Strategic Management and the Future of Leadership (5 cr)

Objective

The student is able to develop skills of self-management and learn how to manage organizations strategically. Create and manage a psychologically safe and sustainable working culture.

Content

• Reflective mindset and self-management
• The principles of strategically leading and managing organizations
• Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) leadership practices
• Change management
• Collaboration, networking and teamwork, conflict resolution

Location and time

Interactive online teaching, Moodle workspace: https://moodle.metropolia.fi/course/view.php?id=8006§ion=3#tabs-tree-start

WEEKS 37-41

12.9 13-15.30 Reflective mindset and self-management
19.9 13-15.30 The principles of strategically leading and managing organizations; EDI leadership practices;
26.9 13-15.30 Change management;
4.10 13-15.30 Collaboration, networking and teamwork, conflict resolution
13.10. 10-11, Examination
23.10 Submission of the Individual Reflective essay by 9 am

Week 49: Opportunity to re-submit on the 7th December 2023 by 9 am.

Materials

Cleland Silva, T. & Fonseca Silva. P. (2022) Making sense of work through collaborative storytelling. Building narratives in organisational change. Palgrave Pivot. Open Access. Switzerland: Springer.

Cleland Silva, T., Sorsa, V., Hyytiainen, S., Yla-Soininmäki, M. (2023) Co-designing a digital healthcare platform with metaphor: the case of the Brain House for the Health Village. Special issue Organizing Outside Organizations-Part 2. puntOorg International Journal, Vol. 8

Drucker, P. (2005) Managing Oneself. Harvard Business Review.

Mintzberg, H. (2017) Managing the myths of health care: bridging the separations between care, cure, control and community. Oakland: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.

The Oxford Handbook of Health Care Management (2016). Eds. Ferlie, E., Montgomery, K. and Pedersen, A.R. Oxford: Oxford University Press

Teaching methods

Online lectures that may be live or pre-recorded.

Directed work/activities

Online small group work

Exam schedules

Week 41; Examination, 13.10. 10-11

Week 43: Submission of the Individual Reflective essay by 23.10. at 9 am

Week 46: First re-examination, 14.11., 10-11.

Week 49: Opportunity to re-submit on the December 7th, 2023 by 9 am.

Week 50: Second re-examination. 12.12. 15.30 -16.30

Completion alternatives

n/a

Student workload

135 hrs of student's time

Content scheduling

12.9 13-15.30 Reflective mindset and self-management
19.9 13-15.30 The principles of strategically leading and managing organizations; EDI leadership practices;
26.9 13-15.30 Change management;
4.10 13-15.30 Collaboration, networking and teamwork, conflict resolution
13.10. Examination
23.10 Submission of the Individual Reflective essay by 9 am

Week 49: Opportunity to re-submit on the 7th December 2023 by 9 am.

Further information

The learning materials and workbooks designed by the teachers are protected by the Finnish Copy Right Act (404/61). According to the legislation, teachers reserve all the rights for the study material. The study material cannot be used for any other than personal study purposes. The study material (e.g., learning materials and workbooks) can only be shared if permitted by the teacher/s.

Finnish Copy Right Act: https://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/kaannokset/1961/en19610404_20150608.pdf

As part of the Metropolia UAS strategy, we use an electronic course feedback system. This provides an opportunity for you to feedback on different aspects of the course through a series of pre-set questions and qualitative comments. Approximately two weeks before the end of the course, you will receive an automated invitation via your Metropolia email account to complete your evaluation online.

Please take the time to complete as your feedback is important. It informs ongoing developments to individual courses to ensure that the learning needs and expectations of the School of Health Care student community are met to a high standard.

To strengthen the feedback cycle, a report summarizing the course lead’s reflections on your feedback will be sent to you after the online evaluation survey has closed.

Evaluation scale

0-5

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

Fail:
The student does not demonstrate competence in the basic content of the course and 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 methods and criteria

ASSESSMENT: Examination 40 %m reflective essay 60 %
Please refer to the more specific assessment criteria in the Moodle workspace.