Russian Business Environment (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Schedule

Part 1 _ Contact lessons Fri 9:00 – 11:30 in classroom 4211
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18.1 Структура контракта, действительное причастие
настоящего времени
25.1 Предмет контракта, количество и качество, действительное причастие прошедшего времени
1.2 Срок и дата поставки, цена, страдательное причастие настоящего времени
8.2 Условия платежа, страдательное причастие прошедшего времени
15.2 Упаковка и маркировка, страдательное причастие прошедшего времени
1.3 Транспортные условия, форс-мажор, арбитраж и прочие условия
8.3 Экзамен
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Part 2 _ Contact lessons Mon 9:00 – 11:30 in classroom 2002.
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25.3. Резюме секретаря, маркетолога, кадрового специалиста
1.4. Урока не будет. Самостоятельное изучение.
Тема: Описание работы секретаря, маркетолога, кадрового специалиста
8.4. Торговля между Финляндией и Россией
15.4. Как финским компаниям вести бизнес с русскоязычными партнерами
22.4. Урока не будет. Вы берете интервью.
29.4. Презентации компаний и взятых интервью.
6.5. Презентации компаний и взятых интервью.
13.5. Устный экзамен в кабинете 6043.

Implementation methods, demonstration and Work&Study

Contract Texts in Russian Trade:
A. Contact lessons and written exam and learning assignment OR
B. Written exam

Assistant’s Job in Russian Trade:
A. Contact lessons, distant assignments and oral exam OR
B. Distant assignments and oral exam and portfolio
The assessment of one’s own learning 1 h

Materials

Salenius, P., 2016. Venäjänkielinen sopimus -material in Moodle.
Additional material given by the teacher.
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The Part 2 material is partially on Moodle or taken from the public Internet pages, as well as delivered by the teacher.

Teaching methods and instruction

Part 1 Russian Contract Texts
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Contact hours: 18 h (3 h/week)
Written examination: 3 h (at the end of the period)
Independent study, weekly assignments and preparing for exam: 45 h
Self-assessment of learning: 1 h
Totally 67 h
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Part 2 Assistant's Job in the Russian Trade
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Contact hours: 15 h (3 h/week)
Oral examination: 10-15 min (at the end of the period)
Independent study, weekly assignments and preparing for exam: 50 h
Self-assessment of learning: 1 h
Totally 66 h

Working life connections

Interviews from working life.
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Part 2 has a very strong orientation to the working life, students are instructed to network and find a business in Finland to interview a person facilitating the trade between Finland and Russia/Belarus/Kazakhstan, etc.

Exam dates and re-exam possibilities

Written examination Friday 8.3.2019, 09:00-12:00, class room 4211.
It is allowed to use dictionaries in the examination. But not dictionaries in the net.
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Part 2 oral examination Mon 13.5.2019, 09:00-12:00, room 6043.
Re-examinations according the HH re-exam schedule.

Internationality

The study group is usually multucultural.

Completion alternatives

Part 1 - participating on the written exam.
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Part 2 - it is a demanding course including 4 mandatory tasks (CV, interviews, presentations, exam).
Attending the workshops is the key to a successful preparation.
If a students decides to work independently, attendance may be covered by writing 4 essays in Russian on the following topics (length 1-2 pages)
- assistant's job responsibilities
- Russian-Finnish trade status, peculiarities and challenges
- job search and recruitment situation
- business culture comparison, Finland-Russia
The rest of the assignments - CV, interviews, presentations, exam - will have to be completed to receive a grade.

Learning assignments

Pairwork (concerns non-Russian students)
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In Part 2 non-Russian speaking students are encouraged to team up with a Russian speaker.

Assessment methods

Written examination 90%.
Pair work 10%.
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Written examination 100 % (Russian students)
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Part 2.
Oral examination 50%.
Pair work and assignmnets in class 30%.
Written tasks 20%