Yrittäminen osuuskunnassa (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

Pass/Fail

Objective

o The participants engage in practical entrepreneurship through their cooperatives.
o They can create, plan and implement various types of projects in order to seek turnover and learn about entrepreneurship.
o They can productise their own expertise.
o They can realistically evaluate the profitability of their business idea and their own capabilities of realising it.
o They can create the required calculations and price services/products.
o They can create a marketing and sales plan.
o They can work as a member of a cooperative and team, and lend their expertise to the team.

Content

o Administration of a small business
o Practical economy of a small business
o Productisation of one's own expertise
o Profitability calculations
o Pricing
o Creation and practical implementation of a marketing and sales plan
o Customer service
o Developing a business idea
o Team learning

Materials

The participants create their own study programme for the course. The course consists of five books, which are selected from the literature list provided at the beginning of the course.

Completion alternatives

Total work implementation (including documentation, planning and implementation) (100%)

Student workload

o Practical project work for customers, 70 h o Training/cooperative contact classes 45 h o Book studies 20 hTotal 135 h

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Self-assessment, peer assessment and coach assessment on the documentations, plans and implementations prepared and carried out during the course. Information about the specific assessment criteria will be provided at the start of the course. The coach defines the final grade.

Qualifications

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Further information

Please note! You cannot enrol for the course in ASIO! You must enrol by sending an e-mail to the appropriate contact person (marja.kamppi(at)jamk.fi).The contents of the cooperative contact sessions will be tailored according to the needs of each respective cooperative.