Pre-task for Master of Business
Administration, Digital Business and Management
Answer the following questions carefully. All questions should be answered.
Note that the essay can be discussed also in the interview.
This document should be saved as a PDF-format and uploaded at studyinfo no later than 26 January 2022 at 3 pm Finnish time.
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First Name (s):
Application Number:
Date of Birth:
1.
Tell us about yourself, your earlier work experience and your previous studies in business and management. (Maximum: 200 words)2.
Why do you want to earn a Master’s Degree in BusinessAdministration? And why are you interested in our program in Digital Business and Management? (Maximum: 200 words)
3.
Looking at your current life situation, explain how you have planned to finish your studies in time. (Maximum: 200 words)4. ESSAY: choose and write one of the topics only.
(maximum: 1,000 words)
This essay is designed to allow applicants the opportunities to explore their knowledge and understanding of subjects related to business and management.
Write an essay which is founded on an appropriate range of reading and understanding of the debates and relevant literature relating to one of the following issues:
a) To be successful a company must have its competitive advantage. What is competitive advantage and why is it important?
b) Uncertainty is a concept that is important in business. How do you explain companies can cope with an uncertainty?
c) How do you explain digitalization contribute to company performance?
Word Limits The word limit for this essay is 1,000 words. In writing your essay, you may use any academic literatures related to your chosen topic. Please mark sources in your texts. APA style is recommended to be used.
All questions should be answered. The pre-task is assessed on a passed or failed basis. To be invited to the entrance interview, your pre-task must be approved, and you must fulfill the eligible requirements.
Note that the essay can be discussed also in the interview.
Below, some suggestions on how to find reading materials or academic articles (open access):
International Journal of Business Administration and Management Research - a peer reviewed international open access journal
ISSN: 2412-4346 (Online) http://researchplusjournals.com/index.php/IJBAMR https://www.journals.elsevier.com/digital-business/ - a new, Open Access journal which aims to publish original research articles, reviews, and reports on the digitalization of business, how digital technologies impact business models, and what this means for the future of work.
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/european-research-on-management-and-business- economics/ - an international peer-reviewed open access journal. The articles
published are related to any specialties in the fields of Business Economics
