Leadership and Management Systems (5 op)

Arviointiasteikko

H-5

Sisällön jaksotus

1- Course introduction, Key concepts in Leadership
2- Motivation, satisfaction and performance
3- Emotional intelligence and leading oneself
4- Power, influence and leadership
5- Coaching leadership/ leading a team/development discussion/ongoing feedback/conflict resolution
6- Interview a leader assignment preparation
7- Delegation or the art of developing others
8- Leading in a multicultural and diverse environment
9- Credibility and Sanctioning
10 & 11- Presentations for the team assignment

All the tasks are checked by Turnitin. Plagiarism and using of artificial intelligence without proper citation automatically leads to the failing of the assignment/task. The usage of AI must be clearly indicated in the assignment.

If the AI has been used for grammar/translations, please return both the original version and the version produced by AI.

Tavoitteet

The student creates an overall picture of the managerial tasks and is able to take responsibility for a team. He/she can analyze and interpret the behavior of individuals and groups, and is able to act in a constructive manner within a work community and to assess the impact of his/her own behavior on it. The student internalizes the idea of constant development as a tool for developing the whole organization and the well-being of a work community.

After completing this course students will be able to obtain information about the quality, environmental and safety systems, to apply these standards in practice and know how to play an active role in maintaining these systems. Students are able to do a simple risk and environmental impact assessment, process description and they can use procedures that commonly used in continuous improvement processes.

Sisältö

Leadership
Management Systems
Organizational theories
Managerial and subordinate competence
Motivation and competence development
Quality, environmental and safety standards, process descriptions, and the development methods and their application in practice.

Oppimateriaalit

Selection of articles to be available in Itslearning and other links:
• Martine Haas, Mark Mortensen - Jun 2016 – The secrets of Great Teamwork
• Zak, Paul J. – Jan-Feb 2017- The Neuroscience of Trust
• Barbara Kellerman - 2007 - What every leader needs to know about followers
• Ronald J. Burke - 2006 - Why leaders fail: exploring the darkside
• D. Goleman - 2000 - Leadership That Gets Results
• Williams G. - 2002 - Change the way you persuade
• Stengel R. - 2008 - Mandela His 8 Lessons of Leadership
• Kotter P. (2007) - Leading Change Why Transformation Efforts Fail
• Herzberg,(2003), One more time, how do you motivate employees?
• McNulty E. (2002) - Welcome Aboard (But don't change a thing)

Opetusmenetelmät

Lectures, case studies analysis and workshops

Tenttien ajankohdat ja uusintamahdollisuudet

This course is based on assignments and there is no exam.

Kansainvälisyys

The student studies most of the concepts at home (individual assignments and team assignment). Important parts of the contact sessions are used to work on case studies and concrete leadership situations.

Toteutuksen valinnaiset suoritustavat

To be agreed with the teachers prior to the course start

Opiskelijan ajankäyttö ja kuormitus

Contact lessons: 30h
Studying reading materials ~ 30/50h
Working on assignments and peer reviews ~ 40-60h

Lisätiedot

Minimum 70% attendance required to be able to pass the course as we will do case studies and workshops in class.