Our way of working in BusinessAcademy

Our way of working in Business Academy Excellence in Business Development and Entrepreneurship

”We create excellece & exceptional learning environment, where you can research excellent business, entrepreunerial and teamwork capabilities by actually doing business in a co-operative. We do research and development with companies. We develop with passion to innovation.”

All future professionals in all fields need entrepreneurial mindset and innovation competences.

Entrepreneurship goes hand-in-hand with innovation – the ability to produce new ideas and to provide better solutions. A fruitful environment for innovation consists of individuals with different backgrounds working together on the same problems. This BusinessAcademy programme gives a great opportunity for the students to work together in order to learn about modern team entrepreneurship but at the same time to focus on their own field of specialization.

Business Academy Model – We exist to create world class business people BisnesAcademy is an exceptional learning environment, where students can reach entrepreneurial and teamwork capabilities by actually doing business in a co-operative. We do research and development with visionary companies. We develop passion to innovation. In Business Academy everyone can create his/her own future Business, reach excellent hands-on Business skills and Business networking connections.

Learning program: Synergy between Practice and Theory Academic studies in Business Academy model are based on active learning process as individual and as part of a team. The elements of the learning process are intertwined, i.e. both theory and tools are learned by activating methods in training sessions and reading circles. The theories are put in immediate action in each co-operative’s business. The reflections of business, continuous feedback and development enhance deeper learning and bring up new needs for further theoretical learning. Positive cycle and the flow-feeling of doing business yield more knowledge, skills and competences. In Business Academy model learning is both theoretical and practical.

Business Academy Model

7) Coach

1) Training Sessions

2) Reading Circles

5) Customers 6) Networking

8) Team

4) Project work

3) Learning Agreement

9) Feedback, Evaluation

Jaana Kallio-Gerlander, Head of education and research

”All future professionals in all fields need entrepreneurial mindset and innovation competences.”

Brief descripion of the different elements and philosophy 1. Training Sessions: Each team has training sessions twice a week. The contents and topics come from the

team’s own business and learning goals. Training sessions are students’ active learning by innovative methods.

The planning, preparing and implementation are students’ responsibility.

The coach supports and enhances the learning in the training sessions, in which knowledge is shared, built and deepened. The requirement level in training sessions grows as the learning progresses.

2. Reading Circles: Every students prepares for the Reading Circle by choosing the topic area as well as a book that boosts both the business and the learning. The book should be read and the relevant tasks should be done before the Reading Circle in which the lessons learnt are discussed and shared. The personal reflections are elaborated further and a common product that summarizes and supports the learning is made.

3. Learning Agreement: The Learning Agreement crystalizes student’s prior experience, current state, goals and ways to measure them. The students tries to actively reach the set goals and develops him/herself towards the chosen career.

4. Project Work/Running Business: The student team sets up a co-operative company and develop the business according to their own plans. Knowledge and skills are put to direct and immediate action.

Continuous feedback helps the students to learn and develop further.

5. Markets/Customers: Student-teams operate in open business markets. Genuine customer contacts and cooperations with companies make it possible to apply the theories in action.

6. Networking: Students have excellent opportunities to build relationships and networks with business decision-makers, stakeholders and partners during their BusinessAcademy studies.

KOKO KOULUTUSTARJONTAMME OSOITTEESSA: www.turkuamk.fi/taykkari 7. Coach: The students are supported in finding their best way of learning by their team coach. The basic role of the team coach is to support the team and its individual members to learn and develop themselves, so eventually everyone can find his/her own way. Hence the concept: guided self-organized learning. The team coach has the most important role in the educational program.

8. Team: The team is the most important learning unit. Team-learning gives possibilities to become a versatile business expert. The team starts a company creates its own business and is responsible for theoretical learning process. The coach supports and challenges the team which co-works with other teams.

9. Feedback, Evaluation and Continuous Development: Continuous feedback is part of BusinessAcademy best practices. Each project and learning situation is analyzed by using a four-square model. Based on the feedback and assessment learning is summarized and adjusting actions points and /or development ideas are agreed.

”We exist to create world class Business People”

Adademic Skills and knowledge students learn: • Business Development and Entrepreneurship • Team Working • Leadership and Management • Project Management • Innovation and Product Development • Accounting and Financial planning • Marketing, selling and Branding • Communication • Future IT-Systems • Digital Business Basics You will get the Business Academy Certificate with your main contributions. rakennuttamisprosesseihin Business Academy Facts and Figure in the Nutshel • 13 years experience • 16 certified Coaches • 32 teams graduated -> 500 business professionals • 89% after graduation in business life and/or acting as an entrepreneur • over 90% of the alumni would recommend the Business Academy

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Samuli Ranta, projektipäällikkö samuli.ranta@turkuamk.fi, p. 040 355 0833

Contact information: • Marita Nummi-Wikström, Business Coach tel. +358 40 3550171, marita.nummi-wikstrom@turkuamk.fi • Jarmo Ahonen, Research Group Leader tel. +358 40 3550325, jarmo.ahonen@turkuamk.fi • Jaana Kallio-Gerlander, Head of Education and Research tel +358 44 9074981, jaana.kallio-gerlander@turkuamk.fi Turku university of applied sciences, Business Academy, Lemminkäisenkatu 30, FI-20520 Turku, FINLAND, www.bisnesakatemia.turkuamk.fi/en/

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