Entrepreneurship and Management in the Social and Health Care Sector 23.10.- 31.12.2023 (5 cr)
Code: SX00EA03-3024
General information
Enrollment
02.05.2023 - 14.05.2023
Timing
23.10.2023 - 22.12.2023
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
5 op
Mode of delivery
Distance learning
Unit
School of Health Care
Campus
Myllypurontie 1
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
20 - 150
Degree programmes
- Public Health Nursing
- Degree Programme in Emergency Care
- Nursing (in Finnish)
- Midwifery
Teachers
- Tiina Ahti
- Jaana Seitovirta
- Noora Asplund
Teacher in charge
Jaana Seitovirta
Groups
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SXO21S2Sairaanhoitotyön tutkinto-ohjelma monimuoto
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SXO21S1BSairaanhoitotyön tutkinto-ohjelma, päivätoteutus, hallinnollinen ryhmä B
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SXO21S1CSairaanhoitotyön tutkinto-ohjelma, päivätoteutus, hallinnollinen ryhmä C
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SXO21S1ASairaanhoitotyön tutkinto-ohjelma, päivätoteutus, hallinnollinen ryhmä A
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SXK21S1Ensihoidon tutkinto-ohjelma, päivä
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SXQ21S1Terveydenhoitotyön tutkinto-ohjelma päivä
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SXL21S1Kätilötyön tutkinto-ohjelma päivä
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
Online course 23.10. - 31.12.2023
Orientation lecture 23.10.2023. at 4pm - 5.30pm.The event will be recorded. Available for viewing for two weeks in the Moodle workspace.
Join Zoom Meeting
Zoom https://metropolia.zoom.us/my/jaanaseitovirta
Materials
Course material in Moodle, Moodle.metropolia.fi. Moodle workspace opens at the start of the course
Teaching methods
Online course
Exam schedules
Ability to renew the course with the following possible implementations. The student has the right to renew the course twice. There is no possibility of increasing the approved grades in the course.
International connections
No
Completion alternatives
No alternative
Student workload
5 cr = 27h x 5cr = 135h
Content scheduling
Independent study 5 op. based on the instructions and learning materials given in the Moodle workspace.
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):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 Jaana Seitovirta
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)
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.
Assessment methods and criteria
Courses are either assessed on a competence scale of excellent (5), very good (4), good (3), very satisfactory (2), satisfactory (1) and fail (0), or for a justified reason with a grade of pass/fail. The assessment criteria for a ‘pass’ grade are the same as the assessment criteria for a ‘satisfactory’
(1) grade, which is that the student has achieved the core competence.
Participation in all sections. Overall grade 0-5