Leadership Dynamics (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

0-5

Content scheduling

Leadership Dynamics

Overview & ''Polaroid'' on Leadership theories & styles
Leadership Total Awareness
Emotional intelligence & other human intelligences
Communication & Intra- and Interdependent relational skills
Leading in the present Change towards a transformative Future

Objective

You will understand different approaches to leadership by exploring theories and models, and you will be able to expand and apply them to practical work. You can learn key leadership practices and describe them from the perspective of your job role or interest of study. You understand the importance of an ethical attitude to leadership. You will identify and assess your leadership and emotional intelligence and interaction skills and benefits, and identify your key areas for development. You will experience & test practical communications skills through interaction and discussions.

Content

Leadership theories & styles
Current phenomena of leadership
Ethical attitude to leadership
Emotional intelligence and emotions
Communication and interaction tools & skills

Location and time

Seminar-Journey :

- Check-in session duration: 45-60 min
This will happen only Online on Zoom => Friday 05.11.2021 at 5 pm (Helsinki Time Zone)

- SEMINAR days are planned to happen in the presence
(of course we follow the Covid-situation and changes can happen according to it)

Friday the 12th November 2021 from 2.00 pm to 7.00 pm
Saturday the 13th November 2021 from 10.00 am to 3.00 pm

- Check-out session: Duration 46-60 min.
This will happen only Online on Zoom => Friday 03.12.2021 at 5 pm (Helsinki Time Zone)

Materials

As guiding books:

- Daft, R. 2015-2018. The Leadership Experience, 6h or 7th Edition – CENGAGE Learning 2015-2018
- Northouse, P. 2016. Leadership: Theory and Practice. Sage Publications.
A topical non-fiction book on human leadership.

Other:
Teacher's publications & material.

Teaching methods

The course will appear on your MOODLE space during the 1st week of November (Week 44)

The course is meant as an intensive seminar/workshop journey where the student experience:
1. Experiential learning /
2. Individual & Collective Coaching /
3. Network activation /
4. Executive process and follow up /
5. Awareness-based leadership & decision making.

Completion alternatives

The passing of the course requires active participation on seminar days (check-in & check-out sessions included) + at least 60% of the assignments-project activities (detailed info will be offered during the check-in session)

- Self-reflective journal individual (30%)
period 05.11 - 03.12.2021
- Project-base collective work or workshop training (30%)
- Development plan individual assignment (40%)
delivery safeline 10.12.2021

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Adequate 1
The theory of the subject matter as summarised by you is appropriate for the subject matter or work role, but it does not form an overall view. You describe and distinguish essential concepts. You outline a development project. You find a partial solution to the problem but are unable to illustrate the results. Matters are discussed in a list-like and summarising manner. Independent thinking is lacking. The reporting follows JAMK’s reporting instructions partially.

Satisfactory 2
You apply theory within the subject matter, limited from the perspective of the subject matter or work role. You have selected and defined the essential concepts. You design a development project. You find a partial solution to the problem. You illustrate the results. The examples demonstrate understanding and independent thinking, but the connections between theoretical knowledge and the examples are insufficient. The report mostly follows JAMK’s reporting instructions.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good 3
You present theory that is relevant and delineated. You are able to follow and analyse the development and/or research in your field of expertise. You are able to analyse and structure theoretical information and concepts. You lead or plan a research, development or innovation initiative, applying new methods. You develop the operations of the organisation by finding alternative solutions to a problem. Theory and practice are combined through your thinking. The report is illustrative and includes analysis. The report follows JAMK’s reporting instructions (may contain occasional errors).

Very good 4
You produce an overall view from the essential theories in the subject matter, which you reflect on in a critical manner. You are able to follow and analyse the development and international research in your field of expertise. You are able to consider the essential concepts in relation to each other. You lead or plan a research, development or innovation initiative that produces a solution for a practical problem. You demonstrate and justify the usability of your results. The report is written in a consistent, justified and illustrative manner. It contains reflection and criticism. The report follows JAMK’s reporting instructions. There may be minor deficiencies with some details.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent 5
You are able to create new information. You are able to follow and analyse the development and international research in the fields of expertise. You reflect on the matter at a social level. You are able to define the essential concepts related to the special competence of the field in relation to each other. You lead or plan a research, development or innovation initiative that produces and analyses new information and reforms the practices in complex and unpredictable operating environments. You utilise methods from research and development operations, and display creative thinking. The report has created new perspectives or overall views by combining things in a new way. The text displays the ability for critical thinking and the skill of communicating the results. The report follows JAMK’s reporting instructions.

Qualifications

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Further information

Open UAS: 10
Exchange students: 5