Advanced Team Leadership (5cr)

Objectives (course unit)

The student will be able to:
• develop the existing organization of the team enterprise together with other team members.
• describe the strategy and leading business ideas of his/her team enterprise.
• set targets for the team enterprise activities based on the agreed strategy and lead the operations towards those targets.
• apply new leadership theories to different managerial situations in practice.

Content (course unit)

How to build a strategy to support the management of a company?
How to lead my own and team's operations according to the strategy?
What is my own management/leadership philosophy and what is it based on?

Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)

Passed
Student is able to build a strategy for a small business. Student understands new management/leadership theories.

Failed
The student has inadequate knowledge of management/leadership theories both on paper and in practice.

Location and time

Please see the Pakki/Lukkarikone applications and follow the information on Proakatemia's and your teams communication channels.

Exam schedules

There are no traditional exams. You'll demonstrate your knowledge and skills in various other ways, i.e. solving challenges. The coach / teacher will provide further detais as the course goes on.

Assessment methods and criteria

According to the curriculum: self, team, coach/teacher and possibly customer based evaluation reflecting the set goals.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

There are hardly any traditional lectures or exams at Proakatemia. Learning methods and environments are for example training sessions 'paja' (primings, dialogue, workshops, independent studying), literature, writing and publising, expert lectures and other fact-finding, project work, seminars, learning cells and common events. Learning is connected with business projects.

Learning materials

Literature advice from coaches, teachers and other teampreneurs.

Student workload

1 ECTS credit point = 27 hours of student's work. Keep record of your hours in your individual study plan.

Completion alternatives

to be negotiated with your coach / teacher of the course

Practical training and working life cooperation

Contens of the studies are connected with real life business projects' needs.

Further information

Studies at Proakatemia are integrated to teampreneurs businesses. It is not possible to study separate courses of the curriculum without special arrangements.

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Approved
The student has demonstrated that he/she comprehends the main concepts of the topic in the context of his/her team enterprise. He/she has applied them in practice together with other team entrepreneurs. The student operates according to the chosen values and procedures.

Failed
The student knows the concepts only superficially or is not able to apply them in practice in his/her team enterprise. The student does not operate according to the chosen values and procedures.