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Level/category

Professional studies

Teaching language

Swedish

Type of course

Compulsory

Cycle/level of course

First

Recommended year of study

3

Total number of ECTS

10 cr

Competency aims

The aim of the course:
- student develop an understanding about the use
of business administration within the field of
expanding OT
- student implement a co-created social innovative
plan that supports well-being for an actual client
group and enables a sustainable engagement of
activities in every day life

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student is able to:
- understand the basic principles for project
planning and product/service development
- use different kinds of models for marketing
research
- use trendwatching and benchmarking in case
example
- work from a client-/customer perspective in
case example
- develop a concept from scratch and present it
as a sales topic
- describe and argument for a meaningful concrete
idea

- identify the need for social change in an
organization and use co-created social innovation
to promote social value
- critically analyze and use literature and
research that supports the aim of the project
- apply a user-centered and occupational
perspective in the development of a plan for a co-
created social innovation
- understand the importance of social
entrepreneurship perspective when planning,
implementing and evaluating a project where a
co-created social innovation is produced and
social value is added to the participating
organization
- argue for and evaluate their value creating
process and assess its social and ethical
sustainability

Course contents

Key concepts: intrapreneurship, entrepreneurship,
occupational perspective, The Participatory
Occupational Justice Framework (POJF), user-
oriented perspective, co-created social
innovation, social entrepreneurship, Theory of
Change, the process of value creation

Prerequisites and co-requisites

50sp of OT courses and the course Activity and
social innovation

Additional information

Presence and active engagement is highly
recommended in all course activity!

Recommended or required reading

Literature and research according to the theme
for the project.

Hahn, G et al. 2016. Så mäts socialt hållbart
värdeskapande. Studentlitteratur.
Kronenberg, F., Pollard, N., Sakellariou, D.
(ed.) 2011. Occupational Therapies Without
Boarders. Towards an Ecology of Occupation-
Based Practices. Edinburgh: Elsevier Churchill
Livingstone.
Sakellariou, D & Pollard, N. 2017. Occupational
Therapies Without Borders. Integrating justice
with practice. 2nd edition. Great
Britain:Elsevier.

Research articles and other relevant literature

Study activities

  • Lectures - 40 hours
  • Individual- and group instruction - 10 hours
  • Project- and production work/artistic activities - 210 hours
  • Seminars - 10 hours

Workload

  • Total workload of the course: 270 hours
  • Of which autonomous studies: 270 hours
  • Of which scheduled studies: 0 hours

Mode of Delivery

Participation in tuition

Assessment methods

  • Essays, reports, productions and portfolio

Assessment requirements

To pass the course the student should pass the
following examinations:
- Project plan
- rapport of the project
- Participation in discussions on ItsLearning and
workshops give points (individually)
Other tasks passed.

Teacher

  • Backman Henrika
  • Hernberg Mervi
  • Werner Tove

Examiner

Werner Tove

Home page of the course

Group size

No limit

Assignments valid until

Until date 2023-10-31

The timetable of the course

Se kursens tidtabell i Arbs.

Assessment methods

  • 2023-04-04 - Reports and productions
  • 2023-03-12 - Other assignments

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