Growth Entrepreneurship (3cr)

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

The student is able to assess and analyze the current state of the company from the perspective of growth and development of the business and evaluate existing key challenges to grow and develop the business from the SME's point of view. The student can draw up a growth strategy for an SME and plan the key development proposals to implement the strategy

Content

-further development of the existing company
-factors affecting the growth of the company
-strategic planning tools for business growth
-alternative growth strategies
-sources of growth
-internal and external growth strategies
-challenges for the growth of SMEs
-SME growth management

Location and time

SCHEDULED ONLINE STUDY
The schedules for the scheduled online teaching can be found in the timetable at https://lukkarikone.seamk.fi/. Timetables are published for the next six weeks. The first six weeks of autumn are published by Midsummer and the first six weeks of spring by Christmas. Timetables may be subject to changes.

Materials

Lecturers Moodle material

Teaching methods

SCHEDULED ONLINE STUDY:
The study is conducted online in the Moodle learning environment.
The study requires participation in scheduled online teaching.
The study includes joint online meetings/pair or group work. The course involves completing a commissioned project for an organization, the pedagogy will be an advisor board.
The study also includes independent work online.
The student familiarizes themselves with the theoretical material, completes online assignments / practice project according to the given instructions.
The study requires independent work and scheduling.

Student workload

81h, (8h iTeams distance learning for the company, advisor board) and the remaining 73h is partly in a group and partly independent study.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student participates in teaching passively, student does not participate in discussions. The student is able to write the current state analysis and growth strategy for case-company, but produces conventional present moment derived strategic solutions. The student uses strategy design tools, but the use is not comprehensive and the data generated are not used as systematic grounds for strategic choices

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student participates in classroom work quite actively and present own opinions occasionally. The student is able to write the current state analysis and growth strategy for case-company, but the analysis is not a systematic and comprehensive and the growth strategy is somewhat detached. The student is able to use some strategy design tools in analyzing the internal and external environment of the company, but the strategic choices are not justified sufficiently

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student is actively involved in teaching and present own analytical views on the issues discussed. The student is able to draw up a comprehensive and systematic analysis of the current state of the company and create an excellent growth strategy for case company. The student can use diversely strategic planning tools for the analysis of internal and external operating environment of the company and is able to perfectly justified the strategic choices