Entrepreneurship as a Part of Career (5 cr)
Code: TO00BQ92-3009
General information
Enrollment
02.11.2020
Timing
01.01.2021 - 30.06.2021
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual proportion
5 op
Mode of delivery
Distance learning
Unit
Korkeakouluyksikkö D, Verkkokampus, liko
Campus
Laurea Virtual Campus
Teaching languages
- English
Seats
20 - 80
Degree programmes
- Complementary competence, bachelor's studies in English (CCC2), Generic Studies
Teachers
- Antti Sekki
Teacher in charge
Antti Sekki
Scheduling groups
- Pienryhmä 1 (Size: 100. Open UAS: 100.)
Groups
-
CCC221SYComplementary competence (bachelor’s studies), S21, Generic studies
Small groups
- Pienryhmä 1
Learning outcomes
After the course student knows
- how the working life will change in the future, in particular, its entrepreneurial nature and platform economy
- the diversity of entrepreneurship and understand the specific challenges in different forms of entrepreneurship
- how to identify one's own competence and is able to compare it with the competence areas needed in future working life
- understand what competence should be developed on a personal level in order to enable the desired career path
- understand how to price own skills or competence
- understand how to commercialize own skills, including the basics of sales work
- understand the importance of sales work in terms of being an entrepreneur and learn how to outline own abilities in a possible sales or customer service situation
- understands the basics of accounting and is able to do simple accounting itself
Teaching methods
ONLY FOR TALENT BOOST PROJECT STUDENTS
Content and scheduling
- Future Working Life (1 cr) This module introduces the main forces of change in working life and especially its entrepreneurial nature. Student will become familiar with the diversity of entrepreneurship and will gain a comprehensive understanding of different forms of entrepreneurship and their challenges.
- The identification your own competence (1 cr) This module challenges the student to consider and identify his or her own competence and to compare it with the competence needed in future working life. After this reflection, the student will have a clear picture of what competencies should be developed on a personal level in order to enable the desired career path.
- Pricing of your own competence (1 cr) This module helps the student to understand the importance of personal hourly accounting and invoicing as part of the pricing of your own competence. The aim of the module is to provide very practical exercises for calculating the hourly rate of for your own competence.
- Commercialization of your own competence (1 cr) This module introduces the basics of sales work. Students will understand the importance of sales work in terms of being an entrepreneur and will learn to perceive their own abilities in a possible sales or customer service situation.
- Accounting (1 cr) This module helps the student to understands the basics of accounting. Based on this module students will be able to do basic accountings themselves.
Grading scale
Approved/Failed
Further information
The study unit has been renewed and will be implemented with code TO00BT58 starting from autumn 2021.