Opetussuunnitelmat

Objective

Upon completion of the course the student will be able to:
- Employ theoretical and conceptual knowledge to identify and analyze business problems in global contexts
- Identify and place into practice information-based decision making approaches to business and managerial problems
- Interpret and analyze complex business issues from multiple perspectives and critically review academic literature and other relevant information sources
- Apply proven theoretical and conceptual knowledge of global business challenges in multicultural contexts
- Operate effectively within a multicultural team environment demonstrating teambuilding, leadership and intercultural communication skills
- Communicate effectively in English in oral, written and electronic formats using communication and information technology for business applications, and is able to prepare and present reports and presentations

Knowledge and Understanding: Student is familiar with the key theories and concepts, that form the basis for modern management and its key processes
Intellectual skills: Student is able to source, select and judge relevant reference material from the course contents and additional sources to support his own intellectual thought process that acts as a start of building student´s own understanding of management
Practical Skills: Student has capability to turn the theories and concepts into justifiable management solutions, policies and action plans in application to business cases
Transferable skills: Student has command of communication tools and skills to communicate his ideas and findings both orally and in written form – all this in English

Content

Managing organizations, models of management, analysis of the business environment, corporate social responsibility, visionary and strategic management, planning, budgeting and strategy, organizational structure and culture, managing change, influence and power, motivation, communication, managingteams.

Qualifications

1st year 1st semester studies passed

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The general criteria of the competences that the Bachelor's Degrees awarded by Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences provide can be found on JAMK's web pages (http://www.jamk.fi/english/forstudents/studyguide). The learning outcomes of individual courses are assessed in relation to the objectives of the course concerned. Assessment is based on knowledge, skills and competence in accordance with the National and European Qualifications Framework, level 6
Excellent (5) – Knowledge and Understanding skills: The student demonstrates exceptional theoretical and conceptual knowledge of modern management processes Intellectual Skills: Students shows high level capability in interpreting and analyzing managerial situations and is able to use critically review multiple sources of knowledge. Practical skills: Students shows high level of ability to identify and analyze managerial situations and propose viable solutions to them. Transferable skills: Student is able to present and justify ideas and findings in a convincing manner in oral and written communications.
Very Good (4) – Knowledge and Understanding skills: The student shows high level of command of basic theories and concepts related to modern management Intellectual Skills: Students shows convincing command of methods of interpreting and analyzing managerial situations and can in a very good manner review reference sources with a critical eye Practical skills: Students shows skills in applying conceptual and theoretical knowledge to managerial challenges. Transferable skills: The student can communicate well his ideas in both oral and written communications, and contributes very positively to the joint work in a multicultural team.
Good (3) – Knowledge and Understanding skills: The student shows proofs of understanding the core theories and concepts of management Intellectual skills: Student shows good command of most common ways of interpreting and analyzing managerial situations and knowledge on how to critically review source literature and other sources of information. Practical skills: Student is able to approach managerial situations and challenges analytically, utilizing well the learned concepts and tools. Transferable skills: The student can communicate his ideas in both oral and written communications, but room for improvement in communication exists. Student can bring his part to the joint work of a multicultural team and interact in the team environment.
Satisfactory (2): Knowledge and Understanding skills: The student shows evidence of having learned some theories and concepts related to modern management and oral communications. Intellectual skills: Students shows ability to use some ways of interpret and analyze situations in management and shows some capabilities to critical review of source materials of different kind. Practical skills: Students shows some ability to turn concepts and ideas into justified managerial strategy and action proposals. Transferable skills: Skills to communicate the student´s output needs improvement. Student´s ability to participate to the joint work of the multicultural team is on a very basic level.
Sufficient (1): Knowledge and Understanding skills: The student is familiar with a restricted part of theories and concepts related to the modern management practice. Intellectual skills: Student is obviously aware of some methods and concepts related to analysis and interpretation of managerial situations but skills need improvement, as well as the skills to critically review various kinds of reference sources. Practical skills: Student can only partially utilize that knowledge in approaching managerial challenges in an analytical way and proposing action to be taken. Transferable skills: Skills to communicate the student´s output needs clear improvement. Student´s contribution to joint working process in a multicultural team is of marginal level.