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ME1317 Leading People and Work 6.0 credits

Engineers in management positions have a major impact on how changes in technology and society such as automation and globalization will affect the work of the future. This course deals with the needs that should be met and the requirements that should be placed on technology, work, and leadership, not only for human well-being, but also to contribute to a well-functioning business.

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Termin

Information for Spring 2025 Start 17 Mar 2025 programme students

Course location

KTH Campus

Duration
17 Mar 2025 - 2 Jun 2025
Periods
P4 (6.0 hp)
Pace of study

33%

Application code

61107

Form of study

Normal Daytime

Language of instruction

Swedish

Course memo
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Number of places

Min: 10

Target group

Only open for CINEK

Planned modular schedule
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Contact

Examiner
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Course coordinator
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Course syllabus as PDF

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Course syllabus ME1317 (Spring 2024–)
Headings with content from the Course syllabus ME1317 (Spring 2024–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )

Content and learning outcomes

Course disposition

See the course syllabus.

Course contents

The purpose of the course is to give the students understanding of questions around staff and management work and how preconditions are created for coworkers to carry out their work in an efficient and sustainable way. Most engineers hold during their working life different managerial and leadership positions where one affects the working conditions of other people. At the same time, talent management and recruitment and the ability to retain skilled and justified employees are central questions for most organisations. Inclusion, equal opportunities and social sustainability is therefore of strategic weight in modern organisations. In the course inter alia the following fields are treated:

- Work design and organisation

- Management work and leadership

- Psychology and behavioural science connected to individuals, groups and activities

- Talent management and staff strategies

- The responsibility and obligations of employers and employees

Intended learning outcomes

After passing the course, the student should be able to:

1. Identify and describe concepts in the fields of employment relations, labour, human resource management, leadership, discrimination, conflict, and technologies related to human resources and work management,

2. Independently identify and answer a question related to human resources and work management in an organisational context,

3. Analyse issues related to human resources and work management.

Literature and preparations

Specific prerequisites

Completed ME1314 Introduction to Industrial Engineering and Management

Equipment

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Literature

Course literature will be announced at the start of the course.

Examination and completion

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

Grading scale

A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Examination

  • KON1 - Partial exams, 2.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
  • PRO1 - Project assignment, 2.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
  • SEM1 - Seminars, 2.0 credits, grading scale: P, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

Other requirements for final grade

Attendance at course seminars is compulsory.

Opportunity to complete the requirements via supplementary examination

See the course syllabus.

Opportunity to raise an approved grade via renewed examination

Decided by the examiner.

Examiner

Ethical approach

  • All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
  • In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
  • In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.

Further information

Course room in Canvas

Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.

Offered by

Main field of study

Technology

Education cycle

First cycle

Add-on studies

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Supplementary information

Overlapping courses: ME2163 and ME2311