Study Guide

Objective

Operating and costing environment
- Students are familiar with the different ways of organising and providing social and health services and the guiding legislation
- Students understand the importance of productivity and profitability of organizations and companies’ operations and are able to assess the costs and productivity of operations

Work community development
- Students understand and know the importance of development and quality in the production of a service
- Students are able to create new work practices and business ideas.

Entrepreneurship and business organization
- Students have the basic skills to start a business and they are also know how to utilize of the public advisory services in starting a business
- Students know the social significance of entrepreneurship as well as the relationship between the economics and business

Supervision and management
- Students understand the importance of management practices and personnel for the success of organization and the business
- Students identify general working life skills, responsibilities and work organization methods and adopt the entrepreneurial way of working

Content

- legislation, contractual practices and funding in the field of social and health services
- social challenges and impacts on service needs and production
- entrepreneurial attitude and skills
- productization, pricing, quality, branding and marketing of services
- starting a business from a business idea to a business plan
- different types of companies
- procurement procedures and tendering
- management skills and quality development in the operation of organizations
- working life skills and their importance in the operations of organizations and businesses: life management, communication skills, innovation capacity and digital skills
- collecting and using available information for operational development and management
- understanding client needs
- partnership networks as part of the success of the business and the organization

Location and time

Info on Monday 16th of May at 16-17 (Teams)
Study: 26th of August - 14th of October. About two days per week at campus.
M/S SOSTE cruise, Tue-Wed 6.-7.9.2022 https://www.soste.fi/tapahtuma/mssoste/

Materials

Agreed at the beginning of the course.

Teaching methods

The studies are carried out practically at HyMy-Village and cooperating with SOSTE and YES. Entreprenuership, leadership and management, service design, customer service, and marketing.
Studies are conducted with your own team and responsibility themes change weekly.

Employer connections

The studies are carried out practically at HyMy-Village and cooperating with SOSTE and YES.

Completion alternatives

N/A

Student workload

Study: 26th of August - 14th of October. About two days per week at campus.

Further information

More information: Ulla Vehkaperä tel. 040-7145147 or e-mail ulla.vehkapera@metropolia.fi

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students master professional concepts, and they justify their choices using the comprehensive knowledge base, based on the client’s needs. Students assess systematically the prerequisites and consequences of their own actions.

Students act independently and professionally aiming at goals set to them in their operating environment as well as apply working methods appropriately and safely.

Students work according to professional ethics as well as commit themselves to the group, enhancing its functioning.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Students master professional concepts, and they justify their choices using the comprehensive knowledge base, based on the client’s needs. Students assess systematically the prerequisites and consequences of their own actions.

Students act independently and professionally aiming at goals set to them in their operating environment as well as apply working methods appropriately and safely.

Students work according to professional ethics as well as commit themselves to the group, enhancing its functioning.