Business and entrepreneurship (3cr)
Code: XX00CB31-3002
General information
- Enrollment
- 25.09.2021 - 07.11.2021
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 25.10.2021 - 19.12.2021
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 3 cr
- Local portion
- 1 cr
- Virtual portion
- 2 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
- Teachers
- Heikki Heiskanen
- Course
- XX00CB31
Evaluation scale
Passed/failed
Content scheduling
- 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
- entrepreneur profiles
Objective
The student can
- describe the meaning and role of business activities in the society and in his/her field
- explain how entrepreneurship manifests on individual and organisational level
- describe entrepreneurial capabilities and assess his/her own entrepreneurial capabilities
- describe prerequisites of profitable business
- examine analytically the future outlook of business opportunities in his/her field
Content
- business as part of society and the global environment
- entrepreneurship as pattern of action and as business activities
- basic concepts of business, business logic
- business as a part of a career in one's own field
Materials
- material provided by the teacher, online material
Teaching methods
Lectures, personal learning diary, group work, online studies
Student workload
- contact teaching and guided exercises 30 h
- independent study 45 h
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
To pass the course, the student is required to actively participate in it and to pass all the assignments. In the assignments, the student shows they understand the creation of social, cultural and economic value and reflects on their importance in business and society. The student demonstrates they know the basic concepts of business and are able to describe the preconditions for profitable business activity. The student demonstrates they are able to reflect on their own relationship with entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial competence
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
- Active participation and all assignments accepted.
Learning outcomes must be achieved for acceptance.
Qualifications
None.