Learning outcomes

After completing the course the student will understand:
• Leadership in management work, especially participative approaches
• Change dynamics
• Characteristic challenges in managing organisational renewal
• Complexity theory and cultural theory
• HR management

Contents

Students will learn essential principles in leadership theory and build a necessary understanding about change dynamics in the context of demands for organisational renewal. Human resource management is (HRM) in media companies is an important element, and emphasis is especially focused on building, developing and renewing value networks (partnerships, alliances, etc).

Teaching methods

Teaching method	Contact	Online
Lectures	25 h	0 h

Lectures and readings, tested separately. The testing in literature comes after the lectures. There is one day of guest lectures from senior managers in the industry, providing experience-based knowledge about leadership and change management in practice.

Teaching language

English

Evaluation and evaluation criteria

Numeric 1-5.
Attendance and active participation in lectures (2 ECTS), submitting an essay on the lectures and assigned essays on study materials (3 ECTS).

Study materials

A packet of contemporary readings from academic journals and books.

Belongs to following study modules