Entrepreneurship and Business Operations (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Schedule

Every WED at 11:00-13:45
Weekly topics are outlined in a separate document (see 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

Exploring Strategy, Twelfth edition, Whittington R., Regnér P., Angwin D., Johnson G., Scholes K.

Scarborough,N. 2011. Essentials of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management

Osterwalder, A. & Pigneur, Y. 2010. Business Model Generation.
Osterwalder, A., Pigneur, Y., Bernarda, G. & Smith, A. 2014. Value Proposition Design

Bovée, C. & Thill,J. Business in Action any edition

Teaching methods and instruction

The aim: Learn to think like an entrepreneur and to solve real-world problems by creating something new. After a successful participation in the course, the student should be able to develop business model considerations in context of entrepreneurial process in starting up a business. In addition, the student will be able to present a new venture idea to potential decision makers. Student will develop skills in innovative thinking, considering both inside and outside a corporate frame.
Students are expected to come to classes on the campus. In addition, there might be remote teaching including assignments, project work, and independent study based on given instructions
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Classes will be made of lectures, discussions, debates, group works, presentations and other activities

Working life connections

During this course participants will be in constant contact with working life,
Since they have to define the process of becoming an entrepreneur and to evaluate different available business forms and formalities, they need to get information from industries, businesses, business development agencies and authorities.
They are expected to develop an entrepreneurial mindset and spirit based on their own background and on available opportunities at societal level.
They are expected to evaluate different entrepreneurial opportunities and business models with sustainability considerations
Lastly, they are expected to identify some actors and industrial networks which might be useful for their business ideas to be implemented.

Exam dates and re-exam possibilities

This course will not have any written exam

Internationality

International and different nationalities
Materials and business ideas from international perspective

Completion alternatives

Demonstration of previous knowledge and skills in developing business plans may be discussed with the instructor

Learning assignments

Assignments will consist of tasks related to developing business plan. Students are expected to scan different business environments and to identify opportunities.
They will then choose and develop own business ideas. These business ideas will be presented at business idea fair and will have a chance to participate in a business idea competition involving different degree programs.
Students are expected to write a final report in form of business plan..

Assessment methods

- Active Participation and activity 15%
- Business Idea Fair report 15%
- Pitching & Presentation 30%
- Business Model Canvas and Final report 40%
- Self and peer assessments