Business Operations and Entrepreneurship (3cr)
Course unit code: YPO1B3
General information
- Credits
- 3 cr
Objective
The student is able to
- explain the content and features entrepreneurship and its role in society and as part of his/own professional activity
- interpret the meaning of business operations - also in his/her own field - in the life of individuals, in society and global economy
- identify and analyse charateristics of the operational environment of his/her own educational field, such as importance to national economy, possible licensing and legislation in his/her own field
Content
- importance of business operations to Finnish and international economy (tax revenue, jobs, innovations etc.)
- entrepreneurship, meaning of entrepreneurship at the individual level
- business operations in the student's own field
- main principles of legislation regulating business operations
- presentation of the business incubator (Yritystalli) of SeAMK and FramiPro
- presentations of organizations supporting business operations
- company visits and entrepreneur profiles
Qualifications
- no prerequisites
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
- The course is assessed on the scale pass/fail
- For the pass grade active participation, completing a learning diary and other learning assignments is required.
Materials
- material provided by the teacher, online material
Teaching methods
- specialist lectures, personal learning diary, group work, company visits, online studies