Learning, Development and Career Design (5cr)

Intro

A competent and development-oriented workforce is one of the most important success factors for organisations. Learning and development also form the foundation for meaningful individual careers. But what exactly is learning and competency, and how they can be supported and developed at the individual, team and organisational levels? How can an organization learn with agility and renew itself creatively? If these questions interest you, this course is for you. Welcome to the fascinating world of learning, development and career design!

Learning objectives

The course addresses perspectives on learning, competency development and career design. The student examines learning and competency development from the viewpoints of meaningful work and careers, as well as critical success factors influencing organisational performance. The student analyses evolving competence needs, factors affecting individual and organisational learning and competency development, and opportunities for career design. The student is be able to plan strategically driven competency development, support continuous learning, and utilise career design methods.

Contents

Key Themes

Evolving competency needs
Individual learning, identity and competency
Continuous learning and career design
Learning and competency as a collective phenomenon
Strategic issues and tools in learning and competency development

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This course unit is part of the master's degree curriculum. Completion of the course requires master's study entitlement.

Assessment criteria - grade 1

When the implementation type of the course is CONTACT, ONLINE or BLENDED it is required that the student is present during those teaching hours that are marked in the study schedule. If you are absent more than 25 %, your grade will be lowered by one. If you are absent more than 50 %, the course is failed.

The student demonstrates satisfactory competence in relation to the course learning objectives. The student identifies some of the theories, perspectives and concepts presented in the course. The student weakly identifies their implications for practice.

Assessment criteria - grade 3

The student demonstrates good competence in relation to the course learning objectives. The student has good command of the theories, perspectives and concepts presented in the course. The student is able to analyse their implications for practice.

Assessment criteria - grade 5

The student demonstrates excellent competence in relation to the course learning objectives. The student profoundly masters theories, perspectives and concepts presented in the course. The student critically and thoroughly applies the concepts and theories learned in the course to analyse and create solutions for practical work situations.