Study Guide

Objective

You are able to apply leadership concepts to one's own leadership development and empower personnel
You are able to analyze and evaluate leadership development needs in an organization
You can develop the organizational culture and wellbeing in an organization

Content

What are the key elements of self-leadership and how to apply those to one´s own leadership development?
How to analyze leadership behavior and improve leadership competencies?
What is organizational culture and how to develop it to improve well-being at work?

Opiskelumateriaali

The course page in Learn will include a number of course presentations as well as PDF or online articles and book extracts. In addition, it is recommended to get familiar with one or several below-mentioned publications.
Goleman, D. Leadership: The Power of Emotional intelligence.
Yukl: Leadership in organizations.
Day & Antonakis: The nature of leadership
Schein: Organizational culture and leadership (4th ed.)
House et al.: Culture, Leadership, and Organizations: The GLOBE Study of 62 Societies

Please note that this course will include a number of tasks related to students' current or previous work and work-related assignments. So, the course material is important but it is also necessary to conduct a work-related analysis in several course assignments.

Yksilölliset oppimisväylät

The course will include both individual and group tasks. The extent of group and individual assignments is spread evenly. Students are expected to work jointly on the group assignments. It is not possible to finish this course earlier than the set schedule, as each topic and task will have its own schedule. It is also impossible to finish this course by only fulfilling course assignment individually - i.e. without participation in a group work. By only completing all course tasks, a student can complete the course.

TKI ja työelämäyhteistyö

Students will fulfill certain RDI tasks aimed at developing their (or selected) organizations. RDI examples and cases will be studied.

Tentit ja muut määräajat

The course does not contain any exams, but it will include a number of scheduled tasks. In other words, it means that all course tasks are to be fulfilled by a certain deadline. Tasks returned after the deadline can be downgraded or not accepted.
The deadlines of each assignment and studied topic will be indicated in the beginning of the course in the course's Learn page.

Kansainvälinen yhteistyö

The course is based on the international leadership framework, related material and RDI examples.

Opiskelijan työmäärä

The course is 5 ECTS and it is to be completed in English. 1 ECTS means approximately 27 hours of student work related to studying the course material, fulfilling the course assignments and acting as a group member.

Toteutuksen osien kuvaus

The course content and all related information will be published in Learn once the course starts.

Three online meetings will be organized during the course: on 15.03.2024 at 14.30-16.00; on 12.04.2024 at 14.30-16.00; and on 18.04.2024 at 14.30-16.00. We will have group interactive discussions as well as you will be helped with the course tasks and study projects in the online feedback & comment mode. Such meetings are not mandatory and may be recorded. However, it is genuinely advised to participate in our course online meetings as they serve primarily your student interests and needs, as well as ease completion of the course.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

The course will be assessed on a 1-5 scale, where 1 is "fair" and the lowest acceptable grade and 5 is "excellent" and the highest grade. Each task will be assessed individually and as the certain percentage of the final grade.

Further information

Online course eCampus