Leadership and Change Management (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Content scheduling

This course is intended primarily for students in program of Technological Competence Management (YTEJOS24/YTEJOTS24). Students from Open University have max 5 places and the maximum group size is 35 students.

Briefly, the course content is as follows:
- Leadership and Management
- Legal and Ethical Criteria for Leadership
- Competence management
- Leading change

THE MATERIAL OF THE COURSE IS BOTH IN FINNISH AND IN ENGLISH. LEARNING ASSIGNMENTS CAN BE WRITTEN IN FINNISH.

The detailed execution plan of the course can be found in ITSLEARNING -system a week before the course starts.

The contact teaching days:
1 st day: On Thursday 9.10.2025, between 9-16.00, in Classroom ???
2 nd day: On Thursday 13.11.2025, between 9-16.00 , in Classroom ???

Please check classrooms from calendar (Lukkari) before comming!!

Objective

After completing the course, the student:
-understands the difference between management and leadership
-knows the key theories of leadership and can implement this knowledge in his/her work as a leader
-understands individual differences and is able to take this into account when leading people
-knows when leadership is not needed
-can lead individuals and teams effectively and ethically
-knows the key change management theories and models and can implement them in practice as a change manager and leader
-is able to lead himself/herself
-knows his/her own development needs as a leader and has made the plan how to develop himself/herself as a leader

Content

-Management and leadership
-Leadership theories
-Substitutes of leadership
-Ethical leadership
-Thomas International Test
-How to lead in practice individuals and teams
-Key change management theories
-Own development needs as a leader

Materials

This course is based on the following materials:
* Free Surveys, like Thomas International Self Assessment or HPTI test
* Text book: Leadership in Organizations (Gary Yukl)(4 th or newer edition) eBook at Turku University of Applied Sciences Library
* Materials (Copies of Articles) delivered by teacher during the contact days
* Materials in ITSLEARNING System:
- Lectures of Keijo Varis, etc.
- Videos
- Copies of Articles and Book Chapters

Teaching methods

Multi-Form (lectures, videos, individual and group assignments)

Exam schedules

No exams.

Pedagogic approaches and sustainable development

Multi-Form (lectures, videos, individual and group assignments).
Among the dimensions of sustainability, this course focuses on the social responsibility of management, legality, ethics and staff well-being, so that everyone can retire in good health at the end of their working life. The assumption is that well-being at work contributes to organisational productivity and efficiency.

Completion alternatives

No exams; two to three (2-3) group and/or individual learning exercises=home assignments: more information in the ITSLEARNING learning system.

5 credits = 135 hours of study, of which 16 hours are contact teaching and 119 hours of individual study/learning tasks=home assignments.

Student workload

No exams; two to three (2-3) group and/or individual learning exercises=home assignments: more information in the ITSLEARNING learning system.

5 credits = 135 hours of study, of which 16 hours are contact teaching and 119 hours of individual study/learning tasks=home assignments.

Evaluation methods and criteria

Evaluation:
The grading of the course is Rejected or 1-5 and the final grade is based on the mean of the grades of all home assignments:
- All home assignments must be accepted (mix grade is 1)
- More information of the grading can be found from the execution plan in ITSLearning -system

To pass the course, students must attend at least one contact teaching day.

The use of AI in learning tasks is forbidden, as the course is based on a core set of learning materials, which can be found in the ITSLEARNING repository. Feeding it into the AI is prohibited.

Failed (0)

The student has not completed all the learning tasks or the answers do not correspond to the assignments given in the learning tasks or less than 10% of the answers are correct (grades below 0.5).

The student has not participated in any contact teaching days.

The use of AI in learning tasks is forbidden, as the course is based on a core set of learning materials, which can be found in the ITSLEARNING repository. Feeding it into the AI is prohibited.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

A student(s) has/have returned all learning tasks. The answers returned to the learning tasks correspond to the assignments, but are rather general/ superficial, and only to some extent correspond to the theories/questions covered in the course and only contain superficial discussion/reflection on personal experiences/ situations in own organisations.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

A student(s) has/have returned all learning tasks. The answers returned to the learning tasks correspond to the assignment and are in-depth and correspond comprehensively to the theories/questions covered in the course and include a comprehensive/deep discussion/reflection on personal experiences/situations in their own organisations.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

A student(s) has/have returned all the learning tasks. The answers returned to the learning tasks are relevant and in-depth to the assignment and correspond very well/comprehensively to the theories/questions covered in the course and include a comprehensive/deep discussion/reflection on personal experiences/situations in own organisations. In addition, the answers to the learning tasks also include theories and perspectives that are relevant to the task but not covered in the contact teaching or ITSLEARNINGI learning material. In other words, the student(s) has (have) engaged in in-depth and extensive self-study in addition to the learning material provided, without abandoning the learning material provided in the course.

Further information

Email: keijo.varis@turkuamk.fi

The course has 3 study places reserved for open university students, who must have sufficient proficiency in both Finnish and English to complete the course.