I started my second Master’s degree in August 2020, as I started my studies at the University of Lapland. This is where I am going to write a summary about my study project. I’ll spend school year 2021-22 on study leave studying my degree.

Date | Course | Credits | Status |
1.3.2021 23.4.2021 | Adult Development and Work Communities part A Adult Development and Work Communities part B | 5 5 | Completed Completed |
30.9.2021 | Studying Experience | 5 | Completed |
15.3.2022 | Dialogical Instruction of an Individual and Small Group – course & literature exam | 10 | Completed |
22.12.2021 | Self-management | 10 | Completed |
10.6.2022 | Leadership Psychology II, course | 15 | Completed |
8.3.2022 – | Leadership and Organizations Extra theme of leadership (?) | 5 5 | Completed – |
19.12.2021 | Qualitative Analysis | 5 | Completed |
10.3.2014 30.6.2014 | Quantitative Research Methods 1 Quantitative Research Methods 2 | 5 5 | Completed Completed |
5.5.2022 | Leadership Psychology Seminar | 10 | Completed |
Master’s Thesis | 40 |
Next book exams
Leadership Psychology II – literature 5 ECTS (2 books)
- Härtel, Zerbe, Ashkanasy (edit) 2015: New Ways of Studying Emotions in Organizations – section 1: chapters 2-5 & section 2: chapters 12-14.
- Mayer 2009: Staying with Conflict: a Strategic Approach to Ongoing Disputes.
- Popper 2012: Fact and Fantasy about Leadership.
- Stacey & Griffin 2005: A Complexity Perspective on Researching Organizations: Taking Experience Seriously.
- Weick 1995: Sensemaking in Organizations.
Waiting for evaluation
Completed courses & exams
Studying Experience 5 ECTS (3 books)
- Smith (edit) 2015: Qualitative Psychology: a Practical Guide to Research Methods.
- Toikkanen & Virtanen (edit) 2018: Kokemuksen tutkimus VI: Kokemuksen käsite ja käyttö.
- Holstein & Gubrium: Varieties of Narrative Analysis.
- Czarniawska & Galiardi 2003: Narratives We Organize by.
- Perttula 1995: Kokemus psykologisena tutkimuskohteena: johdatus fenomenologiseen psykologiaan.
- Smith, Flowers & Larkin 2009: Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis: Theory, Method and Research.
Dialogical Instruction of an Individual and Small Group 5 ECTS (3 books) – Completed 31.8.2021
- Kopakkala 2005: Porukka, jengi, tiimi: ryhmädynamiikka ja siihen vaikuttaminen.
- Levi 2013: Group Dynamics for Teams
- Yukl 2006 or newer: Leadership in Organizations, Chapter 10.
Adult development and work communities (Part B) 5 ECTS – Completed 23.4.2021
- Maslow, A. H.: The Farther Reaches of Human Nature.
- Sinnott, Jan D.: The Development of Logic in Adulthood. Postformal Thought and Its Applications.
Adult development and work communities (Part A) 5 ECTS – Completed 1.3.2021
- Aspinwall & Staudinger: A Psychology of human strengths. Fundamental questions and future directions for a positive psychology.
- Carr: Positive psychology: the science of happiness and human strengths.
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