After completing the course, students have knowledge of both strategic, tactical and operational leadership. The student knows the challenges that leadership faces in small, medium-size and large companies.
Prerequisites
Passed course in Leadership and labor law, 5 ects and Management Systems, 4 ects.
Content of the study unit
Different approaches in leadership,
Leadership at different levels, strategic, tactical and team leadership.
strategy work; vision, mission and goals.
Values, ethics and morals.
Owner or employee manager.
The challenge of leading change.
Reward system and new values in salary setting.
To be able to lead as a leader and to be able to create a working climate there also other energies.
The need for renewal and constant development.
staff Management
Leadership lectures or other similar task.
Assessment criteria
Assessment criteria – satisfactory (1-2)
The student
Has basic ability to identify different leadership needs in different situations and environments.
Can describe the need for leadership as an employee in another's service and as a self-employed person.
Realize that leadership is multidisciplinary and consists of many subdivisions.
Can describe the interaction between the different company functions and the need for control and management.
Assessment criteria – good (3-4)
The student
Can explain simple connections between leadership qualities / behaviors and leadership success.
Can describe, vision, mission, strategy and the companies' different goals.
Can explain the importance of follow-up, information, communication and reward.
Can explain the difference between owner managers and an employee leader from an organizational perspective.
Can explain the meaning of simple leadership terminology.
Realize what change, timeliness and anticipation mean.
Has a basic understanding of the difference between global organizations and small businesses.
Has a basic understanding of the changing role of leadership in the network economy and economic networks.
Assessment criteria – excellent (5)
The student
Can analyze and explain indications of successful and unsuccessful leadership.
Can describe meters and other tools for monitoring the company's operations.
Can explain the connection between the management and the different company functions in a profitability perspective.
Can describe a company's reporting system.
Can describe concepts such as values, ethics and morals and give examples of applications in working life.
Can describe the importance of learning from others.
Can name different leadership tools and describe their structural use.