Anticipatory Management of Personnel and NetworksLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

The student understands the significance of strategic organizational changes and can apply this understanding to HR strategy-compliant management. The student is a change agent who can anticipate changes is personnel skill requirements. He/she can use various tools to assess and enhance personnel skills and make sure the future skills requirements of the organization are met. The student appreciates personnel diversity and makes use of it in the management of competence and networks. The student identifies strategically important partner networks of the future and sees network management as a significant part of leadership. The student has cultural competence and is able to work in domestic and international networks that are important to his/her organization. The student can also build up both internal and external networks. He/she is a developer of organizational culture who has the ability to reinforce the intrinsic motivation of the personnel and the work of self-managing teams.

Content

- Anticipating future trends and their significance
- HR strategy as a part of organizational strategy
- Strategy-driven HR management and its evaluation
- Cultural competence in the management of diversity
- Strategy-driven management and development of networks
- Motivation management and self-managing teams

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student demonstrates competence in the basic content of the course, but there are deficiencies in his/her ability to find and interpret information and to apply the learned content to the context of working life.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student demonstrates good competence in the content of the course. He/she is able to actively search for information and to identify its connection to working life. The student is able to analyse and apply the learned content to the context of working life.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student demonstrates versatile and extensive competence in the content of the
course. He/she has an excellent ability to search for relevant information. The student’s solutions demonstrate independence, responsibility, and skills in guiding others. His/her ability to apply the learned content to the context of working life exhibits creativity and versatility.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The student demonstrates competence in the basic content of the course, but there are deficiencies in his/her ability to find and interpret information and to apply the learned content to the context of working life.

Further information

Recognition of prior learning
The student's prior learning can be accredited if he/she has completed prior studies of corresponding content and/or has a long work history in managerial positions requiring skills and knowledge in this area.