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Recognising the Structure and Activities of a Work Community (5 cr)

Code: K700BE11-3002

General information


Enrollment

02.10.2023 - 17.01.2024

Timing

18.01.2024 - 24.04.2024

Credits

5 op

Virtual proportion (cr)

4 op

RD proportion (cr)

1 op

Mode of delivery

20 % Contact teaching, 80 % Distance learning

Unit

Bachelor of Social Services

Office

Kosmos, Tietokatu 1, Kemi

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

0 - 40

Degree programmes

  • Bachelor of Social Services

Teachers

  • Anneli Ylikärppä

Responsible person

Anneli Ylikärppä

Student groups

  • KA71S22SL
    egree Programme in Social Services, Early Childhood Education, (blended and online studies), Kemi, Autumn 2022

Objective

Learning objectives:

The student
- can identify organisational theories and organisational models for work
- knows the basic principles of how a work community operates
- knows the starting points and contents of occupational safety and occupational well-being

Content

Contents:
- Organisational theories and models
- Supervisory and subordinate skills
- Communications and interaction in a work community
- Occupational well-being and its promotion

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Fail (0)

Professional knowledge base and concepts:
The student does not recognize the changes related to the performance and organization of work and does not identify the key principles related to the functioning of the work community.

Professional activities:
The student is not able to name any method of work community development and is not able to act as a team member.

Ethical competence and responsibility:
The student does not know the factors related to the interaction of the work community with the help of image theory. The student is not able to name the factors influencing the well-being and occupational safety of the work community.

Satisfactory (1)

Professional knowledge base and concepts:
The student is able to identify some changes in the way work is done and organized. The student is able to identify some of the key theoretical principles related to the functioning of the work community.

Professional activities
The student is able to name a method of developing a work community and act as a member of a team.

Ethical competence and responsibility
Based on the theory, the student is able to describe a factor related to the interaction of the work community. The student nominates a work community from the factors that affect well-being at work and occupational safety.

Satisfactory (2)

Professional knowledge base and concepts:
The student is able to describe changes in the way work is done and organized, and gives examples of key theoretical principles related to the functioning of the work community.

Professional activities:
The student is able to give an example of a work community development method and act as a team member.

Ethical competence and responsibility:
The student is able to name some factors related to the interaction of the work community based on theoretical knowledge. The student is able to give examples of factors influencing the well-being and occupational safety of the work community.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good (3)

Professional knowledge base and concepts:
The student understands the significance of changes in the way work is done and organized in the light of organizational theories. The student knows the main theoretical principles that affect the functioning of the work community.

Professional activities
The student explains and describes the methods of work community development. The student understands the basics of teamwork in work organizations

Ethical competence and responsibility:
The student is able to describe the key factors related to the interaction of the work community based on theoretical knowledge. The student knows the factors influencing the well-being at work and occupational safety of the work community on the basis of theoretical knowledge and practical experience

Good (4)

Professional knowledge base and concepts
The student is able to analyze the significance of changes related to the performance and organization of work in the light of organizational theories and is able to compare various factors related to the functioning of the work community on the basis of research and theoretical knowledge.

Professional activities:
The student is able to analyze and utilize work community development methods and is able to evaluate teamwork in work organizations

Ethical competence and responsibility
The student is able to evaluate the interaction of the work community based on research and theoretical knowledge. Based on theoretical knowledge and practical experience, the student analyzes the well-being and safety of the work community.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent (5)

Professional knowledge base and concepts:
The student is able to evaluate the significance of changes related to the performance and organization of work in the light of organizational theories and to propose new perspectives for strengthening the functioning of the work community on the basis of research and theoretical knowledge

Professional activities:
The student analyzes and evaluates work community development methods and develops teamwork in work organizations.

Ethical competence and responsibility:
The student develops and evaluates the interaction of the work community based on research and theoretical knowledge. The student is able to develop the well-being and occupational safety of the work community on the basis of theoretical knowledge and practical experience

Qualifications

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