Mission driven sustainable business - co-operative

Knowledge-based:
The student will know the basics of a mission-based, customer-run business, the background of the cooperative movement and the purpose of cooperative businesses. The student will know about cooperative responsibility in its various dimensions and how it impacts business operations. The student will recognise a cooperative mission and its values, and how these connect with cooperative responsibility. The student will understand how the character of a cooperative enterprise is dualistic and what significance this has from a practical leadership perspective. The student will also acquire the general outlines of the special features and competitive advantages of cooperatives. The student will recognise questions specific to the management and administration of cooperatives. The student will understand the economic opportunities of cooperatives for platformisation.

Skills-based:
The student will be able to illustrate cooperative responsibility as well as the special features, competitive advantages and operating principles of cooperatives. The student will be able to describe the main features characteristic of cooperative management and administration. The student will acquire the requisite skills for applying what was learned in the course to practical work life.

Teaching Language: Finnish

Teaching Period: 2024-2025 Spring IV
2025-2026 Spring IV