Finnish Business Culture and Society (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Schedule

Course start 23 October 2023

Independent study and course activity and assignment completion with an exam at the end of each Moodle chapter.
All assignments and chapter exams to be completed by 11 December 2023.

Final online exam on Moolde completed by 15 Decebmer 2023.
Course finishes on 15 December 2023.

Implementation methods, demonstration and Work&Study

Virtual instructed.

Recognition of prior learning:
The student can show the level of his/her prior learning. This has to be done in the beginning of the course. RPL will be evaluated by the responsible teacher and the criteria of the evaluation is how the student has been able to show that he/she meets the study goals and contents and what is the level of the knowledge

Intro

Finnish Business Culture and Society course provides an orientation to the Finnish market and culture. After taking this course students will have gained insights into Finnish culture and business life.
Students study online at their own pace proceeding from one topic to another learning by reading and viewing videos, taking quizzes and exams. The course materials will provide theoretical and factual knowledge as well as practical examples of different phenomena.

Materials

Online material linked on Moodle
Activities, texts, videos and exams.

Teaching methods and instruction

Finnish Business Culture and Society course provides an orientation to the Finnish market and culture.
Students study online at their own pace proceeding from a topic to the next learning by reading and viewing videos, completing activities, taking quizzes and exams.

The course materials provide theoretical and factual knowledge and practical examples of different phenomena.

Students receive online teacher feedback and instruction on the course assignments.
Course activities are auto-corrected.

Working life connections

Work life culture and authentic materials from different industries.
Introduction of some key players in the Finnish business environment.

Exam dates and re-exam possibilities

This course is self-paced and the materials and exams open as the students proceed.

There is an exam at the end of each chapter and a final exam after all other parts have been completed.
Deadline for completing the course activities, assignments and chapter exams 11.12.2023

Students have 2 retakes for each chapter exam during the course.

Final exam to be taken by 15.12.2023, with the prerequisite of completing all activities, assignments and chapter exam.
Possibility to two final exam retakes, January 2024 and March 2024.

Internationality

Finnish business culture and communication will be presented and discussed and compared with other national cultures.

Completion alternatives

Recognition of prior learning.
Contact the teacher if you wish to demonstrate your competence as recognition of prior learning.

Learning assignments

Assignment 1: introductions, pass/fail
Assignment 2: Cultural competence, 10 % grading 1-5
Assignment 3: Industry branch analysis, 15%, grading 1-5
Graded activity: Workaholic or Easygoing. 10%

Assessment methods

Assessment
Course activities pass/fail
Course assignments (total 25%) as indicated in the Assignment section earlier.
one graded course activity 10%

Chapter exams (10% each, total 40%)
Exam 1, Exam 2, Exam 3, Exam 4 and Exam 5

Final exam, 25%
grading 1-5