Development Skills - From a Plan to Its ImplementationLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

The student is able to lead and evaluate activities of multidisciplinary teams, project groups and actors, and goal-oriented research and development processes. He/she understands the importance of value proposition, professional ethics, and good scientific practice in development activities. He/she is able to develop the culture of communication and interaction, resilience, and holistic well-being in his/her team. The student is able to apply the change management approach to put results into practice.

Competences focused on during the study unit: working life skills, ethics, project management

Content

Key contents
• Participatory team leadership and networking
• Building trust, value propositions and stakeholder engagement
• Project management, risk management, and implementation
• Evaluation and reporting

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

1-2: The student
- demonstrates understanding and produces examples of project work and project management in his/her development task.
- looks at operations from an ethical perspective, identifies and reports on new areas for development using evidence-based data.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

3-4: The student
- is able to demonstrate key phenomena related to project operations and change management in his/her development task, and to substantiate them with evidence-based information.
- analyzes project management and operations from an ethical perspective, looking for constructive solutions in the light of evidence-based information.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

5: The student
- is able to evaluate the usability and effectiveness of project results.
- produces information about project management and operations with the help of evidence-based information, reflects on practical activities also from an ethical perspective, and makes developmental and constructive assessments and interpretations based on these.