Changing work (5cr)

Objective

Upon successful completion of the course, the doctoral candidate will be able1. to understand changes in society, both past and present, and their relationships to the changing nature of work2. to recognize the effects, at both macro and micro levels, of new forms of waged and unwaged work, especially in the discipline relevant to his/her research3. to critically assess alternative theoretical explanations of the transformation of work and to utilise and combine context-related multidisciplinary knowledge4. to analyze the specific implications, challenges and possibilities for Northern communities and individuals.

Content

The course explores challenges in society, working life, and organizations – and correspondingly new potential – created by the changing nature of work and wider societal changes. Changing patterns of work and employment, both waged and unwaged, formal and informal, will be explored through aspects of administration, law, services, placelessness, leadership, ethics, mobility of the work force, complexity of change, and the diversity of communities and cultures.

Qualifications

The course is organised for doctoral candidates at the University of Lapland. The course is part of the doctoral programme Communities and changing work, but doctoral candidates from other programmes are also welcome to the course.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

1-5

Materials

More literature information and extra material
Will be announced later

Further information

Additional information
Graduate School

Execution methods

Implementation and methods: Lectures, and reflection on lectures and key texts in a reading workshop, and a seminar.

Accomplishment methods

Short description of own research topic and its connection to changing work and employment to be delivered when registering for the course on WebOodi, 3–5 pages reflection paper reflecting own research topic in relation to the lectures and course readings to be handed in before the seminar to outi.rantala(at)ulapland.fi. Active participation in the seminar.