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Development of organizations

Structure Type: Study unit
Code: SSYS1407
Type: Compulsory / Professional Studies
Curriculum: SSY 2019
Level: Master of Health Care / Master of Social Services
Year of Study: 2 (2020-2021)
Semester: Autumn
Credits: 5 cr
Responsible Teacher: Koskinen, Ossi
Language of Instruction: Finnish

Courses During the Academic Year 2020-2021

Impl.Group(s)Study TimeTeacher(s)LanguageEnrolment
3001SSY2019-2Y2020-08-24 – 2020-12-20Ossi KoskinenFinnish2020-08-17 – 2020-09-11

Still need to take the course? See the courses during the academic year 2023-2024.

Learning Outcomes

The student:
- understands the premise of organizational change (management)
- understands the importance to perceive objectivily the current state of the organization and the focal role of the direction of the change
- evaluate the development needs at a work place and map different development methods
- illustrate which factors support or hinder the renewal of an organization

Student's Workload

Total work load of the course 135 h, of which scheduled studies 24 h and autonomous studies 111 h.
The assesment of student's own learning 1 h is included in contact lessons.

Contents

- The definition of innovation management and change management.
- Regeneration and innovativeness of an organization.
- Plannning and implementing the change process
- The focal role of the upper and middle management in the organizational change

Recommended or Required Reading and Other Learning Resources/Tools

Material pointed out by the lecturer

Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures and workshops 24 h, autonomous studying 111 h (yht. 135 h).

Assessment Criteria

Level 1: The student
- describes some attributes of the principals of innovation and change management
- describes some attributes of the methods in working life development or innovation activities
Level 3: The student
- describes the methods of innovation and change management and applies this knowledge in a known context
- evaluates the development needs of a workplace and applies this knowledge in a known context
Level 5: The student
- Is able to evaluate extensively and anticipate the needs of change in working
Is able to evaluate in organized way the need for regeneration of an organization and apply the methods of innovation and change management in a new context with proper and analytic justifications

Assessment Methods

Autonomous course assignments and activity of participation to the course, numeric evaluation (0–5).


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