Study Guide

Objective

Students will learn to describe important theoretical principles of management and apply them in managing elderly care services. Students will learn to define the meaning of economy and describe financial management practices as preconditions for service provision. Students will learn to apply central labour laws and statutes and they understand the importance of personnel management and welfare at work. They will learn to use cooperative supervision methods in the management and development of operative and strategic work.

Content

current themes in the management of older people's organizations
- financing of services and financial planning
- financial and operational objectives and an assessment of their achievement
- tendering and management of external services
- laws and regulations on working life and Cooperative Control Methods
- recommendations, guidelines, programs

Materials

Sydänmaanlakka: Älykäs julkinen johtaminen (2015)
Reikko, Salonen, uusitalo: Puun ja kuoren välissä – lähijohtajuus sosiaali-ja terveysalalla. (2010, saatavissa verkossakin)
Rissanen, Lammintakanen: Sosiaali- ja terveysjohtaminen
Niiranen, Seppänen-Järvelä, Sinkkonen, Vartiainen: Johtaminen Sosiaalialalla (2010)
Kulmala (toim.): Parempi vanhustyö - menetelmiä johtamisen kehittämiseen (2017)
Laaksonen ym.: Sosiaali- ja terveydenhuollon järjestelmä (2020)
Muu ajankohtainen materiaali

Teaching methods

1. Basics of management part, contact implementation: Lectures, visitors, learning assignments and class assignments

2. Working life awareness, contact implementation: Lectures, Learning diary

Student workload

1. 4 x 26,5h
2. 1 x 26,5h

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students know the basics of management and economy and are able to apply their knowledge in practice. They are, as future experts of elderly care, able to describe relevant theories and research knowledge to an adequate degree.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students have good knowledge of the contents as defined in learning outcomes. They reflect and evaluate challenges in elderly care. Students know how to examine services from an economic perspective. They compare the management theories they have studied to their work in a goal-oriented manner.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students have extensive, in-depth knowledge of the contents as defined in learning outcomes. They reflect and critically evaluate current and future development challenges in the management of elderly care. Students know how to examine services from an economic perspective. They are able to apply the management theories they have studied to their work in a goal-oriented manner.

Assessment methods and criteria

2. Basics of management share, contact implementation:
Active participation in classes
Learning tasks
Self-evaluation at the end of the period

3. Working life awareness, contact implementation:
Active participation in classes
Learning diary

The grade for the entire course consists of the average of implementations above.

Qualifications

most part of the basic and professional studies

Further information

The basic and professional studies of the degree program are mainly completed