Study Guide

Objective

You understand the content of customer-orientation.
You can describe the customer’s rights and responsibilities in the field of wellbeing.
You can use a customer-oriented way of counseling.

Content

What does customer-orientation mean?
How can you use customer-orientation in interaction?
What are the customer’s rights in the field of wellbeing?
What responsibilities does the customer have in the field of wellbeing?

Materials

Is presented in learning environment.

Teaching methods

Online studies during course implementation. Previous higher education studies may replace the course and can be discussed at the beginning of the course implementation.

Employer connections

-

Exam schedules

Is presented in learning environment.

Student workload

135 h

Content scheduling

Division into themes according to the content.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Assessment relies on a specific assessment matrix.

Objective

You can define and describe factors affecting the purchasing and consuming behaviour of different customer groups.
You can analyse customer buying behavior and define the principles for the segmentation and selection of target groups.
You can define and identify factors affecting customer experience as a whole.
You can search for and analyze information improving customer insight.
You can describe the aspects of customer-oriented marketing concepts, including its objectives and functions.
You are able to design a marketing mix, taking into consideration product lifecycle, marketing objectives and corporate responsibility.

Content

How do consumers, companies and organizations differ as customers?
What are the Russian operating models and corporate culture in your field of business?
What does customer experience consist of and how can you gain insight into it?
How are customer relationships built, maintained and developed?
What are the components of good customer service?
What are the objectives and role of customer-oriented marketing and relationship marketing in the operations of an organisation?
How does the digital economy and operational environment affect the planning of marketing?
How is customer buying behavior and segmentation taken into consideration when defining objectives and target groups?
What does a marketing mix consist of, and how can it be used to reach organisational goals?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You are able to process and analyse collected data.
You are able to interpret data.
You understand the value of data and big data.

Content

How to process and analyse data with Excel?
How to make interpretations based on collected data?
What is the value of data and big data?

Materials

Will be presented in learning environment.

Teaching methods

Online studies during course implementation. Previous higher education studies may replace the course and can be discussed at the beginning of the course implementation.

Employer connections

-

Student workload

135 h

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Exercises returned in learning environment.

Objective

You understand the basic concepts and principles of data management and databases.
You are able to interpret and create data models.
You are able to visualize and compile data from different sources.

Content

How can data be managed?
What are the principles of databases?
How can data models be interpreted and compiled?
How can data from multiple sources be compiled and visualized with Power BI?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You understand the basic concepts and principles of data management and databases.
You are able to interpret and create data models.
You are able to visualize and compile data from different sources.

Content

How can data be managed?
What are the principles of databases?
How can data models be interpreted and compiled?
How can data from multiple sources be compiled and visualized with Power BI?

Materials

The study material used in the course is in its entirety in the Learn learning environment.
In addition, the study course uses software related to data management and visualization.

Teaching methods

A study course to be completed independently online, which includes various learning tasks and a few Teams lecture.

Employer connections

The course may have external lecturers and the exercises are related to working life.

Exam schedules

There is no exam in the course, but the evaluation is based on the exercises done during the course.

Further information

The aim of the study course is for the student to gain basic knowledge of information management and visualization and Business Intelligence.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

The evaluation of the course is based on the points of the exercises.
Further details are described on the study course's Learn environment.

Objective

You can recognize the phases of a lifestyle change
You can recognize the factors affecting a lifestyle change
You understand how a lifestyle change can be supported
You can describe the principles of a motivational interview
You can give feedback motivationally

Content

What are the phases of a lifestyle change?
What are the factors to motivate to lifestyle change?
How can the strengths be recognized?
What kind of challenges can be encountered in lifestyle change?
What does resilience mean?
What are the lifetraps and why these are important to recognize in the lifestyle changes?
How to support a lifestyle change?
What is motivational interviewing?
How do you give feedback motivationally?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You can recognize the phases of a lifestyle change
You can recognize the factors affecting a lifestyle change
You understand how a lifestyle change can be supported
You can describe the principles of a motivational interview
You can give feedback motivationally

Content

What are the phases of a lifestyle change?
What are the factors to motivate to lifestyle change?
How can the strengths be recognized?
What kind of challenges can be encountered in lifestyle change?
What does resilience mean?
What are the lifetraps and why these are important to recognize in the lifestyle changes?
How to support a lifestyle change?
What is motivational interviewing?
How do you give feedback motivationally?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You understand why and in what type of situations wellbeing data is collected.
You are able to identify various wellbeing measuring methods.
You can assess the suitability of different methods for different purposes and target groups.

Content

What is wellbeing data?
How has the collection of wellbeing data changed and what are the future perspectives (self- monitoring, MyData principle)?
What different methods can be used for measuring (measuring behavior vs. measuring results)?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of different methods in various purposes?

Materials

1. Online Lecture-material
2. Collection of articles, will be available in week 2.

Teaching methods

When you register for this course, you participate in the teaching and guidance according to the work schedule. Your studies are rhythmic according to the Online lectures and the learning tasks.

Possible other methods of execution: contact via email lauri.kolomainen@xamk.fi

Employer connections

Examples of different commercial measurement arrangements are used.
The course development task is focused on customer based service.

Student workload

5 credits (135h)

Further information

We go through the practical arrangements on the first online-meeting

More info: lauri.kolomainen@xamk.fi

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Numeral (0-5)

Objective

You can identify and describe knowledge needs related to the wellbeing environment.
You are able to examine and analyze the operational environment for wellbeing services, its structure and markets in Finland and internationally.

You can acquire and analyze relevant information related to the development of the wellbeing business field and can recognize future trends and the associated factors.
You are able to assess your own knowledge, skills and interest areas in relation to the development of the wellbeing business field.

Content

What market players and factors affect the operational environment of wellbeing?
What are the wellbeing operational environment and markets in Finland and internationally?
How are wellbeing services financed and what models are used to produced them?
What are the trends in wellbeing and drivers behinds the trends?
What knowledge and skills for experts are needed now and in the future?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You can describe the meaning of health promotion.
You can name examples of health promotion.
You can recognize the main health problems and threats to wellbeing.
You know the main content of prevention of the health problems and self-care.

Content

What does health promotion mean?
How is health promoted?
What are the main health problems?
What does healthy nutrition include?
What are the physical activity recommendations?
What factors promote brain health?
How can coping with daily life be supported?

Materials

Lifestyle change and how to support it

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You can use the terminology of commercialization.
You are able to experiment and apply the methods of commercialization.
You understand how to launch a profitable business into the markets.
You understand the principles of profitable business operations.

Content

How to collect and analyze knowledge of the markets?
How to collect and analyze potential customers?
What does branding mean?
How to create a profitable business?

Materials

Is presented in learning environment.

Teaching methods

Idependent online studies during course implementation.

Employer connections

A commercialization and pricing plan will be written to your own (or imagenary) company,

Student workload

133 h

Content scheduling

Analyzing business environment and planning of marketing - Marjaana Roponen
Profitable business - Anna-Liisa Immonen

Further information

There will be Teams meetings during the course.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Reports and an exam.

Objective

You can use the terminology of commercialization.
You are able to experiment and apply the methods of commercialization.
You understand how to launch a profitable business into the markets.
You understand the principles of profitable business operations.

Content

How to collect and analyze knowledge of the markets?
How to collect and analyze potential customers?
What does branding mean?
How to create a profitable business?

Materials

Is presented in learning environment.

Teaching methods

Idependent online studies during course implementation.

Employer connections

A commercialization and pricing plan will be written to your own (or imagenary) company,

Student workload

133 h

Content scheduling

Analyzing business environment and planning of marketing - Marjaana Roponen
Profitable business - Anna-Liisa Immonen

Further information

There will be Teams meetings during the course.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Reports and an exam.

Objective

You know how to acquire information about customers, products and competitors to support sales.
You can describe a company’s sales process.
You can exploit multi-channel content marketing to support sales.

Content

What is the role and importance of sales in the marketing of services?
How does the sales process of a company proceed from prospecting to the maintenance of the customer relationship?
How does selling to consumers, companies and other organizations differ from each other?
How to support selling with content marketing?
What are the basics of content marketing and how to manage content?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You know how to acquire information about customers, products and competitors to support sales.
You can describe a company’s sales process.
You can exploit multi-channel content marketing to support sales.

Content

What is the role and importance of sales in the marketing of services?
How does the sales process of a company proceed from prospecting to the maintenance of the customer relationship?
How does selling to consumers, companies and other organizations differ from each other?
How to support selling with content marketing?
What are the basics of content marketing and how to manage content?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You can measure and assess the wellbeing and the associated changes in different customer groups.
You are familiar with the different models used in the production of welfare services.
You understand the central strategies which direct the production of services.
You can measure different aspects of wellbeing with subjective and objective methods.
You know the basics of quality management and the significance of high-quality work in the wellbeing services.

Content

How to measure different aspects of wellbeing with subjective and objective methods (Active Life Lab)?
What models are used in the production of welfare services?
What are the changes in the service structure in the field of wellbeing services production?
What are the basics of quality management and the significance of high-quality work in wellbeing services?
What is the effectiveness of the development of wellbeing services?
What main factors affect the activities and regulation of health care/welfare services?

Materials

The material will be avalable in week 2.

Teaching methods

When you register for this course, you participate studying and guidance according to the schedule. Your studies are organized according to the ALL-days, online teaching and independent learning tasks.


If the student has a background in Wellbeing measurements through work or other experience, please contact: lauri.kolomainen@xamk.fi

Employer connections

The course in co-operation with the Active Life Lab staff, in a working environment.

Student workload

10 credits (270h) Online lectures 21h, Active Life Lab-days 25h

Further information

Active Life Lab-contact days at Saimaa Stadiumi!

Adress: Raviradantie 22, Mikkeli

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Numeral (0-5). Participation in Saimaa Stadiumi- contact days is mandatory

Objective

You can measure and assess the wellbeing and the associated changes in different customer groups.
You are familiar with the different models used in the production of welfare services.
You understand the central strategies which direct the production of services.
You can measure different aspects of wellbeing with subjective and objective methods.
You know the basics of quality management and the significance of high-quality work in the wellbeing services.

Content

How to measure different aspects of wellbeing with subjective and objective methods (Active Life Lab)?
What models are used in the production of welfare services?
What are the changes in the service structure in the field of wellbeing services production?
What are the basics of quality management and the significance of high-quality work in wellbeing services?
What is the effectiveness of the development of wellbeing services?
What main factors affect the activities and regulation of health care/welfare services?

Materials

The material will be avalable in week 2.

Teaching methods

When you register for this course, you participate studying and guidance according to the schedule. Your studies are organized according to the ALL-days, online teaching and independent learning tasks.


If the student has a background in Wellbeing measurements through work or other experience, please contact: lauri.kolomainen@xamk.fi

Employer connections

The course in co-operation with the Active Life Lab staff, in a working environment.

Student workload

10 credits (270h) Online lectures 21h, Active Life Lab-days 25h

Further information

Active Life Lab-contact days at Saimaa Stadiumi!

Adress: Raviradantie 22, Mikkeli

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Numeral (0-5). Participation in contact days is mandatory

Objective

You know different processes in event production and the financial management of an event.
You know the technical, content and production related parts of event planning and production.
You know how to manuscript and dramatize events using elements of experience and wellbeing.
You know the contract and copyright processes of event production.
You are able to analyze and reflect personal and team effort in the event production process.

Content

How to use elements of experience and wellbeing as a part of an event and service?
How to plan, execute, deliver and evaluate an event and service?
How to use marketing communication elements in the production and delivery of an event and service?
How to work with permit processes, contracts and copyright issues?

Materials

1. books, articles and other material that is available from Xamk's library either in print or as e-material.

2. study materials that are available directly through Learn-platform

Teaching methods

Course will be completed independently online, which includes various learning tasks and Teams lectures. Other option agreed upon with the teacher at the beginning of the study period

Employer connections

Cases:
- Saimaa Cycle-tour
- Ruka Freestyle World Cup

Student workload

5 credits, (total 135h)

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You understand the role and significance of different parties in promoting the wellbeing of a customer.
You know what wellbeing business is and recognize networks of actors in the field.
You understand what co-development is and how value is created in networks.
You recognize and analyze the business opportunities in the operational environment.
You can plan and develop business in an interactive, user-driven and co-operative manner.
You can take into account the opportunities provided by digitalization in the development work.
You know the ethical principles and starting points in wellbeing entrepreneurship and acting in networks.

Content

What is wellbeing business and entrepreneurship?
What are the networks of actors in the wellbeing field?
How are the different factors and actors in the operational field taken into account in the planning and development of wellbeing business?
How cab networks be utilized in co-development and adding value?
How is business analyzed and developed with different business models?
What is user-driven planning?
How can digitalization be utilized in service development?

Materials

Management and workplace skills

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You understand the role and significance of different parties in promoting the wellbeing of a customer.
You know what wellbeing business is and recognize networks of actors in the field.
You understand what co-development is and how value is created in networks.
You recognize and analyze the business opportunities in the operational environment.
You can plan and develop business in an interactive, user-driven and co-operative manner.
You can take into account the opportunities provided by digitalization in the development work.
You know the ethical principles and starting points in wellbeing entrepreneurship and acting in networks.

Content

What is wellbeing business and entrepreneurship?
What are the networks of actors in the wellbeing field?
How are the different factors and actors in the operational field taken into account in the planning and development of wellbeing business?
How cab networks be utilized in co-development and adding value?
How is business analyzed and developed with different business models?
What is user-driven planning?
How can digitalization be utilized in service development?

Materials

Management and workplace skills

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You demonstrate that you are familiar with the basics of enterprise finances and financial accounting.
You know the basic principles of bookkeeping and the process from recording the basic business transactions to the reporting of financial statements.
You can analyze and interpret the financial statements and ratios of a small enterprise.
You are able to explain the basic principles of value added taxation and business taxation in different forms of business.

Content

What is the role of financial accounting in business operations?
How to apply the process of accounting cycle in a small enterprise?
How to analyze and interpret financial statements?
What are the basic principles of value added taxation and business taxation?
How to take into account the value added taxation in accounting cycle and reporting?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You can recognize the main dimensions of wellbeing.
You know the main facts of human anatomy and physiology from the viewpoints of wellbeing and health promotion.

Content

What does wellbeing mean?
What factors affect wellbeing?
What are the main dimensions of wellbeing?
What are the main facts in anatomy relating to the human musculoskeletal system, circulatory system and respiratory system?
What kind of physiological changes relate to diabetes and metabolic disorder?
What does the quality of life mean?
What factors promote the quality of life?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You are able to analyze the international business environment.
You are able to recognize global business opportunities and prerequisites and analyze market areas.
You are familiar with strategies of international operations.
You are able to compare different operation models and select the most appropriate model for the company.

Content

What are the most important features in the international business environment?
What are the company’s opportunities and prerequisites related to international operations?
What are the strategies of international operations?
How to select the most appropriate operation model?

Materials

The learning materials include e-books, articles, video lectures, podcasts and other relevant materials serving the learning objectives of the international business course. You can access the materials in the Learn-course platform.

Teaching methods

On matters relating to the identification and recognition of competence, please contact the teacher in the beginning of the course. You can find additional information about assessment and recognition of competence on Xamk intranet and from your studies coordinator. (ova)

Employer connections

Cooperation with companies and organisations is carried out in the framework of practical learning assignments.

Exam schedules

There are automated online exams connected to the theory sections.

International connections

Information about international cooperation will be given closer to the starting date.

Student workload

The total amount of student work done, individually or in groups, is 135 hours.

Content scheduling

The main sections with materials and assignments are based on the learning objectives of this course. The studies are carried out by studying the different materials and applying the knowledge on practical learning assignments and exams.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

The assessment of learning at Xamk is based on the learning outcomes (knowledge-based competence, skills-based competence, teamwork skills/leadership skills/readiness to take responsibility) of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) as well as on the university's generic and programme-specific learning outcomes. On grade level three, the student can:
a. use professional vocabulary systematically.
b. look for information in the key information sources of the field.
c. identify interrelated tasks.
d. work together with customers, users and target groups.
e. use the key models, methods, software and techniques of the professional field.
f. work as team members in a goal-oriented way.
g. justify their actions according to the ethical principles of the professional field.

Objective

You understand how an individual’s wellbeing is measured and assessed.
You know how to measure an individual’s wellbeing with different methods.
You are able to develop the current and new services in an interactive and user-driven way and take into account the possibilities of digitalization of services.
You are able to utilize the methods of service design and productization.
You are able to choose and apply interactive development methods and models in practice.
You are able to work as a development team member.
You can utilize different marketing methods to introduce a service to market.

Content

How to measure and evaluate an individual’s wellbeing?
How to measure different aspects of wellbeing with subjective and objective methods?
What are the basics of laboratory-based wellbeing measurement methods in Active Life Lab?
How is the service assortment evaluated, renewed and developed in the digital operational and competitive environment?
How are services developed in a user-driven and interactive way?
How can gamification promote users’ motivation, involvement and participation?
What are the basic concepts, goals and methods of service design?
What are the methods of service productization?
How are service products branded and launched into the market?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You understand how an individual’s wellbeing is measured and assessed.
You know how to measure an individual’s wellbeing with different methods.
You are able to develop the current and new services in an interactive and user-driven way and take into account the possibilities of digitalization of services.
You are able to utilize the methods of service design and productization.
You are able to choose and apply interactive development methods and models in practice.
You are able to work as a development team member.
You can utilize different marketing methods to introduce a service to market.

Content

How to measure and evaluate an individual’s wellbeing?
How to measure different aspects of wellbeing with subjective and objective methods?
What are the basics of laboratory-based wellbeing measurement methods in Active Life Lab?
How is the service assortment evaluated, renewed and developed in the digital operational and competitive environment?
How are services developed in a user-driven and interactive way?
How can gamification promote users’ motivation, involvement and participation?
What are the basic concepts, goals and methods of service design?
What are the methods of service productization?
How are service products branded and launched into the market?

Materials

1. books, articles and other material that is available from Xamk's library either in print or as e-material.

2. study materials that are available directly through Learn.

Teaching methods

Online studies and contact teaching at Xamk in Mikkeli. Different arrangements are agreed separately with the teachers

Employer connections

Case examples, co-operation with the Active Life Lab unit.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You demonstrate that you are familiar with the basics of management accounting and can apply information in decision-making.
You are able to categorize the revenues and costs of a service company.
You are able to interpret the profitability of a service company by using cost volume profit analysis.
You are able to apply the most common pricing methods.
You are able to compute the costs of a service provided by applying different accounting methods.

Content

How to use financial information in decision-making when managing the costs and profitability of a company?
How to categorize the revenues and costs of a service company?
How to compute the costs of a service provided? How to apply the cost volume profit analysis when evaluating the profitability of a company?
How does the price setting affect the profitability of a company?

Materials

All material are available online and will be announced in Learn.

Teaching methods

Scheduled track:
Completing assignments and exams. Active participation in the contact sessions.

Independent track:
Can be agreed by a teacher

Employer connections

Learning materials are based on real life cases

Exam schedules

The course contains individual assignments and exams. The schedule will be announced in Learn

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You use professional RDI terminology consistently.
You can apply different RDI means and methods.
You can plan and implement a project related to producing wellbeing services.
You understand and can assess different financial instruments related to RDI.
You can describe, present and assess the project outcomes.
You can act in a result-oriented way as a project member and project coordinator.
You can produce project publications.

Content

What is RDI work like and how is RDI work implemented in practice?
What are the essential methods and tools related to RDI?
How is a RDI project plan created for a project related to producing wellbeing services?
What financial instruments are available for different types of projects (national, international, Russia projects)?
What are immaterial rights and how can an innovation be protected?
How can a project related to producing wellbeing services be implemented and how is it followed up?
How are RDI outcomes reported, presented and assessed?
How are RDI publications produced?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You use professional RDI terminology consistently.
You can apply different RDI means and methods.
You can plan and implement a project related to producing wellbeing services.
You understand and can assess different financial instruments related to RDI.
You can describe, present and assess the project outcomes.
You can act in a result-oriented way as a project member and project coordinator.
You can produce project publications.

Content

What is RDI work like and how is RDI work implemented in practice?
What are the essential methods and tools related to RDI?
How is a RDI project plan created for a project related to producing wellbeing services?
What financial instruments are available for different types of projects (national, international, Russia projects)?
What are immaterial rights and how can an innovation be protected?
How can a project related to producing wellbeing services be implemented and how is it followed up?
How are RDI outcomes reported, presented and assessed?
How are RDI publications produced?

Materials

The learning materials, which are divided under eight topis, include relevant and interesting e-materials and teams-lectures.

Teaching methods

On matters relating to the identification and recognition of competence, please contact the teacher in the beginning of the course. You can find additional information about assessment and recognition of competence on Xamk intranet and from your studies coordinator. (ova)

Employer connections

Several rdi-experts joint the course in teams, sharing their expertise and tips on sections's special topic.

Exam schedules

To be assessed is one larger written assignment, covering and applying the knowledge gained. There is no exam.

International connections

Potential international teams-visitors from partner universities will be invited to workshops in teams. More info about this is provided closer the starting date.

Student workload

The total amount of student work is 135 hours. (covering studying the materials, attending the workshops and lectures online, as well as writing the assignment)

Content scheduling

The course is divided into eight main sections. Each section provides relevant knowledge about project management and rdi-topics. This theory is applied when writing the assessed research and development project plan.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

The assessment of learning at Xamk is based on the learning outcomes (knowledge-based competence, skills-based competence, teamwork skills/leadership skills/readiness to take responsibility) of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) as well as on the university's generic and programme-specific learning outcomes. On grade level three, the student can:
a. use professional vocabulary systematically.
b. look for information in the key information sources of the field.
c. identify interrelated tasks.
d. work together with customers, users and target groups.
e. use the key models, methods, software and techniques of the professional field.
f. work as team members in a goal-oriented way.
g. justify their actions according to the ethical principles of the professional field.

Objective

You have the basic knowledge of introductory-level statistics.
You are able to apply statistical analysis skills especially in decision-making and when describing different phenomena in business.
You are able to collect and analyze quantitative data in the context of your own R&D projects.
You are able to use statistical software tools in order to perform a statistical analysis.

Content

What are the basic concepts of statistics?
How is statistical data collected?
How to analyse and describe data by using a statistical software package?
How to define and calculate statistical measures?
What are statistical relationships between variables, and how to analyse and describe them?
What are the basics of statistical decision theory?
How is the statistical significance of results assessed by using tests and statistical decisions?

Materials

Material in Learn-realization.

Teaching methods

Lessons, videos, excercises, courseassignment.

Employer connections

Via thesis.

Exam schedules

Course assignment (no exam).

Student workload

5 credits = amount of a student's work is about 130 hours.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You can assess the role and potential of entrepreneurship in society.
You can demonstrate your familiarity with and explain the opportunities for entrepreneurship offered by digital society.
You can describe what the operations and processes of enterprises involve.
You can compare the forms of business ownership in different situations.
You can demonstrate your familiarity with the main stakeholder groups of enterprises.

Content

What is the role of businesses and entrepreneurship in society?
What opportunities does digital society offer for entrepreneurship?
What characteristics and knowledge is expected from an entrepreneur?
How does an enterprise operate and what are the operational processes of enterprises?
What aspects must be considered when deciding the form of businesses?
What are the key interest groups and the main stakeholder groups?
How is a business plan created?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You understand the basic concepts of data and big data, artificial intelligence, robotics and IoT.
You understand the significance of security, privacy and ethics in data processing.

Content

What are the basic concepts of data and big data, artificial intelligence, robotics and IoT?
What is the importance of security, privacy and ethics in data processing?

Materials

Will be presented in learning environment.

Teaching methods

Online studies during course implementation. Previous higher education studies may replace the course and can be discussed at the beginning of the course implementation.

Employer connections

-

Student workload

135 h

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Students can
-use professional vocabulary systematically
-look for information in the key information sources of the field
-identify interrelated tasks

Assessment criteria equals to grade 3.

Objective

You know how to acquire information about customers, products and competitors to support sales.
You can describe a company’s sales process.
You can exploit multi-channel content marketing to support sales.

Content

What is the role and importance of sales in the marketing of services?
How does the sales process of a company proceed from prospecting to the maintenance of the customer relationship?
How does selling to consumers, companies and other organizations differ from each other?
How to support selling with content marketing?
What are the basics of content marketing and how to manage content?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You demonstrate that you are familiar with the basics of management accounting and can apply information in decision-making.
You are able to categorize the revenues and costs of a service company.
You are able to interpret the profitability of a service company by using cost volume profit analysis.
You are able to apply the most common pricing methods.
You are able to compute the costs of a service provided by applying different accounting methods.

Content

How to use financial information in decision-making when managing the costs and profitability of a company?
How to categorize the revenues and costs of a service company?
How to compute the costs of a service provided? How to apply the cost volume profit analysis when evaluating the profitability of a company?
How does the price setting affect the profitability of a company?

Materials

All material are available online and will be announced in Learn.

Teaching methods

Scheduled track:
Completing assignments and exams. Active participation in the contact sessions.

Independent track:
Can be agreed by a teacher

Employer connections

Learning materials are based on real life cases

Exam schedules

The course contains individual assignments and exams. The schedule will be announced in Learn

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You can identify and describe knowledge needs related to the wellbeing environment.
You are able to examine and analyze the operational environment for wellbeing services, its structure and markets in Finland and internationally.

You can acquire and analyze relevant information related to the development of the wellbeing business field and can recognize future trends and the associated factors.
You are able to assess your own knowledge, skills and interest areas in relation to the development of the wellbeing business field.

Content

What market players and factors affect the operational environment of wellbeing?
What are the wellbeing operational environment and markets in Finland and internationally?
How are wellbeing services financed and what models are used to produced them?
What are the trends in wellbeing and drivers behinds the trends?
What knowledge and skills for experts are needed now and in the future?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You know how to acquire information about customers, products and competitors to support sales.
You can describe a company’s sales process.
You can exploit multi-channel content marketing to support sales.

Content

What is the role and importance of sales in the marketing of services?
How does the sales process of a company proceed from prospecting to the maintenance of the customer relationship?
How does selling to consumers, companies and other organizations differ from each other?
How to support selling with content marketing?
What are the basics of content marketing and how to manage content?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You can use the terminology of commercialization.
You are able to experiment and apply the methods of commercialization.
You understand how to launch a profitable business into the markets.
You understand the principles of profitable business operations.

Content

How to collect and analyze knowledge of the markets?
How to collect and analyze potential customers?
What does branding mean?
How to create a profitable business?

Materials

Is presented in learning environment.

Teaching methods

Idependent online studies during course implementation.

Employer connections

A commercialization and pricing plan will be written to your own (or imagenary) company,

Student workload

133 h

Content scheduling

Analyzing business environment and planning of marketing - Marjaana Roponen
Profitable business - Anna-Liisa Immonen

Further information

There will be Teams meetings during the course.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Reports and an exam.

Objective

You understand the role and significance of different parties in promoting the wellbeing of a customer.
You know what wellbeing business is and recognize networks of actors in the field.
You understand what co-development is and how value is created in networks.
You recognize and analyze the business opportunities in the operational environment.
You can plan and develop business in an interactive, user-driven and co-operative manner.
You can take into account the opportunities provided by digitalization in the development work.
You know the ethical principles and starting points in wellbeing entrepreneurship and acting in networks.

Content

What is wellbeing business and entrepreneurship?
What are the networks of actors in the wellbeing field?
How are the different factors and actors in the operational field taken into account in the planning and development of wellbeing business?
How cab networks be utilized in co-development and adding value?
How is business analyzed and developed with different business models?
What is user-driven planning?
How can digitalization be utilized in service development?

Materials

Management and workplace skills

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You can measure and assess the wellbeing and the associated changes in different customer groups.
You are familiar with the different models used in the production of welfare services.
You understand the central strategies which direct the production of services.
You can measure different aspects of wellbeing with subjective and objective methods.
You know the basics of quality management and the significance of high-quality work in the wellbeing services.

Content

How to measure different aspects of wellbeing with subjective and objective methods (Active Life Lab)?
What models are used in the production of welfare services?
What are the changes in the service structure in the field of wellbeing services production?
What are the basics of quality management and the significance of high-quality work in wellbeing services?
What is the effectiveness of the development of wellbeing services?
What main factors affect the activities and regulation of health care/welfare services?

Materials

The material will be avalable in week 2.

Teaching methods

When you register for this course, you participate studying and guidance according to the schedule. Your studies are organized according to the ALL-days, online teaching and independent learning tasks.


If the student has a background in Wellbeing measurements through work or other experience, please contact: lauri.kolomainen@xamk.fi

Employer connections

The course in co-operation with the Active Life Lab staff, in a working environment.

Student workload

10 credits (270h) Online lectures 21h, Active Life Lab-days 25h

Further information

Active Life Lab-contact days at Saimaa Stadiumi!

Adress: Raviradantie 22, Mikkeli

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Numeral (0-5). Participation in Saimaa Stadiumi- contact days is mandatory

Objective

You can use the terminology of commercialization.
You are able to experiment and apply the methods of commercialization.
You understand how to launch a profitable business into the markets.
You understand the principles of profitable business operations.

Content

How to collect and analyze knowledge of the markets?
How to collect and analyze potential customers?
What does branding mean?
How to create a profitable business?

Materials

Is presented in learning environment.

Teaching methods

Idependent online studies during course implementation.

Employer connections

A commercialization and pricing plan will be written to your own (or imagenary) company,

Student workload

133 h

Content scheduling

Analyzing business environment and planning of marketing - Marjaana Roponen
Profitable business - Anna-Liisa Immonen

Further information

There will be Teams meetings during the course.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Reports and an exam.

Objective

You understand the role and significance of different parties in promoting the wellbeing of a customer.
You know what wellbeing business is and recognize networks of actors in the field.
You understand what co-development is and how value is created in networks.
You recognize and analyze the business opportunities in the operational environment.
You can plan and develop business in an interactive, user-driven and co-operative manner.
You can take into account the opportunities provided by digitalization in the development work.
You know the ethical principles and starting points in wellbeing entrepreneurship and acting in networks.

Content

What is wellbeing business and entrepreneurship?
What are the networks of actors in the wellbeing field?
How are the different factors and actors in the operational field taken into account in the planning and development of wellbeing business?
How cab networks be utilized in co-development and adding value?
How is business analyzed and developed with different business models?
What is user-driven planning?
How can digitalization be utilized in service development?

Materials

Management and workplace skills

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You can measure and assess the wellbeing and the associated changes in different customer groups.
You are familiar with the different models used in the production of welfare services.
You understand the central strategies which direct the production of services.
You can measure different aspects of wellbeing with subjective and objective methods.
You know the basics of quality management and the significance of high-quality work in the wellbeing services.

Content

How to measure different aspects of wellbeing with subjective and objective methods (Active Life Lab)?
What models are used in the production of welfare services?
What are the changes in the service structure in the field of wellbeing services production?
What are the basics of quality management and the significance of high-quality work in wellbeing services?
What is the effectiveness of the development of wellbeing services?
What main factors affect the activities and regulation of health care/welfare services?

Materials

The material will be avalable in week 2.

Teaching methods

When you register for this course, you participate studying and guidance according to the schedule. Your studies are organized according to the ALL-days, online teaching and independent learning tasks.


If the student has a background in Wellbeing measurements through work or other experience, please contact: lauri.kolomainen@xamk.fi

Employer connections

The course in co-operation with the Active Life Lab staff, in a working environment.

Student workload

10 credits (270h) Online lectures 21h, Active Life Lab-days 25h

Further information

Active Life Lab-contact days at Saimaa Stadiumi!

Adress: Raviradantie 22, Mikkeli

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Numeral (0-5). Participation in contact days is mandatory

Objective

You understand the basic concepts of data and big data, artificial intelligence, robotics and IoT.
You understand the significance of security, privacy and ethics in data processing.

Content

What are the basic concepts of data and big data, artificial intelligence, robotics and IoT?
What is the importance of security, privacy and ethics in data processing?

Materials

Will be presented in learning environment.

Teaching methods

Online studies during course implementation. Previous higher education studies may replace the course and can be discussed at the beginning of the course implementation.

Employer connections

-

Student workload

135 h

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Students can
-use professional vocabulary systematically
-look for information in the key information sources of the field
-identify interrelated tasks

Assessment criteria equals to grade 3.

Objective

You can describe the meaning of health promotion.
You can name examples of health promotion.
You can recognize the main health problems and threats to wellbeing.
You know the main content of prevention of the health problems and self-care.

Content

What does health promotion mean?
How is health promoted?
What are the main health problems?
What does healthy nutrition include?
What are the physical activity recommendations?
What factors promote brain health?
How can coping with daily life be supported?

Materials

Lifestyle change and how to support it

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You understand why and in what type of situations wellbeing data is collected.
You are able to identify various wellbeing measuring methods.
You can assess the suitability of different methods for different purposes and target groups.

Content

What is wellbeing data?
How has the collection of wellbeing data changed and what are the future perspectives (self- monitoring, MyData principle)?
What different methods can be used for measuring (measuring behavior vs. measuring results)?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of different methods in various purposes?

Materials

1. Online Lecture-material
2. Collection of articles, will be available in week 2.

Teaching methods

When you register for this course, you participate in the teaching and guidance according to the work schedule. Your studies are rhythmic according to the Online lectures and the learning tasks.

Possible other methods of execution: contact via email lauri.kolomainen@xamk.fi

Employer connections

Examples of different commercial measurement arrangements are used.
The course development task is focused on customer based service.

Student workload

5 credits (135h)

Further information

We go through the practical arrangements on the first online-meeting

More info: lauri.kolomainen@xamk.fi

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Numeral (0-5)

Objective

You are able to process and analyse collected data.
You are able to interpret data.
You understand the value of data and big data.

Content

How to process and analyse data with Excel?
How to make interpretations based on collected data?
What is the value of data and big data?

Materials

Will be presented in learning environment.

Teaching methods

Online studies during course implementation. Previous higher education studies may replace the course and can be discussed at the beginning of the course implementation.

Employer connections

-

Student workload

135 h

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Exercises returned in learning environment.

Objective

You have the basic knowledge of introductory-level statistics.
You are able to apply statistical analysis skills especially in decision-making and when describing different phenomena in business.
You are able to collect and analyze quantitative data in the context of your own R&D projects.
You are able to use statistical software tools in order to perform a statistical analysis.

Content

What are the basic concepts of statistics?
How is statistical data collected?
How to analyse and describe data by using a statistical software package?
How to define and calculate statistical measures?
What are statistical relationships between variables, and how to analyse and describe them?
What are the basics of statistical decision theory?
How is the statistical significance of results assessed by using tests and statistical decisions?

Materials

Material in Learn-realization.

Teaching methods

Lessons, videos, excercises, courseassignment.

Employer connections

Via thesis.

Exam schedules

Course assignment (no exam).

Student workload

5 credits = amount of a student's work is about 130 hours.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You understand how an individual’s wellbeing is measured and assessed.
You know how to measure an individual’s wellbeing with different methods.
You are able to develop the current and new services in an interactive and user-driven way and take into account the possibilities of digitalization of services.
You are able to utilize the methods of service design and productization.
You are able to choose and apply interactive development methods and models in practice.
You are able to work as a development team member.
You can utilize different marketing methods to introduce a service to market.

Content

How to measure and evaluate an individual’s wellbeing?
How to measure different aspects of wellbeing with subjective and objective methods?
What are the basics of laboratory-based wellbeing measurement methods in Active Life Lab?
How is the service assortment evaluated, renewed and developed in the digital operational and competitive environment?
How are services developed in a user-driven and interactive way?
How can gamification promote users’ motivation, involvement and participation?
What are the basic concepts, goals and methods of service design?
What are the methods of service productization?
How are service products branded and launched into the market?

Materials

1. books, articles and other material that is available from Xamk's library either in print or as e-material.

2. study materials that are available directly through Learn.

Teaching methods

Online studies and contact teaching at Xamk in Mikkeli. Different arrangements are agreed separately with the teachers

Employer connections

Case examples, co-operation with the Active Life Lab unit.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You can recognize the phases of a lifestyle change
You can recognize the factors affecting a lifestyle change
You understand how a lifestyle change can be supported
You can describe the principles of a motivational interview
You can give feedback motivationally

Content

What are the phases of a lifestyle change?
What are the factors to motivate to lifestyle change?
How can the strengths be recognized?
What kind of challenges can be encountered in lifestyle change?
What does resilience mean?
What are the lifetraps and why these are important to recognize in the lifestyle changes?
How to support a lifestyle change?
What is motivational interviewing?
How do you give feedback motivationally?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You know different processes in event production and the financial management of an event.
You know the technical, content and production related parts of event planning and production.
You know how to manuscript and dramatize events using elements of experience and wellbeing.
You know the contract and copyright processes of event production.
You are able to analyze and reflect personal and team effort in the event production process.

Content

How to use elements of experience and wellbeing as a part of an event and service?
How to plan, execute, deliver and evaluate an event and service?
How to use marketing communication elements in the production and delivery of an event and service?
How to work with permit processes, contracts and copyright issues?

Materials

1. books, articles and other material that is available from Xamk's library either in print or as e-material.

2. study materials that are available directly through Learn-platform

Teaching methods

Course will be completed independently online, which includes various learning tasks and Teams lectures. Other option agreed upon with the teacher at the beginning of the study period

Employer connections

Cases:
- Saimaa Cycle-tour
- Ruka Freestyle World Cup

Student workload

5 credits, (total 135h)

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You understand the content of customer-orientation.
You can describe the customer’s rights and responsibilities in the field of wellbeing.
You can use a customer-oriented way of counseling.

Content

What does customer-orientation mean?
How can you use customer-orientation in interaction?
What are the customer’s rights in the field of wellbeing?
What responsibilities does the customer have in the field of wellbeing?

Materials

Is presented in learning environment.

Teaching methods

Online studies during course implementation. Previous higher education studies may replace the course and can be discussed at the beginning of the course implementation.

Employer connections

-

Exam schedules

Is presented in learning environment.

Student workload

135 h

Content scheduling

Division into themes according to the content.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Assessment relies on a specific assessment matrix.

Objective

You are able to analyze the international business environment.
You are able to recognize global business opportunities and prerequisites and analyze market areas.
You are familiar with strategies of international operations.
You are able to compare different operation models and select the most appropriate model for the company.

Content

What are the most important features in the international business environment?
What are the company’s opportunities and prerequisites related to international operations?
What are the strategies of international operations?
How to select the most appropriate operation model?

Materials

The learning materials include e-books, articles, video lectures, podcasts and other relevant materials serving the learning objectives of the international business course. You can access the materials in the Learn-course platform.

Teaching methods

On matters relating to the identification and recognition of competence, please contact the teacher in the beginning of the course. You can find additional information about assessment and recognition of competence on Xamk intranet and from your studies coordinator. (ova)

Employer connections

Cooperation with companies and organisations is carried out in the framework of practical learning assignments.

Exam schedules

There are automated online exams connected to the theory sections.

International connections

Information about international cooperation will be given closer to the starting date.

Student workload

The total amount of student work done, individually or in groups, is 135 hours.

Content scheduling

The main sections with materials and assignments are based on the learning objectives of this course. The studies are carried out by studying the different materials and applying the knowledge on practical learning assignments and exams.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

The assessment of learning at Xamk is based on the learning outcomes (knowledge-based competence, skills-based competence, teamwork skills/leadership skills/readiness to take responsibility) of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) as well as on the university's generic and programme-specific learning outcomes. On grade level three, the student can:
a. use professional vocabulary systematically.
b. look for information in the key information sources of the field.
c. identify interrelated tasks.
d. work together with customers, users and target groups.
e. use the key models, methods, software and techniques of the professional field.
f. work as team members in a goal-oriented way.
g. justify their actions according to the ethical principles of the professional field.

Objective

You can assess the role and potential of entrepreneurship in society.
You can demonstrate your familiarity with and explain the opportunities for entrepreneurship offered by digital society.
You can describe what the operations and processes of enterprises involve.
You can compare the forms of business ownership in different situations.
You can demonstrate your familiarity with the main stakeholder groups of enterprises.

Content

What is the role of businesses and entrepreneurship in society?
What opportunities does digital society offer for entrepreneurship?
What characteristics and knowledge is expected from an entrepreneur?
How does an enterprise operate and what are the operational processes of enterprises?
What aspects must be considered when deciding the form of businesses?
What are the key interest groups and the main stakeholder groups?
How is a business plan created?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You demonstrate that you are familiar with the basics of enterprise finances and financial accounting.
You know the basic principles of bookkeeping and the process from recording the basic business transactions to the reporting of financial statements.
You can analyze and interpret the financial statements and ratios of a small enterprise.
You are able to explain the basic principles of value added taxation and business taxation in different forms of business.

Content

What is the role of financial accounting in business operations?
How to apply the process of accounting cycle in a small enterprise?
How to analyze and interpret financial statements?
What are the basic principles of value added taxation and business taxation?
How to take into account the value added taxation in accounting cycle and reporting?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You can define and describe factors affecting the purchasing and consuming behaviour of different customer groups.
You can analyse customer buying behavior and define the principles for the segmentation and selection of target groups.
You can define and identify factors affecting customer experience as a whole.
You can search for and analyze information improving customer insight.
You can describe the aspects of customer-oriented marketing concepts, including its objectives and functions.
You are able to design a marketing mix, taking into consideration product lifecycle, marketing objectives and corporate responsibility.

Content

How do consumers, companies and organizations differ as customers?
What are the Russian operating models and corporate culture in your field of business?
What does customer experience consist of and how can you gain insight into it?
How are customer relationships built, maintained and developed?
What are the components of good customer service?
What are the objectives and role of customer-oriented marketing and relationship marketing in the operations of an organisation?
How does the digital economy and operational environment affect the planning of marketing?
How is customer buying behavior and segmentation taken into consideration when defining objectives and target groups?
What does a marketing mix consist of, and how can it be used to reach organisational goals?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You can recognize the main dimensions of wellbeing.
You know the main facts of human anatomy and physiology from the viewpoints of wellbeing and health promotion.

Content

What does wellbeing mean?
What factors affect wellbeing?
What are the main dimensions of wellbeing?
What are the main facts in anatomy relating to the human musculoskeletal system, circulatory system and respiratory system?
What kind of physiological changes relate to diabetes and metabolic disorder?
What does the quality of life mean?
What factors promote the quality of life?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You use professional RDI terminology consistently.
You can apply different RDI means and methods.
You can plan and implement a project related to producing wellbeing services.
You understand and can assess different financial instruments related to RDI.
You can describe, present and assess the project outcomes.
You can act in a result-oriented way as a project member and project coordinator.
You can produce project publications.

Content

What is RDI work like and how is RDI work implemented in practice?
What are the essential methods and tools related to RDI?
How is a RDI project plan created for a project related to producing wellbeing services?
What financial instruments are available for different types of projects (national, international, Russia projects)?
What are immaterial rights and how can an innovation be protected?
How can a project related to producing wellbeing services be implemented and how is it followed up?
How are RDI outcomes reported, presented and assessed?
How are RDI publications produced?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You understand the basic concepts and principles of data management and databases.
You are able to interpret and create data models.
You are able to visualize and compile data from different sources.

Content

How can data be managed?
What are the principles of databases?
How can data models be interpreted and compiled?
How can data from multiple sources be compiled and visualized with Power BI?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You can recognize the phases of a lifestyle change
You can recognize the factors affecting a lifestyle change
You understand how a lifestyle change can be supported
You can describe the principles of a motivational interview
You can give feedback motivationally

Content

What are the phases of a lifestyle change?
What are the factors to motivate to lifestyle change?
How can the strengths be recognized?
What kind of challenges can be encountered in lifestyle change?
What does resilience mean?
What are the lifetraps and why these are important to recognize in the lifestyle changes?
How to support a lifestyle change?
What is motivational interviewing?
How do you give feedback motivationally?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You understand how an individual’s wellbeing is measured and assessed.
You know how to measure an individual’s wellbeing with different methods.
You are able to develop the current and new services in an interactive and user-driven way and take into account the possibilities of digitalization of services.
You are able to utilize the methods of service design and productization.
You are able to choose and apply interactive development methods and models in practice.
You are able to work as a development team member.
You can utilize different marketing methods to introduce a service to market.

Content

How to measure and evaluate an individual’s wellbeing?
How to measure different aspects of wellbeing with subjective and objective methods?
What are the basics of laboratory-based wellbeing measurement methods in Active Life Lab?
How is the service assortment evaluated, renewed and developed in the digital operational and competitive environment?
How are services developed in a user-driven and interactive way?
How can gamification promote users’ motivation, involvement and participation?
What are the basic concepts, goals and methods of service design?
What are the methods of service productization?
How are service products branded and launched into the market?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

You understand the basic concepts and principles of data management and databases.
You are able to interpret and create data models.
You are able to visualize and compile data from different sources.

Content

How can data be managed?
What are the principles of databases?
How can data models be interpreted and compiled?
How can data from multiple sources be compiled and visualized with Power BI?

Materials

The study material used in the course is in its entirety in the Learn learning environment.
In addition, the study course uses software related to data management and visualization.

Teaching methods

A study course to be completed independently online, which includes various learning tasks and a few Teams lecture.

Employer connections

The course may have external lecturers and the exercises are related to working life.

Exam schedules

There is no exam in the course, but the evaluation is based on the exercises done during the course.

Further information

The aim of the study course is for the student to gain basic knowledge of information management and visualization and Business Intelligence.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

The evaluation of the course is based on the points of the exercises.
Further details are described on the study course's Learn environment.

Objective

You use professional RDI terminology consistently.
You can apply different RDI means and methods.
You can plan and implement a project related to producing wellbeing services.
You understand and can assess different financial instruments related to RDI.
You can describe, present and assess the project outcomes.
You can act in a result-oriented way as a project member and project coordinator.
You can produce project publications.

Content

What is RDI work like and how is RDI work implemented in practice?
What are the essential methods and tools related to RDI?
How is a RDI project plan created for a project related to producing wellbeing services?
What financial instruments are available for different types of projects (national, international, Russia projects)?
What are immaterial rights and how can an innovation be protected?
How can a project related to producing wellbeing services be implemented and how is it followed up?
How are RDI outcomes reported, presented and assessed?
How are RDI publications produced?

Materials

The learning materials, which are divided under eight topis, include relevant and interesting e-materials and teams-lectures.

Teaching methods

On matters relating to the identification and recognition of competence, please contact the teacher in the beginning of the course. You can find additional information about assessment and recognition of competence on Xamk intranet and from your studies coordinator. (ova)

Employer connections

Several rdi-experts joint the course in teams, sharing their expertise and tips on sections's special topic.

Exam schedules

To be assessed is one larger written assignment, covering and applying the knowledge gained. There is no exam.

International connections

Potential international teams-visitors from partner universities will be invited to workshops in teams. More info about this is provided closer the starting date.

Student workload

The total amount of student work is 135 hours. (covering studying the materials, attending the workshops and lectures online, as well as writing the assignment)

Content scheduling

The course is divided into eight main sections. Each section provides relevant knowledge about project management and rdi-topics. This theory is applied when writing the assessed research and development project plan.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

The assessment of learning at Xamk is based on the learning outcomes (knowledge-based competence, skills-based competence, teamwork skills/leadership skills/readiness to take responsibility) of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) as well as on the university's generic and programme-specific learning outcomes. On grade level three, the student can:
a. use professional vocabulary systematically.
b. look for information in the key information sources of the field.
c. identify interrelated tasks.
d. work together with customers, users and target groups.
e. use the key models, methods, software and techniques of the professional field.
f. work as team members in a goal-oriented way.
g. justify their actions according to the ethical principles of the professional field.