Hidden Business Champions SchoolLaajuus (3 cr)
Code: LB10003
Credits
3 op
Teaching language
- English
Responsible person
- Iouri Kotorov
- Varpumaria Jeskanen
Enrollment
05.11.2024 - 30.11.2024
Timing
07.04.2025 - 23.05.2025
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Complementary Studies
Campus
Wärtsilä Campus Karjalankatu 3
Teaching languages
- English
Seats
0 - 15
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in International Business
Teachers
- Varpumaria Jeskanen
Teacher in charge
Varpumaria Jeskanen
Groups
-
TOP24_25Other Complimentary Studies Group Semester 2024-2025
Location and time
Steyr, Austria 5.-9.5.2025. There is a virtual component before the intensive week.
Teaching methods
Blended Intensive Programme including an intensive study week in Steyr, Austria 5.-9.5.2025. There is a virtual component before the intensive week.
Evaluation scale
H-5
Enrollment
01.10.2023 - 31.10.2023
Timing
22.04.2024 - 19.05.2024
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Campus
Wärtsilä Campus Karjalankatu 3
Teaching languages
- English
Seats
5 - 15
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in International Business
Teachers
- Varpumaria Jeskanen
Teacher in charge
Varpumaria Jeskanen
Groups
-
TOP23_24Other Complimentary Studies Group Semester 2023-2024
Location and time
13.-17.5.2024 + online kick-off on week 17
Teaching methods
Blended Internsive Programme including an intensive study week in Belgium 13.-17.5.2024.
Evaluation scale
H-5
Enrollment
01.10.2022 - 30.11.2022
Timing
17.04.2023 - 14.05.2023
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Teaching languages
- English
Seats
10 - 15
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in International Business
Teachers
- Varpumaria Jeskanen
Teacher in charge
Varpumaria Jeskanen
Groups
-
TOP22_23Other Complimentary Studies Group Semester 2022-2023
Location and time
online and on campus (17.4.-12.5.2023)
Materials
online materials given by the teachers.
Teaching methods
This course is a journey through European and Nordic business culture by experienced professors and entrepreneurs. Teaching language is English. It offers an opportunity to visit and work with local companies and real case studies. During this course you gain intercultural experiences and it is executed together with the partner universities from Belgium and Austria.
Evaluation scale
H-5
Enrollment
01.10.2021 - 30.04.2022
Timing
02.05.2022 - 27.05.2022
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3 op
Virtual portion
3 op
RDI portion
3 op
Mode of delivery
Distance learning
Campus
Wärtsilä Campus Karjalankatu 3
Teaching languages
- English
Seats
10 - 12
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in International Business
Teachers
- Iouri Kotorov
- Varpumaria Jeskanen
Teacher in charge
Varpumaria Jeskanen
Groups
-
TOP21_22Other Complimentary Studies Group Semester 2021-2022
Location and time
Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme with online studies and 1 week exchange to Austria.
Materials
Methodology and teaching methods:
1. Preparatory Assignment/Readings
Every topic covered in the spring school has its preparatory readings, which are mandatory in order to follow the course and utilize the gained.
experience at the best.
2. Collaborative Experience in Austria
The spring school is designed towards experience-based learning. Short theoretical highlights/inputs by top managers and scientists will be accompanied by company visits, workshops and a final assignment for small interculturally diversely structured student-teams, offering a broad variety of challenging possibilities to learn and gain experience.
3. Learning diary to be submitted after the trip
Teaching methods
Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme
Objectives
The students:
• understand how the emerging of a business champion may look like from a cultural and historical perspective.
• understand how an SME with limited resources is realizing a USP and a market positioning.
• identify the main challenges for international companies operating in Europe in respect to the social and economic requirements.
• pre-assess intercultural differences of a European team-setting, respect and utilize these differences productively.
• relate the success of an organization to its cultural background, the specific environment the organization is embedded to and to key success factors in today's globalized world.
• use the right information sources and channels to collect, process and manage information in a multilingual environment.
• cooperate in a multicultural (national and international) professional environment.
• understand the current reality of the multilingual professional environment and how this affects the professional context.
International connections
Joint programme with Artewelde UAS (Belgium) & Upper Austria UAS (Austria)
Student workload
Learning materials and recommended literature: Students will get complete study material before and during the course.
Student´s workload: 81 hours: Share of student's workload: On site 60 h, readings and assignments 31h.
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
Group Member Evaluation (peer feedback): Peer evaluation may be applied.
Assessment Evaluation scale: pass/fail.
Further information
Learning outcomes
The students:
• are able to differentiate between various market entry and growth strategies.
• develop an understanding of online collaboration in multicultural settings, including new methods to see the potential and risks.
• use the right information sources and channels to collect, process and manage information in a multilingual environment.
• are capable of identifying key success factors for business growth within and outside the organization.
• are able to understand the social, micro-and macroeconomic environment of operating business in Europe and know how to identify and interpret relevant statistical material about European countries and its’ business-related data.
• are able to identify intercultural challenges of working in Europe and develop a set of skills that enables to cope with intercultural differences.
Evaluation scale
Approved/Rejected
Assessment methods and criteria
Evaluation Assessment criteria: Active participation 40%, Assignments 20%, Group work 20%, Group presentation 20%
Enrollment
15.01.2022 - 28.02.2022
Timing
28.02.2022 - 01.04.2022
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3 op
Virtual portion
3 op
Mode of delivery
Distance learning
Campus
Wärtsilä Campus Karjalankatu 3
Teaching languages
- English
Seats
20 - 35
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in International Business
Teachers
- Iouri Kotorov
- Satu Mättö
- Varpumaria Jeskanen
Teacher in charge
Varpumaria Jeskanen
Groups
-
TOP21_22Other Complimentary Studies Group Semester 2021-2022
Location and time
Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme with online studies and 1 week exchange to Austria.
Materials
Methodology and teaching methods:
1. Preparatory Assignment/Readings
Every topic covered in the spring school has its preparatory readings, which are mandatory in order to follow the course and utilize the gained.
experience at the best.
2. Collaborative Experience in Austria
The spring school is designed towards experience-based learning. Short theoretical highlights/inputs by top managers and scientists will be accompanied by company visits, workshops and a final assignment for small interculturally diversely structured student-teams, offering a broad variety of challenging possibilities to learn and gain experience.
3. Learning diary to be submitted after the trip
Teaching methods
Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme
Objectives
The students:
• understand how the emerging of a business champion may look like from a cultural and historical perspective.
• understand how an SME with limited resources is realizing a USP and a market positioning.
• identify the main challenges for international companies operating in Europe in respect to the social and economic requirements.
• pre-assess intercultural differences of a European team-setting, respect and utilize these differences productively.
• relate the success of an organization to its cultural background, the specific environment the organization is embedded to and to key success factors in today's globalized world.
• use the right information sources and channels to collect, process and manage information in a multilingual environment.
• cooperate in a multicultural (national and international) professional environment.
• understand the current reality of the multilingual professional environment and how this affects the professional context.
International connections
Joint programme with Artewelde UAS (Belgium) & Upper Austria UAS (Austria)
Student workload
Learning materials and recommended literature: Students will get complete study material before and during the course.
Student´s workload: 81 hours: Share of student's workload: On site 60 h, readings and assignments 31h.
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
Group Member Evaluation (peer feedback): Peer evaluation may be applied.
Assessment Evaluation scale: pass/fail.
Further information
Learning outcomes
The students:
• are able to differentiate between various market entry and growth strategies.
• develop an understanding of online collaboration in multicultural settings, including new methods to see the potential and risks.
• use the right information sources and channels to collect, process and manage information in a multilingual environment.
• are capable of identifying key success factors for business growth within and outside the organization.
• are able to understand the social, micro-and macroeconomic environment of operating business in Europe and know how to identify and interpret relevant statistical material about European countries and its’ business-related data.
• are able to identify intercultural challenges of working in Europe and develop a set of skills that enables to cope with intercultural differences.
Evaluation scale
Approved/Rejected
Assessment methods and criteria
Evaluation Assessment criteria: Active participation 40%, Assignments 20%, Group work 20%, Group presentation 20%