Professional Growth (5 cr)

Objective

The student has recognized the future working skills and is committed to long-term development of his or her competencies.
The student has recognized his/her personal strengths and development needs in areas of interaction, teamwork and managerial work.
The student has the capabilities to work in changing organizations and is able to enhance his/her self-leadership skills.
The student understands the importance of self-awareness and wellbeing as a future competence and is able to take responsibility of this.

Content

• Future working skills and competencies
• Personal development in organizations
• Working communities, teams and leadership
• Self-leadership in changing organizations
• Self-awareness and wellbeing

Location and time

Online course.
Schedule and topics below.

Tuesday 22nd October 17-20:
Introduction of the course
The future working skills and personal long-term development
Tuesday 5th November 17-20:
Personal strengths and development needs in areas of interaction, teamwork, and managerial work.
Saturday 23.11.2024 10-14:
The capabilities to work in changing organizations and the capability to enhance his/her self-leadership skills.
Tuesday 3rd December 17-20
The importance of self-awareness and wellbeing as a future competence

Materials

The literature will be informed later.

Teaching methods

The course will be implemented totally online.
Zoom link https://metropolia.zoom.us/j/68479164302

More information re the course content, literature, assignments and evaluation during the first lecture.

Exam schedules

No exam

Completion alternatives

No alternative implementation.

Student workload

The workload for the course is 27 hours per credit, divided as follows:

Online lectures: 13 hours
Peer work: 48 hours
Independent work: 74 hours

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Sufficient performance: has completed basic requirements to pass the course and has made an attempt to apply and articulate concepts and information both verbally and in writing but has not made enough effort overall. The student has demonstrated little effort, interest and motivation for individual or team activities / assignments and the output is rather weak.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good overall performance: can apply and articulate concepts and information well both verbally and in writing, certain areas of individual or team output require further attention; shows appropriate level of interest and motivation in individual and team activities. Good presentation delivery and analysis.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent performance in all elements of the course: shows interest and motivation in individual and team activities and assignments, fully applies and clearly articulates concepts and information both verbally and in writing. The student is able to support his/her argument with references to the recommended reading and lecture content. Excellent presentation delivery and analysis.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Sufficient performance: has completed basic requirements to pass the course and has made an attempt to apply and articulate concepts and information both verbally and in writing but has not made enough effort overall. The student has demonstrated little effort, interest and motivation for individual or team activities / assignments and the output is rather weak.

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation in a scale of 1-5.
Evaluation criteria, excellent (5)
The student masters the study content and is able to what she/he has learned from relevant sources to his own professional development. The assignment is based on relevant references and it is clearly structured and contains comprehensive personal reflection on professional development.

Evaluation criteria, good (3-4)
The student has demonstrated the ability to apply the subjects of the study content to his own professional development. The assignment has relevant references and the text is quite structured and contains own reflection on professional development.

Evaluation criteria, satisfactory (1-2)
The student has written a learning task using several references. There is room for improvement in applying it to one's own professional development. There is little self-reflection, and the assignment requires structuring.

Qualifications

Completed Higher Education Degree

Further information

The language of tuition is English.