Operational environment for wellbeing services (5 cr)

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

Students can
a. use professional vocabulary systematically.
b. look for information in the key information sources of the field.
c. identify interrelated tasks.
f. work as team members in a goal-oriented way.

Course material

The Business Environment: A Global Perspective, 8th Edition (2019)

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Students can
a. use professional vocabulary systematically.
b. look for information in the key information sources of the field.
c. identify interrelated tasks.
f. work as team members in a goal-oriented way.

Assessment criteria equals to grade 3.