Sustainable Leadership

Do you want to be a pioneer in leadership and ensure that your management style is sustainable, ethical, and responsible? Join the ”Sustainable Leadership” course, which will help you face the constantly changing challenges of organizations and also lead yourself in these situations. This course provides you with the skills and knowledge needed to promote the long-term well-being of an organization. Whether you are interested in leadership positions and sustainability or are already an experienced leader. Enroll now and make sustainable leadership a part of your career future!

To enroll in the course, you need a Finnish social security number.

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Benefits

  • You will delve into the core concepts of sustainable leadership, learn to recognize the importance of social responsibility and environmental consideration in business operations, and develop strategic skills to lead your organization towards a more sustainable future.
  • You will also build your resilience skills. The course also includes practicing various interaction skills, such as presentation skills and giving feedback. Searching and implementing scientific research results and writing skills are also in central focus. Goal is that will get new insights on how to develop yourself as well as you organization.
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Target audience

  • The course is designed for all Master’s level students or those interested in studies. It is good to have an interest in both welfare economy and managing and developing work communities. In the course, you will need and develop your Master’s level information retrieval and writing skills, as well as the application of theories.
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Content

  • Module 1: Orientation to the course and fundamentals of sustainable leadership
  • Module 2: Personal leadership skills and principles
  • Module 3: Perspectives on sustainability in organizational leadership
  • Module 4: Developing resilience in the work community
  • Module 5: Strategic choices and implementation from the perspective of welfare economy

After completion of this course you will be able to:

  • describe the key concepts and objectives of sustainable management
  •  assess and plan the development goals for their own sustainable management skills and identify their own strengths and values in leadership
  •  assess and innovate the inclusivity, resilience, operational methods of the work community, and the implementation of strategy from the perspectives of sustainability and welfare economy.

Mode of Teaching and Methods

  • Hybrid teaching
  • Learning material to be studied independently
  • Tasks to be performed independently
  • Writing essays
  • Independent study in an online learning environment. You can complete the course freely according to your own schedule.
  • Group work as online teaching
  • Teamwork in connection with exercises
  • Exercises to be performed independently
  • Personal exercises
  • Teamwork in exercises
  • Solving the weekly assignments independently or in a group
  • Online discussions around the topic
  • Independently implemented projects
  • Group projects
  • Flexible online exam (Moodle, EXAM)

Study Material

  • Will be announced, and student will also search for relevant material

Assessment

  • Grade 0-5
  • Participation in peer meetings (optional) 20% • Learning diary 50% • Group work (can also be done independently) 30%

Schedule and Location

  • The participant progresses independently on the learning platform. There are guidance meetings available with the teacher, where support for studies can be obtained. The course also includes discussion forums and optional peer meetings.

More information about the course

If you have any questions about student IDs, fees, or cancellation terms, please contact avoin@vamk.fi

We reserve the right to make changes.

Piia Uusi-Kakkuri

Yliopettaja

Sosiaali- ja terveysala | Hoitotyö

piia.uusi-kakkuri@vamk.fi | +358 207 663 645

Sustainable Leadership

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