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Basics of Business and Marketing (6 cr)

Code: LL10009-3001

General information


Enrollment

01.04.2022 - 30.09.2022

Timing

29.08.2022 - 31.12.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

6 op

Virtual portion

2 op

RDI portion

3 op

Mode of delivery

67 % Contact teaching, 33 % Distance learning

Campus

Wärtsilä Campus Karjalankatu 3

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

20 - 90

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Business Economics

Teachers

  • Daniel Bågeberg
  • Ulla Kärnä

Teacher in charge

Ulla Kärnä

Groups

  • LLNS22
    BBA, Business Economics, Full-time studies, Fall, 2022

Objective

You understand the importance of entrepreneurship to the business area and society. In addition, you will understand the importance of a well-functioning business idea and profitable business as well as marketing in the start-up and operation of a company. You will understand the importance of consumer behavior and segmentation, as well as stakeholders, and the impact on your business. You know the most important business and marketing concepts and you are able to utilize the concepts in your other studies. You will get acquainted with the stages of founding a company and the necessary documents and you will be able to search for more information on the topics of the course. You will become familiar with the concept of marketing, ways of thinking and means of competition. With pitching coaching, you will learn to communicate the key dimensions of a business idea and the basics of teamlearning.

Content

A key concept in business and marketing
Entrepreneurship (defining a business idea, starting the business and organizing the business)
Business and marketing operating environment
Company strategic thinking and planning
The concept of marketing
4P, 4C and 7P
Segmentation, internal and external customer relationships
Steps to start a business

Teaching methods

You will understand the importance of business to the area of ​​operation and society, as well as the importance of effective marketing of a business idea and profitable turnover in the initial phase and operations of a company. You know the most important business and marketing concepts and are able to utilize the concepts in your other studies. You will get acquainted with the stages of founding a company and the necessary documents, and you will know more about the topics of the course. You will become familiar with the concept of marketing, ways of thinking and means of competition. With sales speech coaching, you will learn to communicate the key dimensions of a business idea and the basics of teamwork.

Adhere to team pedagogy and students work to learn in teams. In addition to the teachers in charge, the students are selected by experts in the field through stimulus lectures. Students collect a portfolio of assignments, which is utilized in the Spring Business Plan course.

Evaluation scale

H-5