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Age Friendly Business (5 cr)

Code: C-02469-YY10001-3010

General information


Enrollment
01.10.2024 - 06.04.2025
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
03.02.2025 - 16.05.2025
Implementation is running.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 cr
Institution
Karelia University of Applied Sciences, Tikkarinne-kampus Tikkarinne 9 (TIK)
Teaching languages
Finnish
Seats
0 - 20
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Evaluation scale

Approved/Rejected

Objective

After completing the course: - You will know the criteria of an age-friendly company. - You will be able to applies the criteria of an age.friendly company in developing their own business or workplace. - You will recognizes the needs of older customers as the basis of the development of the company. - You will understands the importance of customer experience for developing the age-friendliness of their own company or workplace - You will understand the string points of service desing.

Content

Age-friendly business expertise is the key to success! It improves customer satisfaction and loyalty, and sets your company apart from competitors. Additionally, an age-friendly company demonstrates social responsibility and shows that the company cares about the well-being of the community and leverages the purchasing power of older customers. So, learn the basics of an age-friendly business, choose age-friendliness, and promote the success of your company! During the course, you will familiarize yourself with elderly people as a customer group and age-friendliness. You will also delve into the criteria for an age-friendly company and consider the importance of customer experience in developing your company or workplace. In the final assignment of the course, you will focus on developing an age-friendly company The topics of the course are - Age friendliness - Criteria for an age friendly company - Applying the criteria of an age.friendly company to age-friendly development of your own business or workplace - The importance of customer experience for the development of service design - You will specifies an process on the development of your own business or workplace using the criteria of an age-friendly company

Location and time

Verkko-opinnot oman aikataulun mukaisesti 3.2-16.5.2023 välillä. Opintojakson tehtävät arvioidaan seuraavasti: - 22.3.25 mennessä palautetut tehtävät arvioidaan ajalla 24.3.25 - 27.4.25 - 22.4. 25 mennessä palautetut tehtävät arvioidaan ajalla 23.4.25 - 19.5.25 - 16.5.25 mennessä palautetut tehtävät arvioidaan opintojakson päätyttyä - 9.6.25 mennessä

Teaching methods

Opintojaksolla tutustutaan ikääntyvien asiakkaiden tarpeisiin, ikäystävällisyyteen, ikäystävällisen yrityksen kriteerit ja sovelletaan näitä oman / yrityksen työpaikan kehittämiseen. Opintojaksolla opiskelija määrittelee ja työstää oman yrityksen/ työpaikan tai valitsemansa yrityksen kehittymiskohteita ikäyställisyyteen asiakaskokemuksen kautta. Opintojakson toteutuu itsenäisinä verkko-opintoina, joita voi suorittaa oman aikataulun mukaisesti 3.2.2025-16.5.2025 välillä

Student workload

Opintojakso on 5op = 135h (1op=27h). Materiaaliin tutustuminen= 95h Itsearviointi= 4h Oppimistehtävät= 36h

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