Curriculum 2011 – SYB211SJ (in English)

LAUREA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES

Degree Programme in Health Promotion, Crisis and Emergency Management (Laurea Hyvinkää), SYB211SJ

                                                                  1. year        2. year        3. year
OP            STUDIES                                                       70             20
B024          CRISIS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
B0119         Crises, Critical Incidents and Emergencies in the              5
              Changing World
B0120         Crisis, Critical Incident and Emergency                        5
              Preparedness
B0121         Research, Evaluation and Development                           5
B025          CRISIS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
B0122         Management and Leadership                                      5
B0123         Crisis and Emergency Management and                           10
              Communication
B0124         Strategic Management                                           5
B0125         Psychosocial Support and Developing Follow-Up                  5
B026          INTERNATIONAL CRISIS, DISASTER AND
              CATASTROF AND COOPERATION
B0126         Humanitarian aid and crisis management                                        5
B0127         Multiculturalism                                                              5
B031          THESIS
B0128         Thesis                                                        30
B027          ELECTIVE STUDIES
B0186         Intensive Studies in Management                                                             5
B0187         International approach to Leadership and                                                    5
              Management in Public, Private and Third Sector
              Services
                                                                            70             20             0
B024 CRISIS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, 15 cr

Description:
 In today's society, different actors, such as the state, municipalities and organisations, need to be prepared for
security threats, critical incidents, dangers and crises on both a national, regional and local level. Preparedness
constitutes preventive measures, including preparedness planning, advance planning, preparedness exercises, the
training of experts and guiding communities in increased responsibility. Preparedness ensures that tasks are
managed as well as possible without disruption in crises, critical incidents and emergencies.

Content:
- What is meant by crises, critical incidents and emergencies?
- What is meant by preparedness?
- How to prepare for different crises, critical incidents and emergencies on a national, regional and local level?
- Why should we prepare for crises, critical incidents and emergencies?
- How to forecast the future and carry out risk analyses?
- How to evaluate and develop preparedness for crises, critical incidents and emergencies?
- How well do students master crisis management concepts in Finnish and English?


Learning process:
 Students are able to use concepts relating to preparedness and are familiar with the legislation and strategies.
Students perceive and recognise the signals of different risks in society. They can assess the needs and resources
of preparedness in different communities.

 Students are able to draw up and develop preparedness plans, taking into account the methods of municipal
preparation, decision-making and implementation. They can plan and implement preparedness exercises with
different bodies, making use of one another's competence and resources.




B0119 Crises, Critical Incidents and Emergencies in the Changing World, 5 cr

The student is able to:
Students who have completed the study unit will be able to:

 - Recognise the increased societal and global vulnerability,
 - Know and take into account the threat models and resources of the functions vital to society,
 - Identify the phenomena of the network society in the lives of people and communities,
 - Social phenomena, forecasting, technological advancement, environmental issues, multidisciplinary and cross-
functional operations as well as a the theoretical basis, threat analyses, extended security approach, laws and
regulations,
 - Carry out international communications in their work and in operational development.


B0120 Crisis, Critical Incident and Emergency Preparedness, 5 cr

The student is able to:
Students who have completed the study unit will be able to:

 - Plan and develop different preparedness plans and exercises together with other actors
 - Take into account the different possibilities and network resources as well as uncertainty factors and warning
signals in the regional and local preparedness plans and prevention systems,
 - Participate in the preparedness exercises of different organisations,
 - Be familiar with crisis communications and able to time its need according to warning signals,
 - Be familiar with the alarm systems used in Finland and evaluate and develop their functionality within their area of
expertise,
 - Learn and develop risk evaluation methods.
B0121 Research, Evaluation and Development, 5 cr

The student is able to:
 * Know the core methods in qualitative and quantitative research, evidence-based practice
 * Be familiar with different evaluation methods.
 * Evaluate e.g. the functionality of preparedness plans, crisis communication plans and alarm systems and develop
these in cooperation with different actors


B025 CRISIS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, 25 cr

Description:
 Students are able to manage various day-to-day and communal leadership situations. Students are able to function
as representatives of their professional field in crises and emergencies as part of multi-authority activities, and
manage the tasks within their field. They can arrange psychosocial support for victims and their families during and
after critical incidents and emergencies. They are able to assess and develop crisis management practices together
with different actors. They take into account and develop occupational safety issues.

Content:
 Crises and emergencies may pose an unexpected or sudden threat to the security of society, population or
environment under normal or emergency conditions. These situations demand reinforced management competence
and leadership.

 In these situations, management competence must have a solid foundation, e.g. clear values and ethics that steer
activities, up-to-date information on procedures for different conditions, strategic thinking, situational thinking/
assessment, organisation of operations, responsibility, decision-making, implementation of decisions,
communications, cooperation and distribution of tasks among different instances, multi-authority activities and
evaluation and development of activities.


B0122 Management and Leadership, 5 cr

The student is able to:
 - Know the core management concepts and theories and analyse their functionality in different projects, operating
environments and organisations,
 - Examine the value basis of their management activities, management methods and ability to manage people and
networks.



B0123 Crisis and Emergency Management and Communication, 10 cr

The student is able to:
 - Function in multi-authority activities and as experts of their own field in crises and emergencies,
 - Prove that they master the management organisations and practices of medical rescue, the police and rescue
services,
 - Draw up a situation assessment and action plan for different crises, critical incidents and emergencies, and
 - Manage and make use of the competence and resources of different actors in crises and emergencies, as well as
evaluate the necessary resources for the situation according to their awareness of the conditions,
 - Manage issues and/or people,
 - Manage demanding emergencies in accordance with information available to them with the safety and medical
needs of people as their primary concern,
 - Communicate in crises and emergencies in line with agreed principles,
 - Take into account employees' perspectives on occupational safety and health preventively and during and after
activities.



B0124 Strategic Management , 5 cr
The student is able to:
- Master the principles and methods of strategic planning and management,
- Draw strategic solutions,
- Plan and organise operative activities,
- Act in line with the chosen strategic decision in changing situations,
- Critically evaluate the strategic solutions and develop strategic activities,
- Lead and develop complex, unpredictable and new strategic approaches.



B0125 Psychosocial Support and Developing Follow-Up, 5 cr

The student is able to:
 - Arrange psychosocial support for victims and their families during and after critical incidents and emergencies,
 - Know the methods and practices of psychosocial support and develop these together with different instances,
 - Cooperate with different peer groups and voluntary organisations in arranging psychosocial support,
 - Together with different instances, activate and support the resources for communities facing a critical incident, so
that they get through the crisis and find a direction for the future.



B026 INTERNATIONAL CRISIS, DISASTER AND CATASTROF AND COOPERATION, 10 cr

Description:
 International crisis and disaster work concerning participation in humanitarian assistance in natural disasters as air,
an international crisis management, research - and development activities and cooperation between different
organizations. Humanitarian assistance in the subject may be connected to the people and the environment caused
by disasters, which have been the subject of accident victims or infrastructure damage amongst others, natural
disasters, wars, political conflict situations, accidents, epidemics and famines.

The student will be able to:
 - to participate in teamwork within multinational aid groups in disaster situations
- to work as a team member within multinational groups in disaster situations.



B0126 Humanitarian aid and crisis management, 5 cr

The student is able to:
 - Know the ethical obligations, principles and procedures relating to humanitarian aid,
 - Prepare themselves for a humanitarian aid project or prepare the project as a team, and participate in an
international humanitarian aid project/task respecting the local culture.



B0127 Multiculturalism, 5 cr

The student is able to:
- Take cultural factors into account when planning and implementing crisis and catastrophe work,
- Participate in multicultural cooperation,
- Understand the effect of cultural background on peoples' conduct in crisis situations.

-Clinical Placement



B031 THESIS, 30 cr

Description:
 The thesis of 30 cr. constitutes a core element of the Master's studies and the fifth theme of the degree programme.
The aim of the thesis is to develop and demonstrate the students’ ability to apply research data, to use selected
methods for analysing and solving workplace problems and to carry out demanding specialist tasks independently.
(Ministry of Education and Culture 2009: National Framework for Qualifications and Other Learning). The thesis
develops the market and is a project integrated into Laurea's research programmes on welfare and social
responsibility with the purpose of e.g. renewing and managing targeted work methods or generating new service
innovations. The subject of the thesis may arise from the student's work community or the development needs of the
public, private or third sector.

 Students may link different assignments as part of the thesis. The subject of the thesis is approved according to
Laurea's research programmes on welfare and social responsibility. The subject of the development-targeted thesis
may arise from the development needs and analysis of citizens or the region, whereby workplace orientation takes
place through network cooperation. As a result, individual learning and the development of learning, the construction
of new knowledge and new operating models are coproduced within the project. In terms of the impact of the thesis,
the aim is for several theses to arise around a similar topic. This way, the students form an investigative and
productive development group.

 Master's studies aim to support in-depth knowledge and competence development of students in gathering
development process data, data analysis, and evaluating and making use of the results. Thus, the thesis process
advances as a process research right from the start of the studies.

Content:
Opinnäytetyön laatimisessa noudatetaan ”Ylemmän ammattikorkeakoulututkinnon opinnäytetyö Laureassa” –
ohjetta, joka on saatavilla osoitteesta www.laurea.fi. Aihe hyväksytetään opinnoista vastaavalla ylemmän
ammattikorkeakoulututkinnon asiantuntijatiimillä.

Opiskelija osallistuu opinnäytetyöpajoihin erilaisissa kehittäjärooleissa:
- Oman aihealueensa asiantuntijana (aiheen esittely eri vaiheissa)
- Toisen opiskelijan aihealueen kehittäjänä (vertaisarvioijana ja kehittämisehdotusten tuottajana)
- Opinnäytetyöistunnon johtajana (puheenjohtajuus)
- Kehittämisyhteisön jäsenenä (vaikuttavat puheenvuorot)
Opiskelija kirjoittaa opinnäytetyöstään aiheeseen perehtymistä ja kielen hallintaa osoittavan kypsyysnäytteen.
Kypsyysnäytteeksi suositellaan lehdistötiedotteita, artikkelia tai konferenssiesitelmää.


Learning process:
Opiskelija osaa tuottaa osaamisensa kehittymisestä kirjallisen opinnäytetyön sekä osallistuu opinnäytetyöpajoihin.
Opinnäytetyö arvioidaan arvosanallisesti Laurean ylemmän ammattikorkeakoulututkinnon opinnäytetyön
arviointikriteereiden mukaan (www.laurea.fi) yhdessä opinnäytetyöpajojen kanssa.
Opinnäytetyön tulee kytkeytyä Laurean strategiasta nostettuihin painoaloihin ja profiileihin. Opinnäytetyön tulee
kytkeytyä opiskelijan omaa työyhteisöä laajempaan viitekehykseen ja kontekstiin sekä ja siitä tulee ilmetä
opinnäytetyöhön valitun aihion ja sen kehittämistoiminnan yhteys myös kansainvälisen kirjallisuuden, tutkimustiedon
ja trendien syventämänä.



B0128 Thesis, 30 cr

The student is able to:
•tehdä itsenäisesti oman alan kehittämistyötä ja soveltavaa tutkimusta
• soveltaa hankittua tutkimustietoutta omassa opinnäytetyössä kriittisesti ja analyyttisesti
• soveltaa kehittämistehtävään soveltuvia tiedonhankintamenetelmiä
• valitun soveltavan tutkimus- ja kehitysmenetelmän ja siihen perustuvan dokumentoinnin ja raportoinnin
• arvioida ja opponoida tutkimusyhteisömäisesti opinnäytetöitä taustan, toteutuksen, tulosten ja raportoinnin suhteen
• toimia asiantuntijana soveltavaa tutkimus- ja kehitystyötä tekevässä yhteisössä

Contents of the study unit:
The thesis of 30 cr. constitutes a core element of the Master's studies and the fifth theme of the degree programme.
The aim of the thesis is to develop and demonstrate the students’ ability to apply research data, to use selected
methods for analysing and solving workplace problems and to carry out demanding specialist tasks independently.
(Ministry of Education and Culture 2009: National Framework for Qualifications and Other Learning). The thesis
develops the market and is a project integrated into Laurea's research programmes on welfare and social
responsibility with the purpose of e.g. renewing and managing targeted work methods or generating new service
innovations. The subject of the thesis may arise from the student's work community or the development needs of the
public, private or third sector.

 Students may link different assignments as part of the thesis. The subject of the thesis is approved according to
Laurea's research programmes on welfare and social responsibility. The subject of the development-targeted thesis
may arise from the development needs and analysis of citizens or the region, whereby workplace orientation takes
place through network cooperation. As a result, individual learning and the development of learning, the construction
of new knowledge and new operating models are coproduced within the project. In terms of the impact of the thesis,
the aim is for several theses to arise around a similar topic. This way, the students form an investigative and
productive development group.

 Master's studies aim to support in-depth knowledge and competence development of students in gathering
development process data, data analysis, and evaluating and making use of the results. Thus, the thesis process
advances as a process research right from the start of the studies.


B027 ELECTIVE STUDIES, 10 cr

Description:
 Students choose elective studies according to their own interests. They make use of Laurea's comprehensive
selection of Master's studies. The studies may also include courses offered by other universities of applied sciences
or universities. Studies offered at four universities of applied sciences - HAMK, LAMK, Laurea and Metropolia - are
available for students. As a guideline, the elective studies must support the students' profile and career
advancement. Also previous studies can constitute elective studies according to the principles of recognition of prior
learning.


B0186 Intensive Studies in Management, 5 cr

The student is able to:
Opintojaksolla syvennetään johtamisosaamista koulutusohjelmakohtaisesti ja valittavana on seuraavia johtamisen
teemoja

-Kriisi- ja tilannejohtaminen
-Muutoksen johtaminen
-Osaamisen johtaminen
-Strateginen johtaminen
-Kehittävä ja konsultoiva johtaminen
-Verkostojen johtaminen
-Prosessien johtaminen
-Innovaatioiden ja luovuuden johtaminen


B0187 International approach to Leadership and Management in Public, Private and Third Sector Services, 5
cr

Contents of the study unit:
This internationally orientated course focuses on
the contemporary challenges encountered by different kind of political
programs as well as new ideas to develop leadership and management in
public, private and third sector services. Course content is constantly
updated to reflect current policies and practices in different countries,
inside EU as well as outside EU. By combining the study of management theory
with the critical analysis of contemporary practice our master level
students develop their skills and capabilities required to progress a
managerial career in public, private and third sector organizations.