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Entrepreneurship

Structure Type: Study unit
Code: SSP0203
Type: Compulsory / Professional Studies
Curriculum: S-SA 2008
Level: Bachelor of Social Services
Year of Study: 4 (2011-2012)
Credits: 3 cr
Responsible Teacher: Koivisto, Raimo
Language of Instruction: Finnish

Courses During the Academic Year 2011-2012

Impl.Group(s)Study TimeTeacher(s)LanguageEnrolment
8 2011-08-29 – 2011-12-23Anneli RehnFinnish2011-08-19 – 2011-09-04
9S-SA-4A2011-08-29 – 2011-12-23Anneli RehnFinnish2011-08-19 – 2011-09-04
10S-SA-4B2011-08-29 – 2011-12-23Anneli RehnFinnish2011-08-19 – 2011-09-04

Learning Outcomes

The student will acquire a view of entrepreneurship in general as well as the skills required for self-employment. The student familiarises him/herself with the corporate planning and the criteria for choosing the form of enterprise.

Contents

Entrepreneur and enterprise environment, the qualities of an etrepreneur, impediments and incentives of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship as a career and occupation, ínner entrepreneurship, company networking and international comparison or entrepreneurship, promoting and commercialitzing innovations, evoking new entrepreneurship, developing firms in businessincubators, family entrepreneurship,eshtablishing a business, coporate planning, the aims of entrepreneurship and choosing the form of enterprise.

Recommended or Required Reading and Other Learning Resources/Tools

Koiranen, M. Ole yrittäjä - ulkoinen ja sisäinen yrittäjyys: http://www.yrittajakoulu.com/default.asp.
Keskuskauppakamari: Yrityksen perustajan opas 2004.
McKinsey & Company.2000. Ideasta kasvuyritykseksi: käsikirja liiketoimintasuunnitelman laatimiseen. Porvoo. WSOY.(partially)
Handouts provided by the lecturer

Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, team- and projectwork, excursions to firms

Assessment Methods

Examination, reports on projects.


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