IRI32018 Digitalisation processes (Autumn 2025)
Facts about the course
- ECTS Credits:
- 10
- Responsible faculty:
- Faculty of Computer Sciences, Engineering and Economics
- Campus:
- Fredrikstad
- Course Leaders:
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- Frode Ramstad Johansen
- Per Valter
- Teaching language:
- Norwegian, but English when international students participate.
- Duration:
- ½ year
Table of contents
The course is affiliated to the following study programme
Elective course in Bachelor´s programme in Innovation and Project Management.
If there are fewer than 7 registered students, the course will not start.
Required prerequisite knowledge
Recommended previous knowledge
Experience with practical team and project work.
Understanding of organisational processes.
Teaching semester
Content
The development of digital technologies offers new opportunities, but also poses major challenges for businesses as they undergo digital transformation. The ever-accelerating technological development with a strong focus on digitalization and artificial intelligence will change what private and public businesses work with and how they carry out their work.
Rule-based and customer-initiated sustainability requirements create a need for the introduction of digital solutions that are sustainable in themselves and that strengthen the sustainability of the business. The ability to understand the development and connect it to strategy, work processes and innovation can make it easier for businesses to maneuver in an ever-changing landscape.
Digital transformation and sustainability take a socio-technical starting point where digitalization and sustainability occur in interaction between participants, knowledge and technology (and are seen as a social phenomenon) to strengthen both economic growth and environmental responsibility. By exploiting the synergies, an integrated process is sought where digitalization and sustainability support each other to create innovative solutions that both promote economic growth and meet environmental goals.
Throughout the course, several topics within digital transformation and sustainability will be discussed to give students insight into and understanding of developments, tools and methods. The course first emphasizes models, trends and tendencies that characterize digital transformation and sustainability, then projects connected to current topics.
The student's learning outcomes on passing the course
Knowledge
- The student understands digitalisation processes and the opportunities, challenges, and technological impacts of digitalisation on society and within organisations, the process perspective in digital transformation, as well as issues related to privacy and ethics.
Skills
- The student is able to utilise digital tools, manage projects, and contribute to innovation through digitalisation.
General competence
- The student can critically assess digitalisation processes and contribute to sustainable development across a range of organisations.
Teaching and learning methods
Workload
Practical training/internship
Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam
- Participation in group-based project work as well as ongoing delivery of all elements in the folder. Each group consist of 3-5 students.
Work requirements are assessed with approved / not approved. Work requirements must be approved before the student can sit for the exam.
Exam
Portfolio in group
Portfolio with a total of three assignments, in groups. Each group consists of 3-5 students.
A single overall grade is awarded for the group’s portfolio, based on the A-F grading scale.