Competency development and management (9cr)

Objective

Students familiarize themselves with challenges of working in senior positions in modern organizations of health care and social work. They are able to learn in a group and to share in work communities what they have learned. Students are able to think critically about principles of management and analyse them in their profession. In addition they are able to evaluate and develop an organisation and its management. They are able to develop and manage the personnel and their own competence utilizing good praxis. Students are able to analyse the latest knowledge about management and quality management and apply it to their practical work. They are able to develop their work community and themselves as managers being able to meet future challenges.

Content

Management and leadership
Innovative management
Developing professional competence

Qualifications

No previous studies are required.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Satisfactory (1-2)
Students know how to describe evidence-based concepts in management of competency and apply them to some extent to develop their working community.
Good (3-4)
Students are able to compare evidence-based concepts in management of competency and successfully integrate them into the development of their working community.
excellent (5)
Students analyze latest evidence-based knowledge on the management of competency and critically apply it to the develoment of their work community.

Materials

Aarva, K. 2009. Hoivan ja hoidon lähijohtaminen. Acta Universitatis Tamperensis. Tampere: Tampereen yliopisto.

Huotari, P. 2009. Strategisen osaamisen johtaminen kuntien sosiaali- ja terveystoimessa. Acta Universitatis Tamperensi. Tampre: Tampereen yliopisto.

Laaksonen, H. 2008. Luottamukseen perustuvan voimistavan johtamisen prosessimalli ja työyhteisön hyvinvointi. Mallin testaus sosiaali- ja terveydenhuollon dementiayksikössä. Universitas Wasaensis. Vaasa: Vaasan yliopisto.

Niiranen, V. Seppänen-Järvelä, R., Sinkkonen, M. & Vartiainen, P. 2010. Johtaminen sosiaalialalla. Helsinki: Gaudeamus.

Ristikangas, M-R. & Ristikangas. V. 2010. Valmentava johtajuus. Juva: WS Bookwell Oy.

Sydänmaalakka, P. 2009. Jatkuva uudistuminen. Luovuuden ja innovatiivisuuden johtaminen. Hämeenlinna: Talentum.

Vuorinen, R. 2008. Muutosjohtaminen suomalaisessa yliopistosairaalassa osastonhoitajien ja sairaanhoitajien arvioimana. Acta Universitatis Tamperensis. Tampere: Tampereen University Press.

Teaching methods

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