Search results for "kompetenssi"

Oppilaiden tehtävää välttävän strategian yhteydet sosiaalisiin ja akateemisiin taitoihin sekä ohjaussuhteeseen

2012

Hukkuvien hätähuudoista postmodernin uususkontoihin : Kotimaa-lehden lähetystyökuva vuosina 1965, 1975, 1985 ja 1995

1997

Intercultural competence as part of professional qualifications : a training experiment with bachelor of engineering students

2002

The globalization of working life sets new kinds of requirements on various organizations, in which intercultural competence should be understood as part of knowledge management and tacit knowledge and as a source of competitive advantage and added value. Its development should be started as early as possible. Here proactive Finnish polytechnics have a market niche. They can provide intercultural training as part of professionally-integrated foreign language education, for example. The present study was a training experiment in intercultural communication to Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) students (n = 117) at Kajaani Polytechnic, Finland. Työpaikkailmoitusten sisällön perusteella teollisuu…

Qualitative study of social and healthcare educators’ perceptions of their competence in education

2019

Competent educators are needed to ensure that social and healthcare professionals are effective and highly competent. However, there is too little evidence‐based knowledge of current and required enhancements of educators' competences in this field. The aim of this study was to describe social and healthcare educators’ perceptions of their competence in education. The study had a qualitative design, based on interviews with educators and rooted in critical realism. Forty‐eight participants were recruited from seven universities of applied sciences and two vocational colleges in Finland, with the assistance of contact persons nominated by the institutions. The inclusion criterion for partici…

Työn mielekkyyttä ja hallintaa tukevat tekijät Otavan Opistossa

2014

Tässä tutkimuksessa selvitettiin, millaiset teknologia-avusteisen työajanseu-rantaan ja -suunnitteluun liittyvät tekijät voivat olla motivoimassa Otavan Opiston työntekijöitä työssään. Työajanseurantaa ja työnsuunnittelua tarkastellaan työtä tukevana palveluna, ei niinkään hallinnollisena pakkona, joksi se on totuttu miel-tämään. Tutkimus lähtee tarkastelemaan yleisiä motivoivan ilmapiirin piirteitä itsemääräytymisteorian kautta. Yleinen motivoiva ilmapiiri nähdään toiminnan perustana, ja sitä voidaan edesauttaa teknologian avulla. Tutkimus perehtyy nykyisen tietotyön luonteeseen ja sen käynnissä olevaan murrokseen, organisaatioiden johtamiseen, avustavaan teknologiaan, tarkastelee miten ih…

Datatieteilijän kompetenssien määritteleminen

2015

Tässä pro gradu – tutkielmassa tarkasteltiin datatieteilijän kompetensseja. Kompetensseja lähestyttiin kahdesta eri näkökulmasta, tieteellisen kirjallisuu- den pohjalta sekä empiirisesti työpaikkailmoitusten kautta. Tutkimusmenetel- mänä käytettiin sisällönanalyysiä. Tieteellisen kirjallisuuden pohjalta määritel- tiin keskeiset käsitteet massadata ja massadata-analytiikka, sekä valittiin tutki- muksessa käytetty viitekehys. Tutkimuksessa koottiin tieteellisessä kirjallisuu- dessa esiintyneet datatieteilijän kompetenssit. Empiirinen aineisto koostui 94 työpaikkailmoituksesta, joista eriteltiin datatieteilijältä vaaditut kompetenssit. Tieteellisestä kirjallisuudesta ja empiirisestä aineistost…

Intensified Job Demands and Cognitive Stress Symptoms : The Moderator Role of Individual Characteristics

2020

Intensified job demands (IJDs) originate in the general accelerated pace of society and ever-changing working conditions, which subject workers to increasing workloads and deadlines, constant planning and decision-making about one’s job and career, and the continual learning of new professional knowledge and skills. This study investigated how individual characteristics, namely negative and positive affectivity related to competence demands, and multitasking preference moderate the association between IJDs and cognitive stress symptoms among media workers (n = 833; 69% female, mean age 48 years). The results show that although IJDs were associated with higher cognitive stress symptoms at wo…

Clarifying Skills and Competencies in Organisational Decision Making – Perceptions of Finnish Communication Professionals

2017

This paper seeks to better understand the skills and competencies that Public Relations (PR) professionals use in contributing to organisational decision-making processes. The data were collected by interviewing Finnish professionals using thematic semi-structured interviews. Overall, the results highlight a deep understanding of organisation management and decision-making processes. The most important competencies were business understanding and target group oriented thinking. The findings indicate that important skills are related to writing and social media. ‘Regarding personal attributes, interaction and tolerance to criticism were acknowledged as most crucial. The conclusions suggest t…

Business schools’ competitive strategies : whose goals, which aims?

2019

Purpose This study reviews the literature on business-school (b-school) competition and competitiveness to extend our understanding of b-schools’ competitive strategies. Design/methodology/approach Both content and network analysis were used in the examination of the scholarly discourse. Findings The analyses distinguish three literature streams. The first concentrates on resources, capabilities and competencies; the second focuses on measures of competitiveness; and the third includes competitive dynamics and strategy discourse. The analysis shows that the conceptions of competitiveness are quite coherent concerning resources, capabilities and competencies. However, in the “measures of com…

Sustainability education at higher education institutions : pedagogies and students’ competences

2022

Purpose This study aims to examine whether the development of students’ sustainability competences is dependent on how courses are delivered at higher education institutions (HEIs). It further investigates to what extent such competences can affect students’ belief in the new environmental paradigm (NEP) and pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs). Design/methodology/approach The data was collected through an online survey conducted in 2021 among the students of an international research university based in The Netherlands. The final sample (N = 262) consisted of all the students who completed the survey and claimed that they had taken at least one course that addressed sustainability. Linear r…