Study Guide

Objective

The student can

-identify how library services are financed and governed
- describe the annual operating plan of the public economy
- analyze the economic situation of the municipal organization
- describe the structure of library budgeting and the principles of creating library budgets as part of the public economy

Content

-library services financing and government
-distinctive features of public-sector finances
- planning and monitoring finances and interpreting financial statements
- library budgets and the bases of their preparation
- public procurement

Materials

The most important materials:

Huikko, K., Korento, S., Korhonen, M., Lehtonen, S., Lindberg, E., Mehtonen, M., . . . Ylitalo, M. (2021). Kuntatalous: Monen muuttujan summa (5. uudistettu painos.). Suomen Kuntaliitto.

Korento, S., & Ylitalo, M. (2022). Kunnan ja kuntayhtymän talousarvio ja -suunnitelma (5. uudistettu painos.). Suomen Kuntaliitto. https://www.kuntaliitto.fi/julkaisut/2022/2165-kunnan-ja-kuntayhtyman-talousarvio-ja-suunnitelma

Other used material are announced during the course.

Teaching methods

Online teaching (time/place independent).
Expert guests.
Independent work, practice tasks preparing for the exam and the exam.

Employer connections

During the episode, expert guests from working life. Case examples from the workplace

Exam schedules

Course exam at the end of the spring semester (Exam). The second exam period is in the summer and the third in the fall. The exam can also be taken as an exam visit by visiting another university's EXAM exam room, if the organization has an agreement with SeAMK on this.

Student workload

The total load of the course is about 81 hours. Of this, about 6-8 hours of expert guests and about 20 hours of common course parts implemented with Moodle lesson tool. Rest independent students work on course assignments and exam preparation.

Content scheduling

The study period starts in mid-February and ends at the end of May.

Further information

The course can mainly be studied online at your own pace.As an exception to the previous are expert guests, the times of online talks will be announced separately in the course.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student

-has participated sufficiently as instructed
- is able to describe the basic principles of public economy and features of public-sector finances
- can explain the basics principles of libraries economical planning

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student

-has participated actively and according to instructions
- understands and is able to describe the principles of public economy and features of public-sector finances
- can explain the principles of libraries economical planning and the budget preparation at the annual level

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

the student

-has participated actively and constructively according to instructions
- can define and explain principles of public economy and features of public-sector finances
-is able to apply the principles of libraries economical planning and and the budget preparation at the annual level

Assessment methods and criteria

Familiarization with the course materials.
Written learning assignments and exercises.
Exam (1-5)
Active participation in the work that is the basis of the evaluation and completion of the course according to the schedule.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

- has participated sufficiently as instructed
- is able to describe the basic principles of public economy and features of public-sector finances
- can explain the basics principles of libraries economical planning
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Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

- has participated actively and according to instructions
- understands and is able to describe the principles of public economy and features of public-sector finances
- can explain the principles of libraries economical planning and the budget preparation at the annual level

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

- has participated actively and constructively according to instructions
- can define and explain principles of public economy and features of public-sector finances
- is able to apply the principles of libraries economical planning and and the budget preparation at the annual level