Study Guide

Objectives (course unit)

During the course, the students develop their own professional growth in a pragmatic and self-motivated way, utilizing the tools and principles offered by coaching. The role of coaching is to challenge and support the students’ activities, both individually and in a team. The students begin to build a professional portfolio, which is supplemented and updated through the studies.

Objectives:
After completing the course the students
- are able to identify their own starting points and to set overall goals, for both personal and professional growth
- understand their own and others' activities in the team
- know the importance of co-operation, communication skills, responsibility, commitment, lifelong learning and tolerance for change in the professional development
- are able to perceive business entities
- are able to search for information and to analyze different areas of business reflecting with their own development points and strengths
- are able to utilize online materials for job search
- know working life customs and current phenomena
- acknowledge the importance of independent accountability for their own professional development and learning.

Content (course unit)

ME AS AN INDIVIDUAL
What are my starting points for professional growth?
What are my personal strengths and development goals?
How do I work to achieve my goal?

ME AS A TEAM PLAYER
What are the key operating principles and principles for team operations?
What kind of a communicator am I in a team?
How do I contribute to achieving my team goals?

ME IN THE BUSINESS SECTOR
How is business evolving and changing?
What kinds of opportunities does it offer in the future?
What are the current business phenomena?

ME AT WORK
What kinds of future working life skills should I have?
What kind of orientation path do I choose in my studies?
How do I place and apply for a job?

Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)

Pass (S) / Fail (0)
The student is actively involved in coaching and completes all individual and team assignments given during the whole course of the 1st academic year.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail