Business Planning (5 cr)

Code: BUS2LE201-3005

Basic information of implementation

Enrollment: 13.06.2022 - 21.10.2022; Enrolment for the implementation has ended.

Timing: 24.10.2022 - 16.12.2022; 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 13th Oct 2022

Kick-off 27th Oct (all the meetings will start at 9:00 am. Finnish time and they are scheduled until 11:45 pm., i.e. including a lunch break).

1st workshop 10th Nov

2nd workshop 17th Nov

3rd workshop 24th Nov

4th workshop 1st Dec

Submissions:

Pitching video 11th Dec (no workshop)

Portfolio 14th Dec (no workshop)

Final 15th 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. online 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 2022 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