Curricula

Objectives

The course is designed by Aalto University. "This course consists of five chapters and each chapter has multiple sections. After each section, there is either a quiz or a reflection assignment so that you can reflect on what you have learned. You can choose between reading the course content or listening to it in a podcast format. Each chapter has a “must read” and a “good read” reading list. In order to complete the course, you will have to complete all the quizzes and reflection assignments. You will need to study the “must read” reading list in order to complete the quizzes." More information: https://futureofwork.fi/courses/future-of-work/

You are required to complete each chapter in order pass the course and achieve the certificate. Grading takes place during the month of May and December.


Competencies for the course are mentioned below;

Learning to learn: You develop critical and analytical mindset that helps you to study and review existing knowledge in the light of relevant learning resources and learning methods; you to acquire new knowledge; and develops your intellectual capabilities to seek conclusions and draw inferences in various contexts.

Proactive development: You develop solutions in the light of current as well as anticipated situations and challenges in business by applying knowledge, critical reasoning and analytical skills. You ensure that these solutions are feasible, relevant, creative, user-friendly, and sustainable as well as underline active cooperation among different actors.

Content

We are amid a revolution of work, which started already long before the pandemic. Making sense of the future of work can feel tricky in the middle of a constant information overflow. This course is supported with academic research and references packaged in a way that is easy to access. In this course, we will look at how the roles of the individual, organisations and society have changed and how it affects how we work today and in the future. The course is an open online course. The course material is divided into five (5) chapters.

Time and location

Self paced and online

This is outsources online course, the course is self paced meaning that you can accomplish the ECTS at your own pace.

Learning materials and recommended literature

Material at the MOOC-platform for the course at:
https://futureofwork.fi/courses/finland-works/

Teaching methods

Online learning on the MOOC platform

Exam dates and retake possibilities

No exam, passing the course demands verification of learning obtained from the MOOC-platform i.e., certificate of accomplishment.

Alternative completion methods

You have the right to apply for recognition of your studies if you have prior learning (e.g. university studies completed elsewhere) that can be accredited towards the degree you are currently completing.
The recognition of prior learning is possible in three primary ways: accreditation (replacement or inclusion), recognition of informal learning. More precise info: JAMK Degree Regulations, section 17.

Student workload

1 ECTS is equal to 27 working hours, therefore 2 ECTS will require 54 hours.

Online learning (reading, exercises, peer feedback) 54 hours

Content scheduling

Self-paced online learning, no deadlines set for proceeding

Further information for students

Passing the course demands verification of learning obtained from the MOOC-platform, in this course certificate of completion should be submitted at moodle Future of Work and Finland Studies MOOC certificates workspace within IB general space, the link is also provided.

https://moodle.jamk.fi/course/view.php?id=9568

The assessment dates are mentioned, the assessment are performed semester wise, after the review of certificates, the grades will be transferred to the Peppi

15 December
15 May

The enrollment period is open all around year!

Evaluation scale

0-5

Evaluation criteria, pass/failed

The course is an online offering from Aalto university, therefore to pass the course you are required to upload the certificate of the completion of the course in Future of Work and Finland Studies. You can complete the course at your own pace, after the completion of the course, you are required to submit the certificate to the Moodle workspace mentioned below (enrollment key: Finland).

The link to the course is given below:

https://moodle.jamk.fi/course/view.php?id=9568

Further information

To understand and to be able to historically contextualise the main elements of change in relation to white-collar paid employment on individual, organisational and societal levels.
To understand how work is gradually disconnecting from time, place and employment, and to be able to systematically analyse the individual-level implications of these changes.
Understand how megatrends like digitalisation, and ecological and social sustainability are transforming how contemporary organizations operate.
Understand how organizational paradigms and cultures have evolved over the years and how contemporary organizations are embracing and integrating multiple organizational paradigms and cultures.
Understand vertical, distributed and hybrid organizational structures, what are their strengths, and how they relate to organizational culture and leadership. We also discuss why contemporary organizations are shifting more towards distributed and hybrid structures.
Understand the basic leadership concepts and how contemporary leadership looks like and how it is aligned with organizational culture and design.