Study Guide

Objectives (course unit)

Student will be able to:
• search for information from literature and professional network in order to start an enterprise.
• form a team and understand the requirements of forming a team.
• work as a team member and develop team by personal attendance.
• create a team organization, which starts the business.
• know how to lead a team enterprise according to shared vision.

Content (course unit)

Why start a team enterprise?
How do we establish a team enterprise?
What kind of skills are needed when starting a business?
How do we learn in a team?

Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)

Passed
Student is able to search and use the information in order to start a team enterprise. Student understands the requirements of being a team member. Student is capable of forming a team enterprise and develops the team enterprise by personal input and attendance according to a shared vision.

Failed
Student is not able to search for information in order to start an enterprise. Student is not capable of forming a team or does not understand the requirements of being a team member. Student is not able to develop the team by personal contribution and attendance.

Location and time

Please see the Pakki/Lukkarikone apps and follow the information on Proakatemia's and your team's communication channels. In general, the training sessions take place twice a week, four hours at a time, at Proakatemia unless otherwise arranged.

Exam schedules

There are no traditional exams. The team participates in Proakatemia's events i.e. Tiimidiili, sales days, 24H, and demonstrates skills and knowledge by solving real-life business cases. The coach may add or modify cases according to the needs of the team.

Assessment methods and criteria

Active participation in training sessions, dialogue, reflection. Self-, peer- and coach evaluation reflecting the set goals.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

There are hardly any traditional lectures or exams at Proakatemia. Learning methods and environments are for example training sessions, (primings, dialogue, workshops, independent studying), literature, writing, and publishing, expert lectures and other fact-finding, project work, seminars, learning cells, and common events. Learning is connected with business projects. The teampreneurs are responsible of the content of the training sessions, in co-operation with their coach.

Learning materials

Literature advice from coaches, teachers, and other teampreneurs.

Student workload

During each semester the team organizes 132 h of training sessions, and every teampreneur participates a minimum of 120 h. If prevented, it is possible to cross-pollinate.
Training sessions require also
- preparations of the sessions
- getting ready personally (pre tasks, if given)
- reflection.
Training sessions take normally 2 x 4 h per week. In addition, 40 hours of other teamwork is required.

Content scheduling

According to the current needs of the team enterprise.

Completion alternatives

In general, teampreneurs participate in the training sessions of their own team enterprise. If prevented or needed for learning, it is possible to cross-pollinate in the training sessions of other teams at Proakatemia or other team academies or similar learning organizations.

If the teampreneur participates in student exchange, their training sessions are replaced with studies in the destination.

Practical training and working life cooperation

The content of the studies is connected with real-life business projects' needs.

International connections

As the business grows and/or there are international projects, international business-related content will be learned in training sessions.

Further information

Studies at Proakatemia are integrated into teampreneurs businesses. It is not possible to study separate courses of the curriculum without special arrangements.

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Passed
The student has actively and constructively participated in the training sessions and teamwork of their team as required (120 + 40 hours). Students know the content well enough to be able to use it in practice in their team enterprise. Their dialogue skills have improved. They operate according to the chosen values and procedures.

Failed
Lack of hours. The student knows the concepts only superficially or is not able to apply them in practice in his/her team enterprise. The student does not operate according to the chosen values and procedures.

Objectives (course unit)

Student will be able to:
• search for information from literature and professional network in order to start an enterprise.
• form a team and understand the requirements of forming a team.
• work as a team member and develop team by personal attendance.
• create a team organization, which starts the business.
• know how to lead a team enterprise according to shared vision.

Content (course unit)

Why start a team enterprise?
How do we establish a team enterprise?
What kind of skills are needed when starting a business?
How do we learn in a team?

Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)

Passed
Student is able to search and use the information in order to start a team enterprise. Student understands the requirements of being a team member. Student is capable of forming a team enterprise and develops the team enterprise by personal input and attendance according to a shared vision.

Failed
Student is not able to search for information in order to start an enterprise. Student is not capable of forming a team or does not understand the requirements of being a team member. Student is not able to develop the team by personal contribution and attendance.

Location and time

At Proakatemia during the spring semester according to the paja schedule (please see Pakki/Lukkarikone and Teams)

Exam schedules

A Tiimidiili/Shark Tank or similar event acts as a demonstration; substitutions due to absences are agreed on a case-by-case basis in the team, with the coach.

Assessment methods and criteria

The student will perform work time monitoring in a jointly agreed manner. The amount and quality of the work will be monitored together, and feedback discussions will take place with both the team and the coach.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

The course consists of practical work to launch a team company, workshop lessons developing theory and dialogue skills, seminars, literature, and essays on ennobled knowledge, and participation in building a team company and community culture.

Learning materials

Literary tips are shared during the course of the course, in development discussions, et al. With them, the student draws up a reading plan. Based on literature, students write 15 essay points of essays with separate instructions.

Student workload

Students are required to get a minimum of
120 h paja hours
290 h of other learning tasks (company creation, seminars, cells, development discussions, demonstrations...)
15 essay points, i.e. 150 h literature essays
In addition, the spring semester includes 133 h of projects.

Content scheduling

According to the teams paja plan

Completion alternatives

If necessary, agreed with your Proakatemia coach.

Practical training and working life cooperation

The theory is connected to the practice of your own team company.

Further information

Completion of the course requires that the student belongs to a team and sets up a team company.

Assessment criteria - satisfactory (1-2) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

The student has participated in the launch of the team company. He has been involved in creating policies, values, vision, and mission. He has acquired knowledge and distributed it sporadically in the 'pajas'. The essays are written, but there are flaws in grammatical correctness, use of sources, or fluent merging theory and practice.

Assessment criteria - good (3-4) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

The student has been actively involved in the launch of the team company. They have been involved in the creation of policies, values, vision, and mission and demonstrated that they have internalized them. They have acquired relevant information and shared it in learning situations. They have mastered the principles of dialogue. The essays demonstrate the management of the issue and contribute to the learning of the team company, but occasionally there are shortcomings in the right language, use of sources, or fluent combining theory and practice.

Assessment criteria - excellent (5) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

The student has made an active contribution to the launch of the team company and claimed responsibility. They have directed processes that have created common practices, values, vision and mission of the team company. They have acquired appropriate information from reliable sources and shared it in learning situations.
The student has shown that they master dialogue skills and that they are able to think together, following the principles of dialogue. They have participated in seminars, cells and various learning situations, and have read literature et al materials appropriately, and through the essays that he has prepared, shared the skills that benefit the team and the team company.
The essays show the mastery of the matter. Relevant sources have been versatile utilized, the text rightly provides applications for your own activities based on ideas generated by sources. The language is groomed. The essays contribute to the learning of a team company.

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Fail
The student participates unregularly in the initial stages of the team business. The student brings little to no information to the team business: participation in pajas is not active nor do the essays have valuable content for the team. The student has difficulty in self-assessment and utilizing peer feedback. They don't act on team values. The student does not form part of the legal entity (legal team company).

Pass
The student has made an active contribution to the launch of the team company and claimed responsibility. They have directed processes that have created common practices, values, vision, and mission of the team company. They have acquired appropriate information from reliable sources and shared it in learning situations.
The student has shown that they master dialogue skills and that they are able to think together, following the principles of dialogue. They have participated in seminars, cells and various learning situations, and have read literature et al materials appropriately, and through the essays that they have prepared and written, shared the skills that benefit the team and the team company.

The essays show comprehension of the matter. Relevant sources have been utilized, the text rightly provides applications for their own activities based on ideas generated by sources. The language is understandable. The essays contribute to the learning of a team company.