Study Guide

Learning objectives

After completing the course, student is able to
- explain the main principles of management and financial planning in the social and health care field
- understand what self-management means and how self-management is seen as competence in working life
- understand the rules, obligations, and practices of working life in his field
- describe the factors influencing occupational well-being and understand how can promote well-being at work with own action
- explain the most important employment legislation in the service sector and the collective agreements in the social and health care sector affecting the employee
- seek possibilities to provide health and social services in the private and third sectors within the limits of the legislation
- market his or her own expertise and the services of his or her work community

Content

The concepts of management and organisation
Human resource management
Self-management
Employment in the service sector and related contracts and legislation
Occupational well-being
Work community and Team work skills
Entrepreneurship in the social and health care sector
Service design, cost accounting, pricing, budgeting
Marketing thinking and methods in the work community.

Qualifications

This course can be taken when the student has gained a good understanding of the social and health care environment and of his or her own work, mainly after the second academic year.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Pass-fail