Entrepreneurship and Business Operations (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Schedule

The implementation starts on 13.1.2025 and ends on 14.3.2025. The students are responsible for their own scheduling and the progress of studies. Deadline for returning assignments are 14.3.2025.

The online tutoring schedule is published in Moodle.

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

Written and video material found on Moodle.

Alexander Osterwarder & Yve Piegneur : Business Model Generation. ISBN: 978-2-8399-0580

Teaching methods and instruction

- Self-study
- The teachers offer online advice and guidance every few weeks.

Working life connections

- Entrepreneurship and business operations have a direct connection to working life.
- The assignments are related to working life.

Exam dates and re-exam possibilities

Self-checking Moodle H5P exams, for which 80% of the points must be achieved in order to proceed with the implementation.

All assignments must be returned no later than the end date of the implementation.

Internationality

- International literature
- International participants
- International business environments

Learning assignments

Individual assignments.
1. (Entrepreneurship) (50%)
2. (Business operations) (25%)
3. (Business operations) (25%)