Liiketoiminta / Business and Hospitality Management

Creating business plan. Sustainability in tourism and hospitality industry, innovations and innovative business concepts.

Preliminary content: Supply Chain and value to the business Basics on warehousing and transportation Basics of procurement

Accounting obligation Double entry bookkeeping Treatment of stock and fixed assets Financial statements Financial ratios Principles of value-added tax

Course content: introduction to management accounting, cost concepts, cost-volume-profit analysis, cost-based pricing and budgeting.

Students understands the basic legal structure of international business. Student is also able to apply fundamental principles of international business. Student is familiar with the legal terminology and is able to communicate with legal experts as well as to seek information on legal aspects in international business. Student will also familiar with the core concepts of international business law and how the business opportunities will be contracted. Course topic areas: Legal framework of international business European Union and it's legal framework International NGO organizations (WTO; ICC, UN and regional trade blocks) organizations International contract law with special emphasis in the contractual aspects in corporations International dispute settlement Special legal problems in foreign business transactions Case law examples

Major topics: - the basic concepts of micro- and macroeconomics - employment, unemployment and labour market - macroeconomic problems and economic policy - foreign exchange market

The course will include most or all of the topics listed below in some form. Topics: - personal branding and self-promotion - job interviews - CV/LinkedIn - job hunting/networking - social media marketing - introduction to meetings - presentations (live and online)

The course will include most or all of the topics listed below in some form. Topics: - personal branding and self-promotion - job interviews - CV/LinkedIn - job hunting/networking - social media marketing - introduction to meetings - presentations (live and online)

Presentations, panel discussions, speeches, sales/elevator pitches, job application processes, including reflecting on and promoting one's own knowledge and skills, networking.

Presentations, panel discussions, speeches, sales/elevator pitches, job application processes, including reflecting on and promoting one's own knowledge and skills, networking.

The course will include most or all of the topics listed below in some form. Topics: - personal branding and self-promotion - job interviews - CV/LinkedIn - job hunting/networking - social media marketing - introduction to meetings - presentations (live and online)

The course will include most or all of the topics listed below in some form. Topics: - personal branding and self-promotion - job interviews - CV/LinkedIn - job hunting/networking - social media marketing - introduction to meetings - presentations (live and online)

Research path: research process and basic concepts. Features of qualitative research. Nature of qualitative research method and its 'sub-methods', e.g. grounded theory, discourse analysis, and case-study. Collecting the empirical data. How to analyse the empirical data. Content of the research report. Features of quantitative research. Basic statistical concepts. Sampling. Measurement. Descriptive analysis: transformations, tables, graphs. Numerical descriptive measures: measures of central tendency, variation and shape. Statistical relationships: linear correlation, cross tabs and chi-square test.

Course objective: Students are able to produce effective business documents using appropriate genres and styles. They can use standard business document templates and apply the terminology used in most common business documents. Course contents: 1. Formal language for writing business documents (specific to this course) 2. Common business transaction documents (e.g, inquiry letter, reply letter, quotation letter, etc.) 3. Information regarding delivery and payments in business transactions 4. Other business letters

- appropriate genres and styles in business communication - terminology of sales and purchases, typical phrases - import and export document models and their use - internal and external business communication including newsletters and press releases