Political Leadership and Political Processes, 10 cr

Tampere University

Description
Completion options

Teaching periods

Course code

POL.VO.326

Language of instruction

English, Finnish

Academic years

2024–2025, 2025–2026, 2026–2027

Level of study

Advanced studies

Grading scale

General scale, 0-5

Persons responsible

Responsible teacher:

Ilkka Ruostetsaari, Valtio-opin professori

Responsible organisation

Faculty of Management and Business 100 %

Coordinating organisation

Politics Studies 100 %

Common learning outcomes

International outlook and global responsibility

The course unit consists of two mutually supportive approaches. The first approach focuses on political leadership and its special features in relation to societal leadership in general as well as on the personal, organizational and contextual factors that influence the success of political leaders. The second one deals with political decision-making as a multi-stage process and with policy analysis as a theoretical and methodological approach in political science.

Learning outcomes

Prerequisites

Compulsory prerequisites

Learning material

Studies that include this course

Completion option 1

An essay is an extended piece of (academic) writing on a particular topic or theme that you carefully analyze. You must always contact the responsible teacher of the study unit before starting to write the essay. With the responsible teacher you should discuss and agree on the theme and scope of the essay, the book(s) it will compensate for, and its length. Furthermore, the examiner must approve the bibliography before you can start writing. Citations, references and the bibliography need to be marked and listed in accordance with good scientific practice (see further instructions from the Politics’ Guide to Writing Academic Papers). You can find the Guide to Writing Academic Papers from the following link: https://content-webapi.tuni.fi/proxy/public/2019-09/pol_guide_to_writing_academic_papers_2019_0.pdf (detailed instructions for writing essays on page 7).

Completion of all options is required.