Business Operations and EntrepreneurshipLaajuus (4 cr)

Objectives

Business operations and entrepreneurship

The student can
- evaluate operations and solutions of a company against its strategy and productivit
- identify company’s success factors, operation systems and basics principles of marketing and management
- understand economical thinking, cost structures and most important business indicators
- understand the role of entrepreneurship in national economy
- different company forms and recognize own possibilities to develop himself in business field.

Content

- business idea, company’s operating environment and stakeholders
- company’s strategies and success factors
- operation systems, management, leadership and marketing.
- company’s cost structure
- basic principles of financial calculations, productivity and other important business indicators
- the importance of entrepreneurship in Finnish national economy
- company forms, starting a company, properties and skills required from the entrepreneur.