Study Guide

Objectives

At the beginning of the study period, communication skills and skills related to giving and receiving feedback are practiced.
The students learn to recognise the basic needs governing employees’ behaviour and their effect won work motivation.
The students learn to recognise positive and negative stress, work exhaustion and depression and the well-being factors leading to them.
The students understand the tasks of management and focus on the tasks and tools of management in a site.
The management tools are introduced, e.g. for recruitment interviews and for eliminating workplace harassment.
The students learn the organisation structures, the most important management systems and models (incl. team work) used today in the construction companies and the public sector.
The students also learn site management through practical examples.

Content

Content of the basics of leadership, the course covers communication skills, motivation, well-being at workplace, self-management, organisation structures, management tasks in an enterprise and management tools. Of management skills, the course covers management systems and styles, team work and management tasks in a site (goals, organisation, decisions, supervision, staff development).

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

After completing the course, the student
• know the basics of communication
• identify management tasks and aids
• recognize the basics of occupational well-being
• identify the stages of employee recruitment
• know the most important tasks of the day-to-day management of the construction site
• identify the company's organizational structure
• identify the company's management system

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

After completing the course, the student
• knows the basics of communication
• knows basic management tasks and applies management aids
• recognize the basics of occupational well-being and their meaning
• can work as part of a recruitment team
• knows the principles of personnel management
• know the most important tasks of the day-to-day management of the construction site
• identify the company's organizational structure
• identify the company's management system

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

After completing the course, the student
• knows the basics of communication
• knows the tasks and tools of management and knows how to apply them well in practice
• recognize the basics of occupational well-being and know how to apply them in practice
• knows how to act independently in the different phases of employee recruitment
• know the most important tasks of the day-to-day management of the construction site
• identify the company's organizational structure
• identify the company's management system