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Communication in work communities

Structure Type: Study unit
Code: SSYS1506
Type: Compulsory / Professional Studies
Curriculum: SSY 2015 / 2016 / 2017 / 2018 / 2019 / 2020 / 2021 / 2022 / 2023 / 2024
Level: Master of Health Care / Master of Social Services
Year of Study: 2 (2016-2017 / 2017-2018 / 2018-2019 / 2019-2020 / 2020-2021 / 2021-2022 / 2022-2023 / 2023-2024 / 2024-2025 / 2025-2026)
Credits: 2 cr
Responsible Teacher: Kalliokoski, Eija / Uusi-Kakkuri, Piia
Language of Instruction: Finnish

Courses

Impl.Group(s)Study TimeTeacher(s)LanguageEnrolment
1S-SY-2Y2016-08-26 – 2016-12-23Eija KalliokoskiFinnish2016-08-22 – 2016-09-19
2S-SY-2Y2017-08-25 – 2017-12-22Eija KalliokoskiFinnish2017-08-21 – 2017-09-18
3S-SY-2Y2019-08-26 – 2019-12-22Maarit JänttiFinnish2019-08-19 – 2019-09-09
3001SSY2019-2Y2020-08-24 – 2020-12-20Pia LiedesFinnish2020-08-17 – 2020-09-11
3002SSY2020-2Y2021-08-01 – 2021-12-31Pia LiedesFinnish2021-08-01 – 2021-09-06
3003SSY2021-2Y2022-08-01 – 2022-12-31Pia LiedesFinnish2022-08-01 – 2022-09-06
3004S-SY-2Y, SSY2022-2Y2023-08-01 – 2023-12-31Piia Uusi-KakkuriFinnish2023-08-01 – 2023-09-06
3005SSY2023-2Y2024-08-01 – 2024-12-20Piia Uusi-KakkuriFinnish 

The descriptions shown below are for the academic year: 2024-2025

Learning Outcomes

The student knows
- the concept of communication and data management in work communities
- apply different communication methods and tools, including AI
- identify and develop own communication skills

Student's Workload

Total work load of the course 54 h, of which scheduled studies 12 h and autonomous studies 42 h.
The assesment of student's own learning 1 h is included in contact lessons.

Contents

- identification and development of student’s own communication skills
- working communities as environments for forcommunication
- constructive leadership communication
- communication in 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

Contact teaching with practical training, independent and guided network studies.

Assessment Criteria

Grade 1 The student
- describes as an example the role of communication reasoning and the meaning of target-oriented communication
- conceives his/her own communication and interaction skills
- describes as an example different aspects of communication in a working community.
Grade 3 The student
- describes communication reasoning and understands the meaning of target-oriented communication and applies the knowledge in a familiar context
- describes the level of his/her own communication and interaction skills and applies the knowledge in a familiar context
- is acquainted with communication in a working community and understands the meaning of it
Grade 5: The student
- knows how to analyze and evaluate his/her own communication and interaction skills and applies the knowledge in a new context
- is acquainted in many ways with communication in a working communities as well as internalized the meaning of building up the communication in a working communities

Assessment Methods

Accepted practice assignments, assignment with numeric evaluation (0–5).


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