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Knowledge base of management

Structure Type: Study unit
Code: SSYS1503
Curriculum: SSY 2024
Level: Master of Health Care / Master of Social Services
Year of Study: 1 (2024-2025)
Semester: Autumn
Credits: 2 cr
Responsible Teacher: Häyry, Riitta
Language of Instruction: Finnish

Courses During the Academic Year 2024-2025

Impl.Group(s)Study TimeTeacher(s)LanguageEnrolment
3005SSY2024-1Y2024-08-01 – 2024-12-20Sanna SaikkonenFinnish2024-12-01 – 2025-01-13

Learning Outcomes

The student knows

- cornerstones of the development of organization and management theories
- how to apply the principles of expert organization management in social and health care functions

Student's Workload

Total work load of the course 54 h, of which scheduled studies 8 h and autonomous studies 46 h.
The assesment of student's own learning 1 h is included in contact lessons.

Contents

- organization and management theories and their development
- ethics of management and administration

Regional Impact

Applying basic theories of management and leaderhip locally.

Internationality

International management and leadership theories

Recommended or Required Reading and Other Learning Resources/Tools

Material pointed out by the lecturer

Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Literature group-examination

Assessment Criteria

Grade 1: The student
- describes as an example the cornerstones of the development of organization and management theories
- describes as an example the principles of expert organization management in social and health care functions
Grade 3: The student
- describes the cornerstones of the development of organization and management theories and applies the knowledge in a familiar context
- describes the principles of expert organization management in social and health care functions and applies the knowledge in a familiar context

Grade 5: The student
- describes the cornerstones of the development of organization and management theories and applies the knowledge in a new context with proper and analytic justifications
- the principles of expert organization management in social and health care functions and applies the knowledge in a new context with proper and analytic justifications

Assessment Methods

Literature group-examination 50 %, evaluation of group function 30 % ja self-evaluation 20 %, Numeric evaluation (0–5).


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