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TKJ01MK24DIAK Business development (5 cr)

Code: TKJ0105Y20H-3002

General information


Enrollment

11.10.2023 - 29.10.2023

Timing

18.01.2024 - 24.03.2024

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

4 op

Mode of delivery

20 % Contact teaching, 80 % Distance learning

Unit

MasterSchool

Campus

Diak joint implementation

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Master’s Degree in Development of Interpreting Practices

Teachers

  • Eeva Kiuru
  • Lena Segler-Heikkilä
  • Matleena Messo

Groups

  • Y-S23ttk
  • 19.01.2024 14:15 - 17:30, TKJ01 / Luento
  • 08.02.2024 14:15 - 15:45, TKJ01 / Luento
  • 29.02.2024 14:15 - 17:30, TKJ01 / Luento
  • 22.03.2024 14:15 - 17:30, TKJ01 / Luento

Objective

Students will be able to
• recognise the role of strategy, analyse the impacts of changes in the world of work on strategy, and develop strategies relevant to interpreting
• recognise the characteristics of business operation in the interpreting industry and how they influence business development
• identify key concepts and functions of business planning and financial management
• describe how services are developed and productised, assess the profitability of services, and identify key factors relating to the productisation process and the quality of services
• identify a range of working models and apply them in their personal practice and business operation

Content

• strategy development and processes
• the characteristics and profile of interpreting business; business development, data security
• entrepreneurship: the basics of business success, financial management, management and employee skills
• the service productisation process, service quality assessment
• contracting and tendering in a changing environment

Evaluation scale

0-5