Sustainable and responsible business

Opintojakson kuvaus

Sustainable and responsible business course can be taken individually or in a team (recommended). During the course, students will learn about sustainability and responsibility as a basis for business planning. The output of the module will be assessed through peer assessment and the students’ own competences will be demonstrated in the module exams.

The online course will be organized in English.

Key contents

• business planning: need, solution, market, revenue model, pricing, financial and profitability analysis, channels of sales and marketing
• responsibility, ethics and sustainable development in business planning

Learning objectives

After successfully completing the course, the students

• are familiar with the different phases of planning and setting up a business.
• can plan customer-oriented, profitable and responsible business practices and ethically sustainable products and services for creative industries.
• identify alternative pricing and revenue models for products and services within creative industries.

NB! The content of this course is similar to Finnish course “Kestävä ja vastuullinen liiketoiminta”.

Edeltävyysehdot

No prerequisites

Arviointikriteerit

Grading scale: 0-5. Assessment will be based on exams linked to the course themes, which will be taken on the course’s Hoodle platform. In addition, students will give and receive peer assessments of their coursework.

Opintojakson työskentelytavat ja aikataulutus

Independent/team work, self-directed work on the material, tutorials

Webinars:

• 12.09.2024 09.00-10.00 Kick-off webinar
• 30.09.2024 14.00-15.00 Guidance webinar
• 29.10.2024 14.00-15.00 Guidance webinar
• 27.11.2024 14.00-15.00 Guidance webinar
• 12.12.2024 14.00-15.00 Guidance webinar
• 17.01.2025 14.00-15.00 Guidance webinar
• 14.02.2025 14.00-15.00 Guidance webinar
• 18.03.2025 14.00-15.00 Guidance webinar
• 14.04.2025 14.00-15.00 Guidance webinar
• 05.05.2025 14.00-15.00 Guidance webinar

Opintojakson lisätiedot

The content of this course is similar to Finnish course “Kestävä ja vastuullinen liiketoiminta”.

Ilmoittautumistiedot

NB! If you are a student at Centria, HAMK, Karelia, Lapland UAS, Laurea, Metropolia, SAMK, Savonia, SeAMK, TAMK, Turku UAS, VAMK or XAMK, please enrol via Peppi/Pakki. ”RIPA, a cross-institutional study service for higher education institutions, enables higher education students to complete studies at another higher education institution without enrolment through a separate portal. Each student sees the course selection intended for them and can register in the student administration system of their home institution (Peppi/Pakki).”Read more here.

See instructions for CampusOnline students in Humak’s Student’s Guide.

• The enrolment forms are valid only during the registration period.
• After you have filled out the form, you will get a confirmation email to the email address you provided. Please make sure that the email address is correct.
• If you do not receive a message, check your email’s junk mail folder. If you did not receive the email, contact avoinamk@humak.fi.
• Please enrol on time, since no new registrations are processed after the enrolment period ends.