Basics in Management and Leadership (3cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Objective

With this course, you will understand the importance of leadership in organizing, directing and implementing the activities of various organizations, groups and other operations.

After completing this course, you will acquire basic knowledge and skills in various areas of management and supervisor work, which include:
1. Tasks related to the implementation and assurance of the (business) strategy
2. Tasks related to the management of the work unit
3. Tasks related to ensuring competence
4. Tasks related to recruitment and orientation
5. Tasks related to employment matters
6. Challenging and surprising tasks
7. Other management and supervisory tasks

Content

The course progresses in stages on the principle of alternating lectures, exercises and self-oriented work. The results and outputs of the assignments are discussed in practice meetings.

It is possible to complete the course with the AHOT procedure by doing a separate AHOT assignment or task. The AHOT procedure requires several years of prior managerial and / or managerial experience.

Location and time

on the Wärtsilä campus and in the Moodle learning environment

Materials

Introduced at the beginning of the course.

Teaching methods

This course introduces the essentials of people leadership and HR practice: how to set direction (strategy), how everyday management delivers on it, and how to run key people processes consistently and lawfully.
Learning is practice-oriented: progress through individual and pair assignments that apply the models to real or provided cases. In-person lectures consolidate the core themes, and recordings plus a concise knowledge base support independent study.

Contents: Fundamentals of leadership, fundamentals of strategy, competence management, basics of recruitment, basics of onboarding and termination of employment.