Introduction to Business Operations and Legal Aspects (3 cr)
Code: 3B00CT25-3004
General information
- Enrolment period
- 12.06.2017 - 03.09.2017
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 01.08.2017 - 22.10.2017
- Implementation has ended.
- Credits
- 3 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- International Business
- Campus
- TAMK Main Campus
- Teaching languages
- English
- Degree programmes
- Bachelor's Degree Programme in International Business
Objectives (course unit)
This course is an introduction to company processes and functions in a modern business environment. The aim is to cover the essentials for business operations and introduce the key legal aspects of setting up a business in Finland and choosing a company legal type. The students will learn to search for and apply professionally significant legal information.
After completing the course, the students will be able to:
• have a good insight into functions of modern business environment.
• adopt the principles of business profitability, liquidity and solvency.
• analyze the interdependence of various business variables.
• indentify and use the key sources of Finnish law
• describe the type of enterprise and their key differences
• understand the procedures required to establish a company
• draw up documents for the formation and registration of a company
Content (course unit)
• What is a company and business operations?
• How to evaluate and measure the success of a business?
• What is organisational structure and its functions?
• What are the key sources of law and how to utilize them?
• Who has the right to trade in Finland
• What legal considerations are relevant to setting up a business?
• What are the key differences between the company legal forms?
Exam schedules
After 1st module
Assessment methods and criteria
Teamwork 50%, exam 50&
Teaching methods
Contact lessons, teamwork
Learning materials
Available (Tabula)
Student workload
3 credits
Completion alternatives
None
Assessment criteria - fail (0) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)
No participation into teamwork or not approved exam results
Assessment criteria - satisfactory (1-2) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)
Satisfactory results from teamwork and exam
Assessment criteria - good (3-4) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)
Good results from teamwork and exam
Assessment criteria - excellent (5) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)
Excellent results from teamwork and exam