Participatory development methodsLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You can justify participatory methods in developing work practices and in producing new knowledge.
You can apply participatory development methods. You can manage and evaluate participatory development processes.

Content

What is participatory development and how do you justify employees´ engagement?
What kind of participatory development methods are available to develop work practices?
What kind of approaches are action research, development research and service design?
How do you apply those approaches to your own field, practice, and your Master's Thesis?
How do you plan, implement and evaluate the steps of participatory development process and justify your pocedures?

Accomplishment methods

a. you can find, study, produce and evaluate critically multidisciplinary data in your field of expertise.
b. you can solve demanding problems in research, development and innovation.
e. you can evaluate different strategic approaches and justify their use in terms of management and development.