Strategic management of digital processes and AI

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Executive further education: Strategic management of digital processes and AI

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Make AI and digital strategies your leadership strength. Understand the interaction between technology, strategy and management, and work on your own change project (10 credits).

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Executive further education: Strategic management of digital processes and AI

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Application at OsloMet by 15 August

You first apply for admission as a student at OsloMet on this page, under the section "How to apply". If you are qualified, you will receive a confirmation email from OsloMet, with information on how to confirm your study place and a link to the registration page at NITO.

How to lead digital change in practice

This fully digital course gives you a comprehensive understanding of how strategic digital processes and artificial intelligence (AI) can create real value in businesses. You will learn to see connections between technology, organization and strategy – and what is required to succeed with digital transformation in practice.

The programme is based on your own working day. You will work on a specific change project from your own workplace and develop an action plan that links professional insight directly to practical implementation. The course is practically oriented and gives you the tools, structure and confidence to lead digital transformation processes in your own business.

"It's not just about technology, but about how it is used to improve services, solve challenges and create better processes," says Professor Karl Joachim Breunig.

What you will learn in the course

  • What digital processes and artificial intelligence mean in practice
  • How digital initiatives can streamline work processes and create new value opportunities
  • To see the whole and coherence in strategic digital processes
  • What is required to succeed with digital transformation in your own organization
  • Identifying opportunities and selecting relevant tools for change
  • To develop and implement a concrete action plan for a digital change project

About the course

Here you will find information and answers to frequently asked questions about the programme.
How is the study and teaching structured?

The programme is fully digital and can therefore be taken when it suits you and exactly where you are, whether it is at work or at home, at the cabin or abroad, during the day or evening.

The teaching is online and includes video lectures, case discussions and various digital learning activities. During the course, there will be five digital gatherings where discussions, presentations and supervision will be planned. There will be a close collaboration with your fellow students as learning partners for each other.

Learning objectives

Knowledge:

  • have in-depth knowledge of digital transformation, key concepts and technologies in digitalization, including artificial intelligence (AI)
  • be able to analyze drivers and stakeholders in digitalization processes
  • have in-depth knowledge of how digital technology is related to business models and strategic choices and have advanced insight into alternative strategies and value creation opportunities related to digitalization


Skills:

  • carry out in-depth analyses of the potential, opportunities and challenges of digital transformation in an organization
  • lead or carry out an independent development project related to digitalisation and organisational development, analyse and communicate with different stakeholders in a digitalisation project, and create joint incentives
  • test and evaluate different digital solutions independently and reflectively

 

General competence:

  • relate critically and analytically to digitalization, and use relevant sources to communicate the need for digital strategic thinking
  • contribute to innovation and entrepreneurship through insight into new thinking in digital management and use knowledge of digital transformation to further develop their own organization through digital change processes
Timing of gatherings and course material

In the study, there are five digital sessions of two hours each, in the period 18.09-13.11. The time for the gatherings is:

  • 18 Sep. at 10.00-12.00
  • 2 Oct. at 10.00-12.00
  • 16 Oct. at 10.00-12.00
  • 30 Oct. at 10.00-12.00
  • 13 Nov. at 10.00-12.00

NB! Subject to change.

Course material:

  • After a study place has been confirmed, the students must order the material themselves from Akademika. NITO provides the necessary information about ordering.
Credits and form of examination

Credits:

  • Project Management 1 gives 10 credits and can be included in an experience-based Master of Management at OsloMet.


Type of examination:

  • During the programme, you have three works that must be approved before you can take the exam.
  • The exam itself is a term paper. In the thesis, you start from a change or restructuring project and create a full-fledged project description for a digitization project.


In the course description you will find more information about exams and what you will learn:

Practical information

  • You first apply for admission as a student at OsloMet. If you are eligible, you will receive a confirmation email from OsloMet, with information on how to confirm your study place and a link to the registration page at NITO.
  • If you are a jobseeker and a member of NITO, you can apply for support for competence-enhancing courses. 
  • Important information about price and payment deadline: The course prices include the semester fee and refreshments on physical meeting days. The price for course material is in addition. The invoice for the course must be paid no later than one month before the exam in order for the course participant to be able to take the exam in the course.
  • Important information about registration and cancellation: The deadline for cancellation is eight weeks before the start of the course. After this deadline and up to three weeks before the start of the course, you will be charged a fee of 20% of the participation fee. If cancelled later than three weeks before the start of the course, you will be charged the full participation fee. Registration three weeks or closer to the start of the course is therefore binding and cannot be cancelled.

Karl Joachim Breunig

Course instructor Karl Joachim Breunig has been a professor of strategy at the School of Business and Law – OsloMet since 2015. Prof. Breunig's research focuses on the link between strategy and innovation theory, and involves topics such as service and business model innovation, entrepreneurship, and digitalization in knowledge-intensive businesses. He holds a PhD in strategic management from BI Norwegian Business School, and a master's degree from the London School of Economics.

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