Single course

Psychology for Leaders

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Credits
3 credits
Enrolment period
08.04.2025 - 19.05.2025
Duration
02.06.2025 - 19.06.2025
Study modes
Full-time studies
Field of study
Business administration
Price
60.00 €

Content

Psychology as a tool to improve Management and Leadership.
Basic framework for non-psychologists.
๏ How our brain works (Biopsychology)
๏ How our unconscious mind works (Psychoanalytical School)
๏ How external and internal enforcements shape our conduct (Behavioral School)
๏ How our needs and aspirations trigger our priorities (Humanistic School)
๏ How the whole experience influences us (Gestalt School)
๏ How we process the information and learn (Cognitive school)
๏ How we enforce wellness (Positive School)
๏ How we change and transform through life (Developmental and Learning theories)
๏ How we organize our internal paradigms (Spiral Dynamics)

Objectives

Leadership has become the art of establishing long, lasting, and healthy relationships. Companies need to fully understand the humans they work with as well as the ones they want to serve.
The goal of the program is to understand how our mind works so we can provide excellent Leadership experiences.
Through the revision of different scientific psychological schools, participants will be able to understand the basics of human psychology and how to use those consciously and ethically to lead teams, starting from leading themselves.
The program is carried out as a holistic experience. Therefore, it is likely to elicit the practice of core competencies as communication skills, deep listening, critical thinking, creative planning, and diversity integration.
1 IBCRI Skills in Critical and Analytical Understanding
Critically review, analyze and understand information available from academic and professional business sources.
2 IBBUS Applied Business Skills
Apply disciplinary and interdisciplinary knowledge to analyze business challenges and global trends to propose or put into action practical business solutions based on the findings.
3 IBCOM Communication Skills Communicate responsibly and effectively in English through oral, written and digital formats in academic and professional contexts.
4 IBCOL Intercultural Collaboration Skills Demonstrate intercultural teamwork, leadership, and conflict resolution skills.
5 IBETH Ethical Conduct Embrace ethical conduct in practice and decision-making. This may be according to the Principles for Responsible Management Education (UNPRME) or the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations.

6 IBPER Skills for Personal Career Development Reflect upon and deepen personal and professional learning in order to recognize their strengths to support their career development.

Additional information

More information: [email protected]
The course code is YH00CL14-3003. Use the code to view the course schedule at lukkarit.peppi.jamk.fi. NOTE! Online courses may not have a schedule.
If you are an unemployed jobseeker or an asylum seeker, the studies are free of charge. Studies are also free for people who have fled Ukraine and are in Finland with temporary protection -status. In these cases, you are to make online payment and use the secure email to submit the certificate without delay. After that you will be refunded. Instructions: https://www.jamk.fi/en/apply-to-jamk/jamk-open-university-of-applied-sc…