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Master’s Degree Programme in Management and Leadership, Innovative management of welfare services: Part-time Studies

Code: YJS2024SS

Degree:
Master of Health Care

Degree title:
Master of Health Care
Master of Health Care
Master of Health Care
Master of Health Care
Master of Social Services and Health Care
Master of Social Services

Credits:
90 ects

Duration:
3 years (90 cr)

Start semester:
Autumn 2024

Descriptions

After completing your studies, you will have a new perspective on the management of the welfare sector in a digitizing operating environment. You recognize the various national and international operating environments of well-being services, you master decision-making, risk management and you know how to foresee the future. The degree gives you excellent skills for managing a healthy working community, working community skills and communication.

Objective

After education, you will gain the following skills:

Knowledge of developing work community operations: You know how to lead diverse work communities and develop expertise to reform operations.

Future competence: You know how to anticipate and innovatively renew digital service entities in the face of change.

Service system expertise: You have the skills to analyze the operation of service systems and make data-based conclusions to reform operations.

Multidisciplinary cooperation skills: You know how to work effectively and build impressive cooperation relationships. You lead multidisciplinary networks using communication, negotiation and presentation skills.

Show study timings by semester, study year or period

Code Name Credits (cr) 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027 Autumn 2024 Spring 2025 Autumn 2025 Spring 2026 Autumn 2026 Spring 2027 1. / 2024 2. / 2025 3. / 2025 1. / 2025 2. / 2026 3. / 2026 1. / 2026 2. / 2027 3. / 2027
YJS2024SS-1001
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

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10
YZ00CK87 Research-based Development 5 5 5 5
VAIHTOEHTOISET OPINNOT

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5
YZ00CB90 Qualitative Research 5
YZ00CB88 Quantitative Research 5
YJS2024SS-1002
MANAGEMENT

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20
YZ00CL56 Development as a leader 5 5 2 3 2 3
YZ00CL59 Human Resource Management 5 5 3 2 3 2
YZ00CL57 Strategic management 5 5 5 5
YZ00CL58 Financial management 5 5 5 5
YJS2024SS-1003
INNOVATIVE MANAGEMENT OF WELFARE SERVICES

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25
YZ00CL06 Management competence in renewing welfare services 5 5 5 5
YZ00CL07 Welfare work community 5 5 5 5
YZ00CL08 Customer orientation in development 5 5 5 5
YZ00CL09 Effective decision making 5 5 5 5
YZ00CL10 A digitizing management environment 5 5 5 5
YJS2024SS-1004
MASTER´S THESIS

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30
YZ00BL94 Master's Thesis, Planning 7 4 3 2 2 3 2 2 3
YZ00BL98 Master's Thesis, Research Writing 3 3 3 3
YZ00BL95 Master's Thesis, Implementation 10 6 4 6 4 6 4
YZ00BL96 Master's Thesis, Reporting 10 10 10 10
YZ00BB05 Maturity Test, Master's Degree 0
YJS2024SS-1016
ELECTIVE STUDIES

(Choose 5)

5
YS00BX68 Ethical Expertise, Leadership and Organisational Culture 5 5 5 5
YS00BT49 Service Design and Development 5
YSZY0510 Digital Expertise in Health Care and Social Services 5
YS00BX95 Cyber Threats and Digital Security in the Health Sector 5
YS00BP81 Sexual Health Promotion and Human Rights 5 5 5 5
YHTYRI
Shared Entrepreneurship Studies (For Bachelor's and Master's Student)

(Choose 23)

0 - 23
ZZ00BC02 Idea to Business 5
ZZ00BC03 Business Coaching 8
ZYVZ0200 The Dreams+Inspiration! 3
ZZ00CQ16 Narratives of entrepreneurship 2
ZZ00CQ17 Valmiina yrittämään 3
ZZ00CQ18 JA Company Program 1 - 5
ZZ00CQ62 Yritystoimintaa kehittävät opinnot 1 - 5
YJS2024SS-1019
CROSS-INSTITUTIONAL STUDIES

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0 - 5
YJS2024SS-1017
EUDRES

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0 - 5
Total 90 39 27 24 22 17 21 6 14 10 22 17 0 21 6 0 14 10 0

Due to the timing of optional and elective courses, credit accumulation per semester / academic year may vary.

Master’s degree: The shared competences 2023-2025

Ethics

The graduating student assesses and promotes the realisation of ethical principles and values of their field of profession, taking equality and non-discrimination into account.
- Is able to promote ethically sustainable activities and the realisation of ethical reflection in their different operating environments.
- Promotes the realisation of the ethical principles and values of their field.
- Makes decisions taking individual, communal and societal perspectives into account.
- Promotes the realisation of diversity and accessibility.
- Implements the principles of responsible conduct of research and promotes their application in their work community.
- Is able to manage societally influential activities based on ethical values.

Research-based Development
Qualitative Research
Quantitative Research
Development as a leader
Human Resource Management
Strategic management
Management competence in renewing welfare services
Customer orientation in development
Master's Thesis, Planning
Master's Thesis, Research Writing
Master's Thesis, Implementation
Maturity Test, Master's Degree
Proactive development

The graduating student is able to manage the development of new solutions that anticipate the future and produces new information using different research and development methods.
− Produces new information and reforms operating methods, combining competence in different fields.
- Is able to implement research, development and innovation projects and apply different research and development methods.
- Is able to develop new customer-oriented, sustainable and economically viable solutions, anticipating the future.
- Is able to analyse the current situation and anticipate the future of their field and changes in the operating environment.

Research-based Development
Qualitative Research
Quantitative Research
Strategic management
Financial management
Welfare work community
Customer orientation in development
Effective decision making
A digitizing management environment
Master's Thesis, Planning
Master's Thesis, Research Writing
Master's Thesis, Implementation
Maturity Test, Master's Degree
Internationality and multiculturalism

The graduating student is able to develop and manage multicultural and international operating environments and networks.
- Is able to develop operating methods that take multiculturalism into account in their work community.
- Is able to anticipate the impacts and opportunities of global development and phenomena.
- Is able to interact, communicate and develop activities internationally in their own field.

Human Resource Management
Welfare work community
Sustainable development

The graduating student develops and manages sustainable and responsible operating methods in their work and promotes sustainable change in their work community and society.
- Is able to apply the knowledge and future visions of sustainable development comprehensively as a basis for sustainable solutions.
- Is able to analyse and assess systemic dependencies of complex multidisciplinary problems and the different dimensions of solutions.
- Is able to manage the search, implementation and establishment of sustainable solutions and operating models in their work communit.

Human Resource Management
Financial management
Management competence in renewing welfare services
Welfare work community
Effective decision making
Master's Thesis, Planning
Master's Thesis, Reporting
Learning to learn

The graduating student promotes their own and their community's continuous learning and competence development, drawing on knowledge from different fields and the opportunities of digitalisation.
- Is able to assess and develop their expertise diversely and in a goal-oriented manner at different stages of their career and life.
- Is able to acquire, critically assess and produce information while taking into account the perspectives of different fields.
- Is able to develop and manage goal-oriented, continuous learning in their community.

Research-based Development
Qualitative Research
Quantitative Research
Development as a leader
Strategic management
Financial management
Management competence in renewing welfare services
Customer orientation in development
A digitizing management environment
Master's Thesis, Planning
Master's Thesis, Research Writing
Master's Thesis, Implementation
Maturity Test, Master's Degree
Operating in a workplace

The graduating student is able to develop and manage their work community and reforms working life.
- Is able to develop and manage multidisciplinary teams and work communities.
- Is able to develop the communication and interaction culture of work communities.
- Is able to develop and manage the comprehensive well-being of a work community.
- Utilises the opportunities of technology and digitalisation in development and management.
- Promotes the resilience of a work community.

Research-based Development
Human Resource Management
Financial management
Welfare work community
Effective decision making
A digitizing management environment
Master's Thesis, Planning
Master's Thesis, Research Writing
Master's Thesis, Implementation
Maturity Test, Master's Degree
Not grouped
Ethical Expertise, Leadership and Organisational Culture
Service Design and Development
Digital Expertise in Health Care and Social Services
Cyber Threats and Digital Security in the Health Sector
Sexual Health Promotion and Human Rights

Code Name Credits (cr)
YJS2024SS-1001
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

(Choose all)

10
YZ00CK87 Research-based Development 5
VAIHTOEHTOISET OPINNOT

(Choose 5)

5
YZ00CB90 Qualitative Research 5
YZ00CB88 Quantitative Research 5
YJS2024SS-1002
MANAGEMENT

(Choose all)

20
YZ00CL56 Development as a leader 5
YZ00CL59 Human Resource Management 5
YZ00CL57 Strategic management 5
YZ00CL58 Financial management 5
YJS2024SS-1003
INNOVATIVE MANAGEMENT OF WELFARE SERVICES

(Choose all)

25
YZ00CL06 Management competence in renewing welfare services 5
YZ00CL07 Welfare work community 5
YZ00CL08 Customer orientation in development 5
YZ00CL09 Effective decision making 5
YZ00CL10 A digitizing management environment 5
YJS2024SS-1004
MASTER´S THESIS

(Choose all)

30
YZ00BL94 Master's Thesis, Planning 7
YZ00BL98 Master's Thesis, Research Writing 3
YZ00BL95 Master's Thesis, Implementation 10
YZ00BL96 Master's Thesis, Reporting 10
YZ00BB05 Maturity Test, Master's Degree 0
YJS2024SS-1016
ELECTIVE STUDIES

(Choose 5)

5
YS00BX68 Ethical Expertise, Leadership and Organisational Culture 5
YS00BT49 Service Design and Development 5
YSZY0510 Digital Expertise in Health Care and Social Services 5
YS00BX95 Cyber Threats and Digital Security in the Health Sector 5
YS00BP81 Sexual Health Promotion and Human Rights 5
YHTYRI
Shared Entrepreneurship Studies (For Bachelor's and Master's Student)
0 - 23
ZZ00BC02 Idea to Business 5
ZZ00BC03 Business Coaching 8
ZYVZ0200 The Dreams+Inspiration! 3
ZZ00CQ16 Narratives of entrepreneurship 2
ZZ00CQ17 Valmiina yrittämään 3
ZZ00CQ18 JA Company Program 1 - 5
ZZ00CQ62 Yritystoimintaa kehittävät opinnot 1 - 5
YJS2024SS-1019
CROSS-INSTITUTIONAL STUDIES

(Choose 5)

0 - 5
YJS2024SS-1017
EUDRES

(Choose 5)

0 - 5