Work PlacementLaajuus (30 cr)

Learning objectives

Upon successful completion of the course, the student
- understands the job of a management assistant
- can transfer theoretical knowledge into practice
- understands how companies operate in practice
- knows how to make use of the information available to him/her
- has adopted a professional identity of an assistant

Assessment components:
Students are assessed on the basis of their work placement report, which has to be returned to the advisor with a copy of their testimonial attached. In the report, students place special emphasis on evaluating their own learning process and the skills they have acquired during their studies and work placement.
Pass/fail, no grade is given.

Contents

Students take on tasks of the management assistant in a company or other organisation. This provides students with an opportunity to use and further develop their skills in areas including multicultural communication, information technology as well as in business and administration.

Work placement covers 100 days of work in a company or organisation in Finland or abroad. The aim is that students take on a broad range of tasks relating to the management assistants profession. During the semester, the students will meet a few evenings with their thesis counselors and spend one full day at school within the frame of a mid-term seminar. In addition, during this time students should seek a commission for their thesis and get approval for their thesis topic and plan in one of the areas below:

- Entrepreneurship
- Leadership and HR (LEA4LE201)
- Meeting Industry (SER4LE201)
- Marketing, Sales and Services (MAR4LE201)
- Organisational Communication (COM4LE201)

Lähtötaso ja sidonnaisuudet muihin opintojaksoihin

Required previous studies are:

Finnish students:
- Business Environment (BUS1LE201)
- Office Applications 1 (TOO1LE201)
- Effective Communication in Organisations (COM1LE101)
- Basic Business Swedish (SWE4LE201A/-B)
- Business Processes (BUS1LE202)
- Professionnal Writing Skills (ENG1LE201)
- Office Applications 2 (TOO1LE202)
- Finnish Business Communication 1 (FIN1LE201)
- Assistant as Service Designer (SER2LE201)
- Business Planning (BUS2LE201)
- Communicating with Impact (COM2LE201)
- Finnish Business Communication 2 (FIN2LE201)
- ICT Applications for Business 1 (TOO2LE201)
- Succesfull Event (SER2LE202)
- International Business Documents (ENG2LE201)
- Compulsory studies in two optional languages

Foreign students:
- Business Environment (BUS1LE201)
- Office Applications 1 (TOO1LE201)
- Effective Communication in Organisations (COM1LE101)
- Finnish for Beginners 1 (FIN1LE203)
- Business Processes (BUS1LE202)
- Professionnal Writing Skills (ENG1LE201)
- Office Applications 2 (TOO1LE202)
- Finnish for Beginners 2 (FIN1LE204)
- Assistant as Service Designer (SER2LE201)
- Business Planning (BUS2LE201)
- Communicating with Impact (COM2LE201)
- Finnish for Work 1 (FIN2LE202)
- ICT Applications for Business 1 (TOO2LE201)
- Succesfull Event (SER2LE202)
- International Business Documents (ENG2LE201)
- Finnish for Work 2 (FIN2LE203)
- Compulsory studies in one optional language

Implementation methods, demonstration and Work&Study

A student can also demonstrate his or her equivalent work experience by providing job testimonial. In that case, the student must contact the advisor.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Students are assessed on the basis of their work placement report, which has to be returned to the advisor with a copy of their testimonial attached. In the report, students place special emphasis on evaluating their own learning process and the skills they have acquired during their studies and work placement.
Pass/fail, no grade is given.