Management and Leadership (5cr)

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- analyse and develop their activity as a member of the work community and a manager
- apply labour legislation and collective agreements
- analyse the work community and promote well-being at work

Teaching methods

Lectures
Teamwork
Reports
Presentations

Time and location

Leppävaara campus

Learning materials and recommended literature

Bibliography:
There are various books and articles available in the library and on line, please find below some of them:

Strategy/Management/Leadership/HRM

Esteban Mariscotti, Eduardo. 2020. Corporate Risks and Leadership. What Every Executive Should Know About Risks, Ethics, Compliance, and Human Resources.

Lynch, Richard 2006: Corporate strategy. Prentice Hall, Harlow.

Neck, Christopher, Manz, Charles, Houghton, Jeffrey D. (2020, 2nd ed.). Self-leadership: The definitive guide to personal excellence. Sage Publications.

Robbins, Stephen P., Judge, Timothy A. 2017: Organizational Behavior. Pearson, Harlow.
Robbins, Stephen P., Judge, Timothy A. 2010: Organizational Behavior. Pearson, Harlow

Whitter, Ben. 2023. Employee Experience Strategy. Design an effective EX strategy to improve employee performance and drive business results. KoganPage.


Well-being at Work:

Edmondson, Amy C. 2019 .The Fearless Organization. Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth. Wiley.

MacRae, Ian & Furnham, Adrian. 2017. Motivation and Performance. A guide to motivating a diverse workforce. Kogan Page Limited.

Maylett, Tracy EdD & Wride, Matthew JD. 2017. The Employee Experience. How to Attract Talent, Retain Top Performers, and Drive Results. Wiley.



Of general interest:

Hastings, Reed & Meyer, Erin. 2020. No Rules Rules. Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention. Large Print Random House.

Internet:

Lynch, Richard 2006. Corporate Strategy

Links to an external site.

Papp, Eric 2012. Leadership by Choice : Increasing Influence and Effectiveness Through Self-Management
Links to an external site.

Links to an external site.

Robbins, Stephen P., Judge, Timothy A. 2017. Organizational Behavior

Links to an external site.

Sydänmaanlakka, P. What is Self leadership

Download Sydänmaanlakka, P. What is Self leadership

Alternative completion methods of implementation

Normal recognition of prior learning and demonstration of competence are applied.

Important dates

Presence during the first lecture, team presentations, and possible guest lecturers is compulsory.

Forms of internationality

This course is suitable for exchange students.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Evaluation methods and criteria

BACHELOR'S DEGREE INITIAL STAGE STUDENTS

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

SATISFACTORY,
grade 1
Students are able to:
• Apply most important/individual and appropriate professional concepts, and indicate their familiarity with the knowledge base.
• Act safely, although activities are often schematic/ experimental/ fumbling/ self-involved.
• Comply with rules and instructions, and justify their activities using provided instructions.
• Act appropriately under guidance.
• Use acquired techniques and models.
• Take customers into account in their actions.
• Act as group members.
• Act in accordance with ethical principles.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

GOOD
grade 3
Students are able to:
• Apply professional concepts systematically.
• Apply occupational safety instructions in their activities.
• Justify, compare and analyse their activities using general guidelines.
• Able to cope independently in different tasks in each operating environment.
• Apply acquired techniques and models diversely.
• Act professionally in customer situations.
• Work in a group in line with objectives.
• Justify their activities in accordance with ethical principles..

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

EXCELLENT
grade 5
Students are able to:
• Apply professional concepts expertly.
• Comply with occupational safety instructions responsibly and independently.
• Justify activities using research knowledge.
• Work independently and take initiatives in line with objectives. Operations are often flexible, systematic, development-oriented, creative and active.
• Select the appropriate techniques and models for activities, and justify the choices.
• Act in customer-oriented ways and according to the situation.
• Promote group activities.
• Able to critically apply ethical principles in the subject field in one's conduct and tasks.