This post is my answers for tasks given by VOC2: Entrepreneurship.
1.
Write
a business plan for your own making. It should be from your own industry of
interest and include the following headings followed by 2-3- explanatory
sentences:
a)
What
is the product/Service?
·
My
business plan is bases on 2040 foresight report provided by the millennium project,
timeline for the business plan is about 2030-2040. Some of assumptions for business
environment at that time are:
· Vocational Education
and Training’s curriculum is modularized and allowed to obtain credits from online
courses anywhere in the world.
· VET institutions
should offer Individualized Lesson Plan (ILP) to all the students.
· Mass Open Online Courses
(MOOCs) offered by global institutions are available for everyone in the world
and its certificates and credits are recognized by VET.
· Work-based learning
opportunities are available from not only community based business but also
online-based companies including overseas companies, and their requirements for
employment are clearly defined and shared with VET institutions.
· Student educational
records are stored in the national VET system, some of key data e.g. preferred learning
styles, learning goals, future plan, achievement record and etc.
·
My
service is called as VET Curriculum Planner (VCP). Major VCP services will be:
· Providing tailored curriculum
and lesson plan to educators on planning the teaching and consulting program so
that the resulting programs are in tune with business needs.
· Providing tailored
learning plan to VET students so that the learning paths are clear, considered their
multiple intelligences, their object oriented, linked to job market needs,
utilizing the best courses available from the MOOCs.
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b)
What
is unique about your product/service? Why are you uniquely qualified to
succeed?
The VCP services will be produced in the connection with the
national curriculum, VET institution and MOOCs and business information system
so that Information produced by the system will be a formula of all the requirements
expected by all the parties involved in VET education. It will guarantee the
high quality of VET education, individualized flexibility, globalized
education, and cost efficient solution.
c)
What
weakness are possible?
Legal boundary to connect and access the all the parties
system information. Quality of the VCP service is highly dependent on reliability
of the all the parties system information and how to protect individual
information leak.
d)
What’s
the advantage of the customer in buying your product/service?
·
For
VET educators, they will get all the planning information and which are
tailored for school level of needs. It will reduce their workload for planning
lessons and offering worldwide globalized curriculum to their students.
·
For
VET students, they will get individualized curriculum plan, which will motivate
them to learn in the internationalized context. Their learning is not limited
in the local school, expended to global level. And their learning will be well
aligned with business job market needs so that it guarantees their smooth transition
from VET to employment.
·
For
business, reduce education cost for new employees and their competence fits well
for their job requirements.
e)
Who
are your target customer?
The service needs to be developed in the national level
to connect all the VET parties, so the target customer will be the National
Board of Education, which can provide such a responsible services to the all VET
institutions.
f)
How
will you find your customers, how will you market your company?
It will be a joint project to be offered to the National
Board of Education.
Key benefits of the VCP as for marketing will be:
·
Enhancing
cooperation between VET institutions, MOOCs, work and enterprises on all
levels.
·
Strengthening
of student learning outcomes, which are globalized and localized as well.
·
New
type of on-the-job experiences, working life and interactive skills from part
of curricula.
·
Nationwide
cost saving for VET education.
·
ICT’s
potential is exploited.
g)
What
do you need? (People, money, expertise, a retail outlet…)
·
Government
funding
· A laboratory and a virtual office
· A laboratory and a virtual office
·
Employees
e.g. engineers to develop the VCP system, consultants and architect
·
Computer
software, hardware, network and licenses
References
·
Foresight
2030: http://tulevaisuus.2030.fi/en/working-life-in-the-future/the-best-educational-system-in-the-world/
·
CTE
and Work-Based Learning: http://www.ericdigests.org/2005-1/wbl.htm
·
Individualized
Learning Plans How-to Guide – Section I, Career Planning & Management,
Work-based Learning: http://www.ncwd-youth.info/ilp/how-to-guide/section-1/career-planning-and-management/work-based-learning
- Park, Y. Glenn, J. Gorden, T. and Florescu, E. 2013. State of the Future. Kyobo
2. What part of this Prezi did you find useful for yourself and what not so useful? Why?
Useful:
·
Learning
content is well defined and organized using Prezi tool.
·
The
content about entrepreneurship covers very well the learning outcome, and can
be easily understood.
Not
Useful:
·
References
in Finnish may be seen as not useful for foreign students.
·
Prezi
tool is little bit annoying to see small letters in some of slides, unnecessary
zoom in and out needed.
·
The
You Tube video does not tell explicitly what differences between external and
internal entrepreneurship are.
3.
There’s
an Enter-office in Pori which helps people starting up a business – can you
find a similar local organization near you which gives entrepreneurship help?
In
Helsinki, I have participated in an entrepreneur course provided by
EnterpriseHelsinki. The course was in for immigrants conducted in English.
Finnish courses are offered also for Finns. It was covered very well all the issues
related to start-up business in Finland.
Here is a
brief about EnterpriseHelsinki and link for more information:
EnterpriseHelsinki supports entrepreneurship
EnterpriseHelsinki is a service centre for
entrepreneurs in business, or who hope to enter business. The centre provides
support, all the way from developing a business idea to finding the right
contacts. EnterpriseHelsinki is a unit of the City of Helsinki's Economic
Development service, which also includes Helsingin Uusyrityskeskus ry.
In particular, EnterpriseHelsinki
supports start-up businesses. The centre arranges free-of-charge information
sessions, briefing participants on the core issues involved in starting a
business.
Form
this link you can create your own business plan with a professional look using a
computer tool: https://www.liiketoimintasuunnitelma.com/index.php
