Skip to main content

Societal change and future foresight methods (5 cr)

Code: LA00BQ02-3003

General information


Enrollment

01.07.2022 - 04.09.2022

Timing

01.08.2022 - 31.12.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Faculty of Business and Hospitality Management (LAB)

Campus

Lahti Campus

Teaching languages

  • English

Degree programmes

  • Complementary competence, Master's (in Finnish)

Teachers

  • Eeva Aarrevaara
  • Juha Roslakka

Scheduling groups

  • Verkkoluento 1 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)

Groups

  • LABLTIYTO22H

Small groups

  • Virtual teaching 1

Learning outcomes

A student is able to
- describe the perspectives used in future research and consideration of different transition processes in the society
- develop own professional thinking and working methods by future research
- use working methods of future research and produce a case study based on them

Implementation and methods of teaching

Pre-course task, online contact days 16.9. and 21.10. 2022 (9-16) with lectures and workshop, final task. The study course will be carried out simultaneously with the Finnish study course YT00CO00-3003 Yhteiskunnallinen muutos ja tulevaisuuden ennakointimenetelmät.

Learning material and recommended literature

Will be published in Moodle.

Alternative completion methods

No compensatory tasks.

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

No previous knowledge required.

Assessment criteria

Assignments of the course.

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

Required documents are not delivered or they are inadequate or they don´t meet the set requirements.

Assessment criteria: assessment scale failed/approved

Required documents are not delivered or they are inadequate or they don´t meet the set requirements.

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student is able to
- search knowledge and sources based on future research and justify its' usability
- design, carry out and evaluate professional and organizational development processes by adaptation of the methods of future research
- work in demanding professional tasks utilizing the methods of future research

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student is able to
- evaluate critically professional knowledge and sources based on future research
- carry out demanding professional and organisational development processes by adaptation of the methods of future research
- work and communicate in multidimensional regional and national development networks utilizing the methods of future research

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

Student is able to
- use critically and innovatively domestic and international sources of future research
- evaluate the results and impacts of development activities by utilizing future research
- work and communicate in demanding domestic and international development networks utilizing the methods of future research