Study Guide

Objective

You are able to lead yourself, develop you self-leadership and your competences as a responsible member of your work communiy.
You are able to analyze and develop work community collaboration by means of solution-oriented approaches.
You are able to apply leadership models in an appropriate way.
You are able to act as a leader in workplace situations typically encountered by supervisors.

Content

How do you lead yourself?
How do you identify various roles, behavior patterns and phenomena in work communities?
How do you communicate and act as a responsible member of a work community and lead it?
How do you apply leadership models in various types of organisations?
How do you develop work community collaboration in a goal-oriented way?
How do you act as a leader and supervisor in changing working life environments?

Opiskelumateriaali

The materials are announced section by section on the course on the Learn platform.
Changes are possible.
In addition / as a substitute, book and article material announced by the teacher

Yksilölliset oppimisväylät

• Teaching is carried out entirely as contact teaching on the Mikkeli campus according to the timetable. Remote participation is not possible. In principle, contact teaching is not recorded, and it is not replaced by remote lectures when contact teaching is given according to the sequence of lessons.
• Studying is carried out along the group meetings and independent tasks/learning tasks performed in groups. The course consists of 13 lectures and individual and small group assignments.
• Teacher guidance available in connection with lessons and at a separately agreed time
• The tasks to be evaluated are done independently.
• The course utilizes the written feedback method.
• The course consists of five sub-areas, which are evaluated separately.

TKI ja työelämäyhteistyö

The learning tasks of the course are based on working life models.

Tentit ja muut määräajat

The schedules of assignments etc. are announced at the beginning of the study period on the Learn platform.

Kansainvälinen yhteistyö

International and multicultural examples of work communities.

Opiskelijan työmäärä

• 1 ECTS corresponds to approximately 27 hours of student work.
• In the 5-credit course, the student's workload is approx. 135 h, of which approx. 45 h are lectures and group work under the teacher's guidance according to the work schedule, and approx. 90 h are learning tasks to be worked on independently.

Toteutuksen osien kuvaus

In the first section, we familiarize ourselves with the core skill areas of self-management through task work.
In the second section, we learn about different management styles and paradigms and management theories.
In the third section, it introduces the analysis of the work community's operation and the development of its functionality.
In the fourth part, we familiarize ourselves with the typical tasks and tools of a manager, such as motivation, giving feedback, encouraging and recruiting.
In addition, management operating models in various organizations are examined.
The fifth section is a report about a work related to the literature of the field.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

The evaluation of approved performances is carried out based on substantive and professional aspects.