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Entrepreneurship in Welfare, Leadership and Service Production (online) (5 cr)

Code: SX00BU39-3074

General information


Enrollment

02.05.2022 - 15.05.2022

Timing

24.10.2022 - 09.12.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

5 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Unit

School of Rehabilitation and Examination

Campus

Myllypurontie 1

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

20 - 30

Degree programmes

  • Optometry

Teachers

  • Irma Gerstenmaier
  • Eero Kokko
  • Tiina Ahti
  • Jaana Seitovirta
  • Lotta Kuosmanen

Teacher in charge

Eero Kokko

Groups

  • SXE20K1
    Optometrian tutkinto-ohjelma päivä

Objective

Students will know the different ways of organising and producing welfare, as well as the relevant legislation. Students will understand the importance of strategic leadership to company activity and how different strategies function in the background of business success and profitability. They will understand the importance of defining vision and basic mission statements, and see workplace skills as a factor in workplace wellbeing. Students will understand the societal importance of entrepreneurship and the relationship between financial and operational activities. Students will adopt a more entrepreneurial attitude and understand the influence of business factors on the profitability of the organisation. Students will be able to evaluate and develop business ideas and assess their possibilities of success. They will be able to develop cost-effective welfare, have the basic skills to start businesses and make use of public consultation services.

Content

Working environments within welfare and their defining legislation, contractual practices and financing.
Societal challenges to and effects on service needs and their production. Strategic thinking and leading. Vision, basic mission and workplace skills. Different strategies. Internal and external entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial attitude and skills. The productising, pricing and quality of services. Starting a business, from business idea to business plan. Different types of businesses. Procurement methods and processes.
The focus of the course contents will be specified in the syllabus.

Location and time

Orientation lecture 24.10.2022 at 16.00
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Zoom https://metropolia.zoom.us/my/jaanaseitovirta

Materials

Course material in Moodle, Moodle.metropolia.fi, Johtaminen ja yrittäjyys (online) 24.10.- 7.12.2022 (open 24.10.2022)

Teaching methods

There are three sections in this course

Section 1 Orientation to Leadership and Entrepreneurship (group discussion) 24.10 - 31.11 (1.0 cr,)
1a Management in the social and health sector 24.10-30.10 (0.5 cr)
1b Opportunity for Entrepreneurship in the Social and Health Sector 31.10 - 6.11 (0.5 cr)

Section 2 Management: Military Enterprise / Organization Management (pair assignment, essay assignment) 2.0 cr, 30.10 -20.11
2a Management: Legislation governing military services, organization and production of military services (1.0 cr)
2b Management: Interview with a manager / supervisor / entrepreneur - management of military services / management of nursing (1.0 cr)

Section 3 Development of a business idea / organizational business idea (pair assignment, essay assignment), 2.0 cr, 13.11 - 7.12.
3a Entrepreneurship: Development of social and health services (1.5 cr)
3b Entrepreneurship: Business Plan, (0.5 cr)

Exam schedules

Ability to run rejected partitions with the following possible implementations

Completion alternatives

No alternative

Student workload

5 cr = 27h x 5cr = 135h

Content scheduling

There are three sections in this course

Section 1 Orientation to Leadership and Entrepreneurship (group discussion) 24.10 - 6.11 (1.0 cr,)
1a Management in the social and health sector 0.5 cr 24.10-30.10 (0.5 cr)
1b Opportunity for Entrepreneurship in the Social and Health Sector 31.10-6.11 (0.5 cr)

Section 2 Management: Military Enterprise / Organization Management (group work, essay assignment) 2.0 cr, 30.10 -20.11
2a Management: Legislation governing military services, organization and production of military services (1.0 cr)
2b Management: Interview with a manager / supervisor / entrepreneur - management of military services / management of nursing (1.0 cr)

Section 3 Development of a business idea / organizational business idea (group work, essay assignment), 2.0 cr, 13.11 - 7.12.
3a Entrepreneurship: Development of social and health services (1.5 cr)
3b Entrepreneurship: Business Plan, (0.5 cr)

Further information

The student confirms his / her place with the implementation of the course by being present at the beginning of the teaching or otherwise in a manner separately agreed with the teacher, which can be, for example, the return of the first learning task. If a student is unable to attend the beginning of teaching due to illness, he or she can also confirm his or her place of study by notifying the teacher in advance. Admission to the course is conditional until the Prerequisites specified for the course have been reviewed. If the registered student does not participate in the implementation, the teacher responsible for the course will remove the student from the implementation within two weeks of the start of the Study. Registration times are defined in the annual learning activity clock. (Degree Regulations Section 32)

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL):
Enter the name of the person mentioned in your degree programme's guidelines as the person in charge of processing the application or RPL responsible teacher of this course (Eero Kokko)

Tasks and Materials drawn up by the teacher are works under the Copyright Act (404/61) on which the teacher has copyright. Tasks and Materials may not be used other than in their own studies. Their public dissemination is only allowed with the teacher's permission.

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Student is able to:
- Display learning in core content
- Use individual professional concepts correctly
- Find information for a specific situation
- Distinguish between non-theoretical and theoretical information
- Act in individual professional situations as instructed
- Display learning in his professional field
- Show that he has achieved the targets for core competence
- Follow safety instructions
- Display learning in the ethical principles of his professional field
- Operate as a member of a student group

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Student is able to:
- Display an understanding of concepts and professional knowledge in the field
- Assess and limit the amount of information needed
- Operate well in typical professional duties and contexts
- Operate in a multicultural environment
- Operate safely
- Act according to professional ethics
- Operate in a student group

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Student is able to:
- Use concepts and knowledge in his field systematically
- Assess and use various information sources
- Apply professional information in professional assignments
- Work in various duties in a variety of operating environments
- Act independently and responsibly in professional contexts
- To take safety issues into consideration in his action
- Argue his choices on the basis of professional ethics
- Organise the activities of a group of students

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Student is able to:
- Display learning in core content
- Use individual professional concepts correctly
- Find information for a specific situation
- Distinguish between non-theoretical and theoretical information
- Act in individual professional situations as instructed
- Display learning in his professional field
- Show that he has achieved the targets for core competence
- Follow safety instructions
- Display learning in the ethical principles of his professional field
- Operate as a member of a student group

Assessment methods and criteria

Participation in all sections. The grade consists of the approved performance of sections and the average rating of the tasks in sections 2 and 3.

Section 1 Orientation to Leadership and Entrepreneurship (pair discussion) 1.0 cr. Approved / Rejected
- 1a Management in the social and health sector 0.5 cr. Approved / Rejected
- 1b Opportunity for Entrepreneurship in the Social and Health Sector 0.5 cr. Approved / Rejected

Section 2 Management: Military Enterprise / Organization Management (group work, essay assignment) 2.0 cr. Evaluation scale 0-5
- 2a Management: Legislation governing military services, organization and production of military services 1.0 cr. Evaluation scale 0-5
- 2b Management: Interview with a manager / supervisor / entrepreneur - management of military services / management of nursing 1.0 cr. Approved / Rejected

Section 3 Development of a business idea / organizational business idea (group work, essay assignment), 2.0 cr Evaluation scale 0-5
- 3a Entrepreneurship: Development of social and health services 1.0 cr. Evaluation scale 0-5
- 3b Entrepreneurship: Business Plan, 0,5 cr. Approved / Rejected

Grading criterion for the course, satisfactory (1-2)
The student demonstrates that they master the basic content of the course,
but in independent knowledge acquisition, interpretation and ability to combine what it learns there are flaws in the context of working life.

Grading criterion for the course, good (3-4)
The student demonstrates that they have a good control over the content of the course. He actively acquires knowledge and interprets its key links to the working world. He has the ability to analyze what they have learned and apply what is learned to the context of working life.

Grading criterion for the course, commendable (5)
The student demonstrates that they have a wide and wide control in competence assessment subjects the content of the course. He has an excellent purpose equivalent to information acquisition competence. He demonstrates independence, accountability and ability in the solutions he has made to guide others. His ability to apply what he learns to the context of working life shows creativity and broadness.