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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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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
- Course memo is not published
- Number of places
Min: 10
- Target group
Only open for CINEK
- Planned modular schedule
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- Part of programme
Degree Programme in Industrial Engineering and Management, åk 3, Mandatory
Degree Programme in Industrial Engineering and Management, åk 3, DTOI, Mandatory
Degree Programme in Industrial Engineering and Management, åk 3, EHUI, Mandatory
Degree Programme in Industrial Engineering and Management, åk 3, PPUI, Mandatory
Degree Programme in Industrial Engineering and Management, åk 3, TMAI, Mandatory
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Course syllabus ME1317 (Spring 2024–)Content and learning outcomes
Course disposition
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
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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
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
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Add-on studies
Supplementary information
Overlapping courses: ME2163 and ME2311