Business Planning (5 cr)

Code: BUS2LE201-3004

Basic information of implementation

Enrollment: 14.06.2021 - 22.10.2021; Enrolment for the implementation has ended.

Timing: 25.10.2021 - 17.12.2021; Implementation has ended.

ECTS Credits: 5 cr

RDI portion: 5 cr

Campus: Pasila Campus

Teaching languages: English

Seats: 15 - 40

Degree programmes: MUBBA Degree Programme for Multilingual Management Assistants; SEBBA Degree Programme in Business Service Solutions and Languages

Teachers: Sari Korhonen; Olli Laintila

Groups: LE3B
LE3B Mubba 3. työkausi; LE3A
LE3A Mubba 3. työkausi; BLENDED
Blended implementation; EXCH
EXCH Exchange students

Course: BUS2LE201

Evaluation scale

H-5

Schedule

Pre-assignment will be released 14th Oct 2021

Kick-off 28th Oct (all the meetings will start at 10:00 am. Finnish time and they are scheduled until 13:45 pm., i.e. including appr. 30 minutes lunch break). Depending on the development of the pandemic, the meetings/workshops will be kept either in Pasila campus or in Zoom.

1st workshop 11st Nov

2nd workshop 18th Nov

3rd workshop 25th Nov

4th workshop 2nd Dec

Videos to be returned on 13th Dec

Final 16th Dec

Implementation methods, demonstration and Work&Study

LEARNING METHODS
a. pre-assignment, workshops, assignments, presentation/pitching
b. performance of an equivalent course elsewhere; the equivalence is assessed from the perspective of the learning objectives.

Materials

Zimmerer, Thomas W. - Scarborough, Norman M. 2002. Essentials of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management.
Osterwalder and Pigneur, 2010. Business Model Generation: A handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers.
Other materials delivered through the course module in the Moodle.

Teaching methods and instruction

a. workshops including lecturing and team coaching in Zoom/Teams
b. performance of an equivalent course elsewhere; the equivalence is assessed from the perspective of the learning objectives.

NOTE! In fall 2021 the Business Planning is replaced with the InnoChallenge, which is an innovation implementation organized together with Haaga-Helia, Thomas More University College from Belgium and OTH-Amberg-Weiden from Germany.

Working life connections

The teamwork of the course is made for a commissioning company/organization.

Exam dates and re-exam possibilities

No exam.

Internationality

The student teams of the implementation consist of students from different nationalities and disciplines.

Learning assignments

Pre-assignment
Weekly team assignments:
Immersion
Summary of Insights interviews + initial User personas
Finalized User personas + First ideas/solutions
Conceptualization and visualization of the final idea/solution
Final pitching video presentation + portfolio of the weekly team assignments

Assessment methods

Teamwork
Innovation is assessed based on originality, feasibility & presentation
Process & active participation
Self- and peer evaluation of teams