousands of live stream viewers from all over the world.

Competences:
1. Learning to learn-
You develop critical and analytical mindset that helps you to study and review existing knowledge in the light of relevant learning resources and learning methods; incentivizes you to acquire new knowledge; and develops your intellectual capabilities to seek conclusions and draw inferences in various contexts
2. Responsible international business management-
You develop your intellectual capabilities to seek conclusions and draw inferences in an international environment to become responsible manager. You develop creative and insightful solutions to solve complex business problems both in the present and the future with explicit emphasis on local and international standards of ethics, responsibility, and sustainability and implications on various stakeholders.
Learning outcomes:
- you learn how to collect and critically review data on relevant topic;
- you improve you leadership skills by updating your knowledge of current trends in international business;
- you learn about ethical issues of using AI in business and technology;
- you explore modern approaches to improve business resilience.

Content

Nordic Business Forum 2024:
Will Guidara - Customer Experience as an Unfair Competitive Advantage
Steven Van Belleghem - Customer-focused Leadership in a Digital World
Morten Hansen - How to Boost Performance at the Workplace
Liz Wiseman - Are Your Leaders Geniuses or Genius Makers?
Adam Grant - Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
Liz Wiseman - Are Your People Contributing to Their Fullest?
Mario Draghi - Where we are heading and what brought us here?
Sanna Suvanto-Harsaae - Why and How CEOs and Executive Teams Succeed
Bozoma Saint John - Building Badass Brands
Brené Brown - What Does it Mean to Dare to Lead

Learning materials and recommended literature

Nordic Business Forum 2024 web page: https://www.nbforum.com/nbf2024/

Teaching methods

You participate in the NBF which is one of the most significant business seminars in the world.

Content scheduling

Nordic Business Forum 2024:
1st day
Will Guidara - Customer Experience as an Unfair Competitive Advantage
Steven Van Belleghem - Customer-focused Leadership in a Digital World
Morten Hansen - How to Boost Performance at the Workplace
Liz Wiseman - Are Your Leaders Geniuses or Genius Makers?
Adam Grant - Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
2nd day
Liz Wiseman - Are Your People Contributing to Their Fullest?
Mario Draghi - Where we are heading and what brought us here?
Sanna Suvanto-Harsaae - Why and How CEOs and Executive Teams Succeed
Bozoma Saint John - Building Badass Brands
Brené Brown - What Does it Mean to Dare to Lead

Further information for students

Assessment criteria:
You posses and demonstrate all course competences at least at a basic level. This means that you demonstrate ability to critically review, analyze relevant data sources and draw inferences for creating new knowledge in the contexts of modern business trends (learning to learn). You show intellectual capabilities to apply modern approaches in leadership with explicit emphasis on local and international standards of ethics, responsibility, and sustainability (responsible international business management).

Evaluation scale

Pass/Fail

Evaluation criteria, pass/failed

You posses and demonstrate all course competences at least at a basic level. This means that you demonstrate ability to critically review, analyze relevant data sources and draw inferences for creating new knowledge in the contexts of modern business trends (learning to learn). You show intellectual capabilities to apply modern approaches in leadership with explicit emphasis on local and international standards of ethics, responsibility, and sustainability (responsible international business management).

Learning diary:

Pre-assignment
Post-assignment