Study Guide

Objective

The student
• is able to outline the entrepreneurial competences and to reflect on their own goals and strengths in relation to them
• recognizes human cognitive structures in themselves and in interaction with other people
• understands the importance of the tolerance of uncertainty in their actions and interaction
• is able to describe and consider social, cultural and economic value and to perceive their differences
• recognizes the contextuality of value and the different structures in which it can be created
• is able to analyse different value chains and networks
• is able to describe the importance of entrepreneurship for society and national economy as well as to recognize different manifestations of entrepreneurship in everyday life
• is able to describe the preconditions for profitable business activity
• knows the stages of the establishment of a company
• knows the entrepreneurship opportunities at SeAMK

Content

• Entrepreneurial competence, self-knowledge and self-efficacy, motivation, human systems of thought, uncertainty tolerance, and processing of disappointments
• Value creation, recognition of value chains and networks in different environments, value creation in different structures, such as companies and associations
• Basic concepts of entrepreneurship and business and earnings logic, economic literacy, risk management
• Stages of the establishment of business activities
• Business plan as a tool for structuring a business idea (for fields of study other than Business)
• Business activities as part of society, entrepreneurship as part of life
• Deepening of the student’s entrepreneurial skills at SeAMK (SeAMK Yritystalli, SeAMKPro, SeiES, etc.)

Materials

Material in Moodle.

Additional material:
- Taivas ja helvetti 2.0
- Urheilijan taivas ja helvetti, paras versio itsestäsi
- Taivas ja helvetti - Riko rajasi
- Aki Hintsa: Voittamisen anatomia

Teaching methods

Online teaching, includes time-bound online lectures.
Lectures, online discussions, tests, functional tasks, individual, couple or group work.

Student workload

Independent studies, assignments, online discussions and exercises total 81h.

Content scheduling

Self-knowledge and self-efficacy
Change in work
Megatrends
Value creation
Entrepreneurship and society
Business idea
Business Model Canvas
Basic calculations int the beginnig of entrepreneurship

Evaluation scale

Passed/failed

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

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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 methods and criteria

The approved performance requires active participation and the approved performance of all tasks. In the assignments, the student shows that he understands the creation of social, cultural and economic value and considers their importance in business and society. The student shows that he or she recognizes the basic concepts of business and knows how to describe the prerequisites for profitable business. The student shows that he is able to reflect on his or her own relationship with entrepreneurship and competence.