Innovation projectLaajuus (10 ECTS)

Objective

Learning objectives:

The student learns to write a project plan and how to manage a project. The student will master the skills in multidisciplinary cooperation and networking. He/she will also learn how to communicate appropriately with different interest groups, is familiar with the challenges of project communication and will improve his/her collaborative skills.
The student will deepen his/her own field of expertise and will be able to evaluate it as part of the project. The student will develop an understanding of how to acquire and revise information from different sources as well as adopt that information to a new material.
The student will learn to observe and take into account both his own as well as other’s objectives. The student explores practices from different fields of activities and learns to understand people who work within different lines of businesses.
The student develops an understanding of an innovative process and is able to recognise a creative problem solving process. He/she can argue convincingly and justify his/her choices as part of a cooperative process.

Content

Core content:

-Process expertise in terms of development, coordination and management expertise
-designer's communication skills in a collaboration project
-multidisciplinary product development and/or reseach acivities related to the field
-applying studies into practise
-working life cooperation

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student knows principles of project and network-based work. The student recognizes his/her own project- and network-based work competences. The student uses co-operation and communication skills in cooperative development process´and decision making. The student can develop together with other actors solutions and modes of operation to meet the multi-faceted needs of the residents of the Helsinki metropolitan area.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student uses principles of project and network-based work in regional, national or international development oriented work. The student can use co-operation and communication skills in cooperative development process and decision making. The student generates cooperative negotiation culture with other actors in the field.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student's ability to use principles of project and network-based work in regional, national or international development oriented work is on a high level. The student is able to analyze and develop his/her co-operation and communication skills in cooperative development process and decision making. The student understands cooperative negotiation culture and generates it with other actors in the field. The student is able to analyze and develop his/her professional competence and puts it in service of multi-professional work. The student develops together with other actors practical, creative and innovative solution, modes of operation or services to meet the multi-faceted needs of the residents of the Helsinki metropolitan area.