BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
UPSKILL COURSE
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
UPSKILL COURSE
START ON APRIL 15, 2024
FORMAT
Part-time online
DURATION
26 Weeks
LANGUAGE
English
TUITION FEE
Government funded seat: CSN approved
Fee paying seat: 90 000 SEK
UNLOCK YOUR INNOVATION POTENTIAL
The Business Development upskill course with digitalization and sustainability focus is meticulously designed to provide you with a comprehensive and immersive experience that will equip you with the practical skills and deep understanding necessary to create and run a successful business. Through an engaging hands-on projects, you will have the opportunity to delve into the intricacies of entrepreneurship and discover innovative strategies to enhance your leadership capabilities.
Discover the latest insight from our world-class faculty, and gain practical knowledge, new skills and tools to turn your strategic ideas into action. You will:
- Tackle significant and impactful problems aligned with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals framework.
- Implement quick prototypes, concepts and solutions.
- Acquire strategy tools, concepts, and frameworks to design user-centric based on customer needs.
Quick facts:
• Working full-time? You can still apply if you're seeking to advance your career.
• This online course is government funded + CSN support (65 YH points).
About the course:
DELIVERED PART-TIME ONLINE | 3 ON-SITE MEETUPS
Format Online course l Three on-site meetups
Program duration 26 weeks l Part-time (50%)
Time commitment Online course with three meet-ups in Karlskrona
Admission fee Government Funded + CSN Approved l 65 YH Points
Admission fee for Internationals 90.000 SEK
APPLICATIONS ARE CLOSED NOW!
FORMAT OF THE COURSE
Start date April 15, 2024
End date December 13, 2024
Weekly online sessions
Wednesdays 15.30-18.00 CET
Fridays 09.00-10.00 CET
Digital Meet & Greet
April 15, 2024: Individual activity to be completed during the day
CROSS-FUNCTIONAL KNOWLEDGE
In order to facilitate a better learning experience, Business Development Upskill course participants will be collaboratively working with the Sustainability Change Leadership Upskill course participants on "The Sustainable Models module". During this module, participants will follow the schedule below for the weekly online sessions.
Date: April 29, 2024 -June 7, 2024
Time: Mondays 15.30-18.00 & Thursdays 09.00-10.30
Summer vacation: June 10, 2024 - August 11, 2024
Meetups in Karlskrona
April 16-18, 2024
September 2-3, 2024
December 13, 2024 (graduation date)
5 MODULES
DELIVERED PART-TIME ONLINE | 3 ON-SITE MEETUPS
- Hyper Island Methodology
- Sustainable Models
- Exponential Technologies
- Design for Change
- The Future of Work
YOUR NEXT COURSE WILL NOT BE TRADITIONAL
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
If you are applying to the both Business Development and the UX Design Upskill course, you can submit the same Application Task.
1. Proof of 2 years of relevant working experience (in form of agreements, recommendation letters, payslips etc.)
Prerequisites: 2 years of work experience from organizational or business development, project management, planning, research, teaching, sales, system development or design.
2. Submit an Application Task
Make a 1-minute video and tell us about existing service, business, product or design that could be transformed to create a positive change for their core users or customers by using Hyper Island Toolbox. Please go to Question 3 to read more details.
3. What is the Application Task about?
Make a 1-minute video and tell us about existing service, business, product or design that could be transformed to create a positive change for their core users or customers. In the Hyper Island Toolbox, we have methods for sparking Innovation and creating change.
5 Whys
Mash-up Innovation
Future mapping
Pick one of these three methods and motivate why it would be beneficial for the change that you want to achieve. Who would you invite to be part of the innovation process? Choose your top 3 stakeholders and motivate why you picked them.
Examples for stakeholders:
Clients, Leaders, Shareholders, Students/Participants, Governments, The Community, Senior executives, Partnerships, Trades associations, Co-workers, Suppliers, The press, Interest groups, Customers, Analysts, The public, Prospects, Key contributors, Key advisors.
4. What do I need to submit along with my Application Task?
1. Your CV
2. Proof of your highest earned education (High School, Bachelor, Master etc)
3. Proof of 2 years of relevant working experience (The proof can be agreements, recommendation letters, payslips etc.)
4. Upskill Application Task 2024
5. For those applying for the Swedish Government Funded Seat: To be considered a student who qualifies for a Swedish government-funded YH education (Yrkeshögskolan) you must hold a personal number or coordination number (equivalent from one of the Nordic countries below) and fulfil at least one of the following criteria:
- Be a citizen of Sweden, Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Finland or any of the related territories.
- Have a permanent right of residence in one of the countries mentioned above
- Have a temporary right of residence in Sweden for the full duration of the course.
You must also meet at least one of the following entry requirements:
1) applicants need to have at least a high school diploma (“Gymnasieexamen”) or equivalent from Komvux
2) have a Swedish or foreign education that is equivalent to the requirements in item 1
3) resides in Denmark, Finland, Iceland or Norway and are eligible for an equivalent education in that country
4) through Swedish or foreign education, practical experience or in any other way meet the conditions to be granted admission in the program
Applicants applying for a Swedish government-funded seat must also meet the following eligibility requirements:
- Proof of basic knowledge of the Swedish language or any of the other Scandinavian languages (Danish, Faroese, Icelandic or Norwegian). Review here to see what we accept as proof.
*You can submit your documents in other languages than Swedish or English.
5. What are the evaluation criteria for the Application Task?
Criteria: Creativity, Research, Originality, Critical thinking/ Systems thinking.
*The maximum length of video: 1 minute. Longer videos will not be taken into consideration.
Rating of Application Task Video:
BASICS – 2 POINTS: Submitting a task in English.
RESEARCH – 2 POINTS: Clear that research and thought has been put into the task & clearly presents the research results in a good way.
INNOVATION – 2 POINTS: Original/Unique idea that is feasible.
COMMUNICATION – 2 POINTS: Communicating the idea in a clear way & showed abilities to ‘catch the viewer’.
PRESENTATION - 2 POINTS: Interesting presentation with a clear ending.
LET'S TALK
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