Entrepreneurship and Management in the Social and Health Care Sector (online) (5 ECTS)

Objective

Operating and cost 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 organisations 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 organisation
- Students have the basic skills to start a business and also know how to use public advisory services to start a business.
- Students know the social significance of entrepreneurship and the relationship between the economy and business.

Supervisory work and management
- Students understand the importance of management and human resources for the success of the organisation and the company.
- Students identify general work skills, responsibilities and ways of organising work and adopt an entrepreneurial approach to work.

Content

- Legislation, contractual practices and funding in the field of social and health services
- Social challenges and their impacts on service needs and production
- Entrepreneurial attitude and skills
- Productisation, pricing, quality, branding and marketing of services
- Establishing 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 organisations
- Working life skills and their importance in the operations of organisations 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 organisation

Location and time

26.05.2025-31.07.2025

Materials

All materials and literature for the course are available on Moodle.

Teaching methods

Guided online learning. The course includes independently completed multiple-choice questions and individual written leadership and entrepreneurship learning assignments.

Employer connections

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Exam schedules

There are no exams in the course. Failed assignments can be repeated in another course.

International connections

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Completion alternatives

No choice.

Student workload

The course is 5 credits (135 hours of student work)
3 credits written learning assignments
2 credits studying in Moodle

Content scheduling

2.5 credits Entrepreneurship and 2.5 credits Leadership

Further information

If you have already participated in a similar course and have completed parts of the previous implementation - please contact the responsible teacher before the start of the course. The implementation of the course has been revised and you will probably need additional individual instructions for completing the course.

Read Metropolia's AHOT instructions in OMA: https://opiskelija.oma.metropolia.fi/group/pakki/opiskelijan-opas/opinnot/opintojen-suunnittelui-ja-opinto-ohjaus/ahot

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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 use professional terminology in a controlled way and justify their choices based on the needs of the client using a broad knowledge base. Students systematically evaluate the conditions and consequences of their own actions.

Students act independently and professionally in a variety of contexts in accordance with objectives and apply working methods appropriately and safely.

Students work in a variety of situations in accordance with professional ethics and are committed to contributing to teamwork.

Assessment methods and criteria

Written learning task in management 0–5, 50% of the total grade for the course

Written learning task in entrepreneurship 0–5, 50% of the total grade for the course

Multiple choice tasks in management and entrepreneurship passed/failed

More detailed numerical assessment criteria for written learning tasks

Excellent 5 = The student demonstrates in the competence assessment items that he/she has a versatile and extensive mastery of the content of the course. He/she has excellent competence in social and health management and entrepreneurship corresponding to the purpose. His/her ability to apply what he/she has learned to the context of working life demonstrates creativity and breadth.

Good 3-4 = The student demonstrates in the competence assessment items that he/she has a good mastery of the content of the course. He/she actively acquires information and interprets its key connections to working life. He/she has the ability to analyse what he/she has learned and apply what he/she has learned to the context of working life.

Satisfactory 1-2 = Based on the learning outcomes, the student demonstrates that he/she has mastered the basic content of the course, but there are shortcomings in the acquisition, interpretation and ability to apply what he/she has learned to the context of working life.

Fail/ 0 = The student has not achieved the learning outcomes of the course. The student has not completed the tasks required for passing the course in accordance with the instructions.

By returning the tasks of the online exam or online implementation, the student assures that his/her demonstration of competence is based on independent work and ethical behavior. Fraud can lead to a fixed-term suspension from the university of applied sciences for up to one year. Act on Universities of Applied Sciences 932/2014, Section 38. To ensure independent competence in the online implementation, the teacher may, at his/her discretion, require demonstration of competence in supervised conditions or in an oral exam. The teacher will inform about the method of demonstration of competence no later than at the beginning of the study.