Designing Concept for Foreign Companies Looking for Investment Targets (15 cr)

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- plan, implement and evaluate a Service Design project with service design methods
- develop sustainable practices in organisations

Location and time

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Materials

The source materials needed for the subject area of the project are selected separately after the project assignment.

Teaching methods

Designing Concept for Foreign Companies Looking for Investment Targets.
Main activites:
- Interviewing the officers of Economic Affairs in Municipalities
- Desigining the 1-2 day visiting concept in Helsinki-Hyvinkää region

Working life partner is: TechVilla

The enrolled students will develop their competencies related to the study in question during this project implementation.

Daytime learning (partly online):
An independently studied part (in Canvas) supports the project implementation, but it is important to take part in project teamwork and guidance on campus according to schedule. . Studying requires active participation and commitment to interactive project work. You will receive individual feedback for assignments from the teacher, and working life or peer feedback are also utilised.

Project’s guidance and working sessions can be viewed in Timetable Engine. Communication practices are agreed on a project-specific basis.

Laurea reserves the right to make changes.

Quality of implementation has been evaluated and self-evaluation report is available [fill in the place e.g. Teams].

Employer connections

Working life partner: [the name of a company or client, or if the company specifically prohibits the release thereof, enter the sector; the field is used to monitor partnerships and the RDI integration.]

Exam schedules

According to the degree regulations (section 18) "students must be present for the first contact teaching session, or they must notify the responsible teacher of their absence to confirm they intend to participate in studies… Registration for the study unit will be rejected, if the student does not notify the teacher of being absent from the first contact teaching session or the reason for their absence cannot be considered justified." The first contact session in a project means the first meeting between the project team and the supervisor (pre-brief). Brieffing date: Will be added later
Team working day: Will be added

It is compulsory to participate in the project kickoff meeting so that everyone participating in the project will receive the information on the project task
Brieffing time: Will be added later

The actual implementation schedule is shown directly in Pakki as implementation reservations, so there is no need to repeat this information here.

Project guidance is offered on a weekly basis. The student can compare the available guidance sessions in Timetable Engine and select those projects/studies that do not overlap.

International connections

The project is suitable for exchange students.
The project target are international and the deliverables will be provided for TechVilla in English.

Completion alternatives

All students are entitled to demonstrate their competence. The recognition and accreditation of prior competence is initiated by the students themselves. The competence is recognized and accredited by the teacher responsible for the studies or another person designated to the position. The assessment is carried out according to the same assessment criteria and, as a rule, same grading scale as that adopted for the corresponding study unit or module. The student is entitled to apply for accreditation of prior competence regardless of where, how and when the competence has been acquired. The student may also seek accreditation of competence to be acquired on the job as part of their degree (work-based learning). ... The student is responsible for demonstrating and verifying their competence and for providing sufficient information.

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Student workload

1 cr. = 26.7 h

The student spends approximately 16 hours of weekly working time on the project; in other words, approximately 8 hrs for team work and approximately 8 hrs for independent work per week.

Content scheduling

Aims of the project::
1.Find out the needs of foreign business visitors for the visit day
2.Designed concept for 1-2 day visit in finland = the programme

Further information

The study unit corresponds to the requirements of Bachelor's level education.

This study implementation is a P2P project meaning that the project is completed in a small group and guided by a teacher. Participating in the project requires attendance in the project guidance meetings and group meetings.