Themes of the Leadership (5 cr)

Objectives (course unit)

In this course the students gain deeper knowledge about different leadership theories and themes.

After completing the course the students
- have got a wide knowledge of leadership themes
- understand the meaning of leadership theories
- recognize the different themes of leadership
- are able to put them into practice in their own organizations.

Content (course unit)

What are strategic leadership, diversity leadership, crises leadership, shared leadership, etc.?
What is modern management / leadership?
How can one develop the leadership in their own organization and grow into a talent man-ager?

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)

The student knows different theories and themes concerning leadership and is able to list the most common features about some of them.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)

The student knows the most common themes of leadership and is able to choose some fea-tures from them to use in practice.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)

The student understands deeply the different theories and themes concerning the leader-ship, is able to evaluate and combine them successfully, and put them into practice in their own organization.

Location and time

Aika Tila Opetusryhmä Kuvaus
17.01.2023 11.00 - 14.00 PRESENT C4-04b: Toni Lehtimäki, Pauliina Airaksinen-Aminoff
24.01.2023 11.00 - 14.00 ONLINE Toni Lehtimäki
26.01.2023 11.00 - 14.00 STUDYDAY (groups will gather together)
31.01.2023 11.00 - 14.00 PRESENT Toni Lehtimäki
07.02.2023 11.00 - 14.00 PRESENT C4-04b: Pauliina Airaksinen-Aminoff
09.02.2023 11.00 - 14.00 STUDYDAY (groups will gather together)
14.02.2023 11.00 - 14.00 ONLINE Pauliina Airaksinen-Aminoff
16.02.2023 11.00 - 14.00 ONLINE Pauliina Airaksinen-Aminoff
21.02.2023 11.00 - 14.00 ONLINE: EXAM
23.02.2023 11.00 - 14.00 ONLINE: PEER EVALUATION

Exam schedules

21.2.2023 group exam between 11.00-14.00 together with your group members, who will be chosen by Pauliina.

Assessment methods and criteria

The course has an exam, which will be made by the whole group.
The course is completed by being present and completing the assigned tasks (2 book reflections by videos, and learning diary). For this reason, the presence is mandatory. Absences only with a doctor's permission.

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

The teaching methods are:
-lectures
-group work
-individual tasks
-drama pedagogical exercises
-videos

Learning materials

Please make sure, that your video connection is working. Unfortunately we can't accept participants, who can't participate with the camera on when required (it is never required to have camera on during the whole 4 hours lecture, mainly when meeting in the beginning, during interactive communication, and group work).

Student workload

The course take a total of 40 hours, in addition to which the student will read 2 books and make book reflections from them by videos. In addition to this, the course includes group assignments and individual assignments, which are introduced during the first course. In. addition, we have reserved two lecture sessions for doing the assignments from the lectures.

Completion alternatives

No optional performance methods.