Hanken Offers Intensive Course on Finnish Business Culture to Asylum Seekers

The aim of the course is to provide non-Finnish citizens a general overview of factors influencing business operations in Finland (history, political, legal and economic systems, culture). The focus of the course is on business legislation, Finnish consumer behavior, marketing to Finns, Finnish negotiation style and management styles, and hands-on guidelines how to establish a company in Finland.

- At this point, we are reaching out to asylum seekers who hold a high school diploma and have sufficient English skills. We see that both asylum seekers and exchange students at Hanken can greatly benefit from this course, as it will cover the most central areas of doing business in Finland and with Finns, says Dr Pia Polsa, the examiner for the course.

The themes of the course will be approached through various methods including seminars, cases, team work in form of term papers, and class discussions. 

- We will get together for two days 28-29 April at Hanken in Helsinki and after that the students will work on individual or group projects, says Polsa.

A maximum of 40 students will be admitted to the course. 20 places are reserved for asylum seekers and the remaining 20 for exchange students at Hanken.

Apply for the course:

• Write a Letter-of-Motivation in English that includes:
  • Your name, date of birth, current nationality, and your passport number
  • Your previous education; the degree, date graduation, and institution
  • Motivation to attend the course; explain briefly a) why it is important for you to take the course and b) what is your expectations of the course (topics you would like to be covered)
• Send the application to pia.polsa@hanken.fi

Application deadline 15 April 2016.

Please contact Pia Polsa if you have any questions regarding the course.

More information at course's homepage