Entrepreneurship and Business Operations (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Schedule

The course will start 15.01.2024 until 15.05.2024

Implementation methods, demonstration and Work&Study

Implementation Methods:
CONTACT / CONTACT BLENDED
ONLINE / ONLINE BLENDED
VIRTUAL / VIRTUAL INSTRUCTED / VIRTUAL NONSTOP
DEMO
WORKSTUDY

Descriptions of the implementation methods can be found on Haaga-Helia’s website: https://www.haaga-helia.fi/en/implementation-types

You can complete the course by demonstrating your skills or through accreditation, even if there are no DEMO or WORKSTUDY implementations available. More details about skill recognition are available on Haaga-Helia’s website: https://www.haaga-helia.fi/en/career-planning/recognition-learning

If you already possess the knowledge and skills covered in this course, you can demonstrate your proficiency.

DEMONSTRATING PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF THIS COURSE

The demonstration takes place in Moodle, through a specific implementation, for which you register in Peppi. (You can identify the correct implementation by its DEMO format.) Once registered in Peppi, the teacher will approve your enrollment, granting you access to the Moodle workspace for the implementation.

The demonstration tasks must be completed before the end of the implementation. You cannot participate in other implementations of the course at the same time.

Contents of the demonstration:

Moodle exam covering key entrepreneurship and business concepts and knowledge (20 time-restricted questions). Assessment is graded on a scale of 0–5, with the exam contributing 30% to the final demonstration grade.

Report/Presentation detailing and analyzing your own entrepreneurial skills and networks, along with a description and analysis of a selected company and its business operations. Assessment is graded on a scale of 0–5, with this task contributing 70% to the final demonstration grade.

More information of demonstrating prior knowledge can be found here: https://www.haaga-helia.fi/en/career-planning/recognition-learning.

Intro

In this course, you will explore entrepreneurship, its opportunities, and how to become an entrepreneur. You will reflect on your own potential for entrepreneurship. You will also study business, including its environment, strategy, and responsibility. You will learn to create a business model and use key business concepts with an existing company.

Materials

This course will be based on different literature among others:
- Alexander Osterwarder & Yve Piegneur : Business Model Generation. ISBN: 978-2-8399-0580
- Finnish Enterprise Agency Guide Becoming an Entrepreneur in Finland, 2017:

Teaching methods and instruction

Completely Virtual Course
Participants should do inquire learning
Participants should do readings and own exercise

Working life connections

The course is widely connected to entrepreneurship.
- Cases are connected to working life
- Participants may have connections with different enterprises

Exam dates and re-exam possibilities

No written exam for this course

Internationality

- International literature
- International participants
- International business environments
- International cases

Completion alternatives

Those who have been working on developing own businesses may discuss with the teacher to agree on what may be done to complete the course

Learning assignments

This course has one final assignment
There are some small quizzes to be completed individually
Each participant should produce a final business plan

Assessment methods

Assessment criteria
- grade 1
Participant is able
- To complete basic tasks
- To describe entrepreneurship
- Is familiar with basic theories of business
Assessment criteria - grade 3
In addition to the previous part, students
- can evaluate their own potential as entrepreneurs
- can evaluate business opportunities, ways of becoming an entrepreneur and company forms
- can identify and create own network and
- are well acquainted with the knowledge base of business and the connections between sustainable development and business.
Assessment criteria - grade 5
In addition to the previous part
- evaluate the challenges and opportunities of entrepreneurship and
- analyze and evaluate business opportunities, strategic choices and business models.
- Can create a complete and viable business plan