Entrepreneurship and Business Operations - Study guide

After having completed this course or attained an equivalent competence level, the student can:

o act entrepreneurially,
o understand the key concepts of entrepreneurship and business,
o describe the ways of becoming an entrepreneur, the opportunities, forms of entrepreneurship, and types of companies,
o assess entrepreneurship and networks from an individual's perspective,
o utilize the knowledge base and the BMC model when describing and evaluating a business, considering responsibility.

No prerequisites

o Key concepts of entrepreneurship and business
o Entrepreneurship in Finland
o Entrepreneurial competence
o Opportunities in entrepreneurship
o Responsibility in business
o Business model, Business Model Canvas

In the CONTACT, ONLINE, and BLENDED implementations of the course, attendance is required during the scheduled teaching sessions. If you are absent for more than 25% of the sessions, your grade will be lowered by one grade point. If your absences exceed 50%, you will fail the course.

Assessment Criteria - Grade 1
Able to
o take responsibility for their tasks
o use key concepts of entrepreneurship, business, and sustainability

Assessment Criteria - Grade 3
In addition to the previous, able to
o assess their own opportunities to act as an entrepreneur
o evaluate business opportunities and the process of becoming an entrepreneur
o identify and describe their own networks
o understand the knowledge base of entrepreneurship and business and its connections to sustainability

Assessment Criteria - Grade 5
In addition to the previous, able to
o analyze the challenges and opportunities of entrepreneurship
o analyze business opportunities and models

This is a DEMO implementation for students who already possess the skills and knowledge required by the course. No teaching is included.

Recommended books: 1. Möttönen, Tuomas 2020. Finnish entrepreneurs: From freedom of occupation to the entrepreneurial society. JAMK University of applied sciences. 2. Osterwalder, Alexander & Pigneur, Yves 2010. Business Model Generation.

Assignments are linked to companies selected by students and reflect real-world business operations.

Pasila Campus

Includes an exam in Moodle. Students choose when to take it. No retakes allowed.

English

International aspects are considered as part of analyzing the selected company’s business operations.

12.01.2026 - 31.05.2026

Moodle exam on the key concepts and knowledge of the course. Report that includes the use of essential tools from the course, as well as an analysis and reflection on one's own entrepreneurial skills and the business operations of a selected company.

01.12.2025 - 15.05.2026

Both tasks related to the demonstration must be completed by the end date of the course implementation by the given final deadline at Moodle.

DEMO

Contact, Contact-Blended, Online, Online-Blended, Virtual, Virtual-Instructed, and Competence-Based Recognition.
More information is available in the course description and at Haaga-Helia’s website:
https://www.haaga-helia.fi/en/career-planning/recognition-learning

Petra Lindell

1 - 250

The exam accounts for 30% and the report for 70% of the final grade. Detailed instructions and evaluation rubrics can be found in Moodle.

RESTO Hospitality and Tourism Management, INTBBA International Business

0.00 cr

H-5