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
• is able to describe and consider international, sustainable, social, cultural and economic value and to perceive their differences
• is able to analyze different value chains and networks
• is able to describe the importance of entrepreneurship for sustainability, society, international 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
• 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

To be provided by the lecturer.
Other supporting literature will be available from the SeAMK library
Further reading:
- Taivas ja helvetti 2.0
- Urheilijan taivas ja helvetti, paras versio itsestäsi
- Taivas ja helvetti - Riko rajasi
- Aki Hintsa: Voittamisen anatomia
- Holopainen Tuulikki (2022) Yrityksen perustamisopas: käytännön perustamistoimet. E-kirja

Teaching methods

Lecturing
Individual assignment
Teamwork

Employer connections

agricultural business companies

Completion alternatives

learning through your own business (no farm producing meat, grain or raw milk)
previous studies at university level

Student workload

81 hours

Content scheduling

Self-Knowledge and mePersistence Working life Change Megatrends Value Production Entrepreneurship and Society Business idea Business Model Canvas

Evaluation scale

1-5

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 sustainable, social, international, 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 in rural areas and food sector. 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 through business activities

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student can
- take responsibility for their tasks (acts in an entrepreneur-like way)
- recognize their entrepreneurial competences and realize the importance of tolerance for ambiguity in their own actions
- recognize the customer’s key role in the planning of business activity
- recognize, in the business plan, their own competence and the customers and key partners of their company

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

In addition to the above things, the student
- can assess their own potential for acting as an entrepreneur
- can assess the chance of success of business operations and becoming an entrepreneur
- can recognize the partners and networks most important for their business
- is familiar with the knowledge base of business and the connection of responsibility with business
- knows the basics of business calculations

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

In addition to the above things, the student
- can assess the challenges and opportunities of entrepreneurship
- can analyse competitors’ importance for business
- analyse and assess their strategic choices and is aware of the social importance of business activities
- recognize, from the perspective of their business plan, the key risks, masters business calculations, and the pricing of their product or service