Intercultural Leadership (5 cr)

Learning outcomes

Student is able to
- regard the specific characteristics of leadership in a intercultural environment
- manage the dynamics of an intercultural team working and communication in given organizational setup

Location and time

The schedule of the assignments is annouced on the learning platform.

Materials

Information about the material is announced on the learning platform.

Teaching methods

The course is run as a virtual self-study unit on OPTIMA platform. There is also an alternative way to pass this course by writing a pepr to Laurea publication. For further information, please contact elina.wainio@laurea.fi and oskari.vesterinen@laurea.fi.

There are four topics dealing with leadership, culture, cross cultural models and leadership. Also team leadership is touched upon. Each Topic has an assignment linked to it. These need to be completed in time for a pass/fail assessment.

Exam schedules

The OPTIMA workspace will open latest on September, 1st, 2020 and deadlines for the assignments can be seen in Pakki.

International connections

The study unit is suitable for exchange students.

Completion alternatives

According to the degree regulations “all students are entitled to demonstrate their competence. The recognition and accreditation of prior competence is initiated by the students themselves. The competence is recognised and accredited by the teacher responsible for the module or study unit or another person designated by the director of the UAS unit. The assessment is carried out according to the same criteria and grading scale as that adopted for the corresponding study unit.” For further information visit Link.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Further information

According to the degree regulations (section 18) “students must be present in the first contact session or notify their teacher in charge if they cannot attend. If they fail to notify the teacher of their absence in the first contact session, their enrolment will be rejected. Another student in the queue may be enrolled in the study unit in the place of the absent student.” (Laurea degree regulations) In the case of online studies the lecturer can also specify some other way than participation on an online meeting what is required from the student so that he/she verifies his/her attendance on the study unit (Decision by the vice president, education 7/2019)

In this course the attendance is verified by first assignment returned on deadline date.