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= Career and leadership =
= Developing Entrepreneurial Skills for a Startup Founder =
 
* '''Course name''': Developing Entrepreneurial Skills for a Startup Founder
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* '''Course name''': Career and leadership
 
* '''Code discipline''': R-01
 
* '''Code discipline''': R-01
 
* '''Subject area''':
 
* '''Subject area''':
   
 
== Short Description ==
 
== Short Description ==
This course covers the following concepts: A systematic and balanced approach to the development of entrepreneurial skills for the hi-tech startup founder; Entrepreneurial thinking as a unique phenomenon and the basic condition of successful entrepreneurship; Practice-oriented approach including real-life examples, work-based learning.; Startup founder as a “leader and follower”..
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This course covers the following concepts: The concept of leadership (“becoming the leader of my own life”); The career modelling as a life path of the growth and positive changes (“not just to wait and take but to give and create”); Lifelong learning and competences development for the professionals of the future.
   
 
== Prerequisites ==
 
== Prerequisites ==
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! Section !! Topics within the section
 
! Section !! Topics within the section
 
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| Modern trends in career modelling ||
| Entrepreneurial thinking and hard-skills for a startup founder in hi-tech sphere ||
 
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# Modern career labor market and its main tendencies
# Entrepreneurial thinking as a key concept for the startup founder
 
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# Competencies of the modern professional
# Entrepreneurial Skills: Top-5 hard-skills for a startup founder in hi-tech sphere
 
 
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| Soft-skills of a startup founder ||
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| Instruments of career modelling ||
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# Educational trajectory
# Presentation and communication skills to promote a startup. Networking.
 
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# Professional trajectory
# Time management, stress management and personal efficiency: how to ensure balance and productivity for a founder
 
# Innovative and flexible thinking, creativity
 
 
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| Modern leadership ||
| Entrepreneurial identity of a startup founder and facing challenges ||
 
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# The concept of the modern leader
# Startups in VUCA and BANI Reality: How Entrepreneurial Thinking Can Help a Founder Be Efficient in the Face of Uncertainty
 
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# Emotional and dialogical leadership
# A startup as a “reflection” of the founder’s personality: how personal growth helps to increase efficiency and form a strong team
 
 
|}
 
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== Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) ==
 
== Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) ==
   
 
=== What is the main purpose of this course? ===
 
=== What is the main purpose of this course? ===
The main purpose of this course is to provide a startup founder with a holistic understanding of how various entrepreneurial skills can help ensure not only the potential success of a startup, but also their own personal effectiveness, as well as enjoyment of running a hi-tech business.
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The main purpose of this course is to form the students’ vision of effective career modelling and to develop the competences needed for the successful career and personal growth
   
 
=== ILOs defined at three levels ===
 
=== ILOs defined at three levels ===
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==== Level 1: What concepts should a student know/remember/explain? ====
 
==== Level 1: What concepts should a student know/remember/explain? ====
 
By the end of the course, the students should be able to ...
 
By the end of the course, the students should be able to ...
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* the modern trends in career modeling and features of the labor market;
* the content and characteristics of the modern concept of "entrepreneurial thinking";
 
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* the features of career modeling; requirements for a modern professional; the concept of "project portfolios";
* basic entrepreneurial skills and their features;
 
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* the concept and features of career and educational trajectories;
* methods of self-assessment of readiness for entrepreneurial activity;
 
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* the components of the competence profile of a professional;
* features of presentation, communication skills and networking, their importance for the promotion of a startup;
 
* concepts and characteristics, the main tools of time management, stress management and personal effectiveness;
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* the characteristics of teams and the basics of team building;
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* the concept and modern typology of leadership;
* definition, features and characteristics of creativity, innovative and flexible thinking in the context of a startup;
 
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* the types and characteristics of distinct types of leadership
* basic investor requirements for founder skills;
 
* the concept and characteristics of VUCA- / BANI-reality, special requirements for entrepreneurial skills of the founder in conditions of uncertainty;
 
* concept and characteristics of a concept of a founder as a “leader and follower”.
 
   
 
==== Level 2: What basic practical skills should a student be able to perform? ====
 
==== Level 2: What basic practical skills should a student be able to perform? ====
 
By the end of the course, the students should be able to ...
 
By the end of the course, the students should be able to ...
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* career modelling;
* Entrepreneurial thinking and basic entrepreneurial skills for the potential effectiveness of a startup;
 
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* performing oneself as a leader;
* Innovational and flexible thinking, creativity
 
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* teambuilding
* Time-management and stress management
 
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* creation of professional portfolio;
* Presentation and communcation skills
 
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* creation of educational and professional trajectories;
* Dealing with uncertainty and facing the challenges
 
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* creation of the competence profile of a modern professional.
* Teambuilding and leadership for startup founder
 
   
 
==== Level 3: What complex comprehensive skills should a student be able to apply in real-life scenarios? ====
 
==== Level 3: What complex comprehensive skills should a student be able to apply in real-life scenarios? ====
 
By the end of the course, the students should be able to ...
 
By the end of the course, the students should be able to ...
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* design their career path;
* Understanding of readiness to start business in hi-tech sphere
 
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* form portfolios of projects;
* Effective communication with investor
 
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* create career and educational trajectories for building a successful career and develop your own professional competencies;
* Presenting startup and effective analyzation of feedback
 
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* develop leadership and form teams;
* Managing startup team
 
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* develop and implement a strategy for positive change through leadership.
* Facing the challenges in startup realities and leading the team
 
* Organizing of constant self-delvelopment for the effectiveness of startup
 
 
== Grading ==
 
== Grading ==
   
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=== Open access resources ===
 
=== Open access resources ===
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* Sharme, R. (2010). The Leader Who Had No Title. Simon & Schuster UK.
* Kiyosaki, R. (2011) Rich Dad Poor Dad. What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money - That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! Plata Publishing.
 
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* Van Loon, R. (2018). Creating Organizational Value Through Dialogical Leadership. [S.L.]: Springer International Pu.
* Willink, J. (2020) Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual. St. Martin’s Press.
 
* Five Insightful TED Talks That Every Startup Founder Should Watch https://mindsea.com/startup-founder-ted-talks/
 
   
 
=== Closed access resources ===
 
=== Closed access resources ===
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| Discussions || 1 || 1 || 1
 
| Discussions || 1 || 1 || 1
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| Testing (written or computer based) || 0 || 1 || 0
 
 
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== Formative Assessment and Course Activities ==
 
== Formative Assessment and Course Activities ==
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! Activity Type !! Content !! Is Graded?
 
! Activity Type !! Content !! Is Graded?
 
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| Question || What are the key features of entrepreneurial thinking? || 1
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| Question || What are the main competencies of the modern professional? || 1
 
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| Question || What are the main competencies of the professional of the future (in 10 years)? || 1
 
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| Question || What are the top-5 hard skills for a startup founder? || 1
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| Question || What is the difference between soft-skills and hard-skills? || 1
 
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| Question || What are the characteristics of startup readiness? How can you understand that someone is ready to start a business? || 1
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| Question || How can soft-skills of the specialists help in the hi-tech business? || 1
 
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| Question || Why is self-assessment so important for starting a business? || 1
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| Question || What is a portfolio of the projects? || 1
 
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| Question || What is a personal brand? What does it consist of? || 1
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| Question || What is a portfolio of the career? || 1
 
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| Question || Do you think a startup founder can/should be excellent in all top-5 hard-skills? Why? || 0
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| Question || What are the most important career trends now? Use the examples from your sphere. || 0
 
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| Question || Find 1-2 examples of successful careers in IT-sphere. Why do you think this people are successful? What can inspire you and what can prevent you from future mistakes? || 0
| Question || Which skills can you add to this list? Why? || 0
 
 
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| Question || Do you think that most successful entrepreneurs were having their entrepreneurial skills already well developed or were developing them to be a success? Find 2-3 examples. || 0
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| Question || Do you know people who failed but managed to overcome the difficulties and progress? Why do you think they managed to face the challenges? || 0
 
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| Question || Do you think startup founder should always be a manager? Find 2-3 examples. || 0
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| Question || Are you a “slash-person”? How do you think career portfolio can be useful or challenging for modern career modelling? || 0
 
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| Question || How to create the project portfolio? || 0
| Question || Do you know any examples of startup founders without a proper background and knowledge in the sphere of his/her business? Is it possible in IT-sphere? || 0
 
 
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| Question || Questions for exam preparation within this section || 0
 
| Question || Questions for exam preparation within this section || 0
 
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| Question || What is the vision of hard-skills of a startup founder? Find 3-5 examples on internet. || 0
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| Question || What does it mean to be a “professional of the future”? || 0
 
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| Question || How do typical hard-skills of a startup founder differ in IT-sphere? Why do you think so? || 0
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| Question || Why do some people become “overqualified”? Is it good of bad for the career? || 0
 
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| Question || What is your motivation of becoming a startup founder? || 0
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| Question || What is a dream career for you? || 0
 
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| Question || Do you think it is possible to understand if a startup will be successful or not? Find 2-3 examples of real stories of success and failure in the predictions. || 0
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| Question || Name 2-3 projects in which you would like to participate in the same time. Why will you be able to combine them effectively? || 0
 
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| Question || Do you have an entrepreneurial thinking? How others can see it? Do you want to develop it? How do you think to do it? || 0
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| Question || How did labor market change within past 3 years? Why? What are the main tendencies for the future (3-5 years)? || 0
 
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==== Section 2 ====
 
==== Section 2 ====
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! Activity Type !! Content !! Is Graded?
 
! Activity Type !! Content !! Is Graded?
 
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| Question || What is a pitch deck? What is an elevator pitch? || 1
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| Question || What is an educational trajectory? || 1
 
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| Question || What are the main principles of time-management? Startups are all about deadlines, would you agree or not? || 1
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| Question || Do you need an educational trajectory only while studying in the university? Explain your answer. || 1
 
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| Question || Is stress always harmful and negative? Why? When stress is very harmful? || 1
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| Question || What is professional trajectory? || 1
 
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| Question || What is networking? What are the main differences between networking and “useful” connections? || 1
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| Question || How are professional and educational trajectories connected? || 1
 
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| Question || What is creativity / innovational thinking/ flexible thinking? || 1
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| Question || What is a competence profile of professional? || 1
 
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| Question || What are the best stress management techniques you know? (use different kind of sources for your search) || 0
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| Question || Which modules of your career trajectory you would highlight as crucial ones? Why? || 0
 
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| Question || What are the best startup pitches in your opinion? Find 2-3 best inspirational examples. || 0
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| Question || How is your current educational trajectory connected to your career trajectory? Do you think there is a space for unexpected lines and flexibility? || 0
 
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| Question || What can your startup community look like? Which values will you share? Who will join you and why? || 0
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| Question || What are the main competences of the modern IT-specialist? Why have you chosen those? || 0
 
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| Question || Why is it difficult to listen and hear others? Why is this so important in startup/investors relationship? || 0
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| Question || How would you rate your level of the development of your professional on your competence map? Do you see the development potential? || 0
 
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| Question || What are the most important psychological aspects of investor/founder relationship? || 0
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| Question || How can you use your competence map in your future life? || 0
 
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| Question || Test questions for exam preparation within this section || 0
 
| Question || Test questions for exam preparation within this section || 0
 
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| Question || What are the crucial parts of the pitch deck? || 0
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| Question || What is lifelong learning? Do you share the values of this principles? || 0
 
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| Question || What is a work/life balance for a startup founder? || 0
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| Question || What your vision of your future career? Is it flexible enough? || 0
 
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| Question || How does stress management can be used by a startup founder? || 0
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| Question || How would you understand that you achieved the “top”? || 0
 
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| Question || Create your own time-management rules || 0
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| Question || Do you think IT-specialist should develop his soft-skills constantly? Why? || 0
 
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| Question || What are the innovative technologies that you are going to use in your startup? || 0
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| Question || Which benefits does emotional intelligence provide to IT-specialists? || 0
 
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|}
 
==== Section 3 ====
 
==== Section 3 ====
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! Activity Type !! Content !! Is Graded?
 
! Activity Type !! Content !! Is Graded?
 
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| Question || What is VUCA and BANI reality for entrepreneurs? || 1
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| Question || Who is a modern leader in your opinion? || 1
 
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| Question || What is a professional identity of entrepreneur? || 1
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| Question || Which concepts of leadership you can name? || 1
 
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| Question || What is a critical incident in entrepreneurship? || 1
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| Question || Who is a dialogical leader? || 1
 
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| Question || What are the main strategies of facing critical incidents by startup founders? What are their features? || 1
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| Question || What is emotional leadership? || 1
 
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| Question || What is a concept of “leader and follower”? Why is it important for founders in hi-tech sphere? || 1
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| Question || What is success? || 1
 
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| Question || What are the best examples of the actions of entrepreneurs for facing the challenges? Find 2-3 interesting examples. || 0
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| Question || Who is an inspiring leader for you? Why? || 0
 
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| Question || What is for you to be a startup founder? How does it reflect on your identity? || 0
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| Question || Why does dialogical leader is crucial for the business teams working in hi-tech sector? || 0
 
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| Question || Create the identity profile of a famous entrepreneur that inspires you. How does it look? Why all these roles help person to be a success? || 0
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| Question || What are your favorite inspirational quotes of famous people from your sphere of interest about career and leadership? || 0
 
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| Question || What does uncertainty provide for the startup? How to use the uncertainty for achieving new goals? || 0
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| Question || Should IT-specialist be a leader? Why? What kind of leader he/she should be? || 0
 
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| Question || Who are you a leader or follower? Why? How can a founder combine both these roles? || 0
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| Question || What are the most important skills of the leader of IT-team? || 0
 
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| Question || Test questions for exam preparation within this section || 0
 
| Question || Test questions for exam preparation within this section || 0
 
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| Question || Is uncertainty good or bad for a startup founder? Why? || 0
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| Question || How to combine successful career and personal life? || 0
 
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| Question || What are your main strategies of facing critical incidents in entrepreneurship? What are the strong and weak sides of those? || 0
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| Question || Why are women leaders are important for the hi-tech sector? || 0
 
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| Question || Do you think being entrepreneur is easy or hard? Why? When do you think it is easier in the beginning or in some years of practice? || 0
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| Question || What are the features of success? Find the example of successful professional in IT-sphere. Why do you think they are successful? || 0
 
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| Question || What are the psychological factor of failure of major of startups within the first year in your opinion? || 0
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| Question || What are the features of the team? What is the difference between team and working group? || 0
 
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| Question || What are the main critical incidents that a startup founder must face? || 0
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| Question || What are the basic rules of teambuilding? || 0
 
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=== Final assessment ===
 
=== Final assessment ===
 
'''Section 1'''
 
'''Section 1'''
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# Write the essay on the topic of the “Me as a professional of the future”’
# Create your hard-skills map and show what is a potential of the development of these skills.
 
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# Make the report on the actual situation in the labor market for you specialization and prognosis of its future changes (3-5 years lag).
# What will you do for the development of these skills in future?
 
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# Create and present the portrait of the “super professional” in the sphere of your specialization.
# Evaluate your own startup readiness using the tools of the course
 
# Evaluate the readiness of your pair companion and give some recommendations that you suppose will be useful for him/her.
 
 
'''Section 2'''
 
'''Section 2'''
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# Create your educational trajectory
# Present your startup (elevator pitch + standard investors’ 3 minutes pitch)
 
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# Create your professional trajectory
# Present the innovative technologies that you are going to use in your startup? Why are they innovative?
 
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# Create your dynamic competence profile
# Present your concept of life/work balance of entrepreneur. Which tools of time management and stress management will you use?
 
# Present you networking concept. What are your values? Which values can you propose to others?
 
 
'''Section 3'''
 
'''Section 3'''
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# Make a presentation of yourself: a) as a leader of your own life b) leader of your team c) leader of the positive changes
# Present your type of entrepreneurial identity and describe which strategies you will use for facing critical incidents
 
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# Make a presentation of your “dream team”. Who will be in this team? Why? What are the values you all share? Why do people in the team can see you as a leader.
# Create your identity profile. How will different identities create cooperation effect for your future effectiveness?
 
# Find the example when you managed to face the challenge or situation of uncertainty effectively. Why did you manage?
 
   
 
=== The retake exam ===
 
=== The retake exam ===

Revision as of 00:23, 9 September 2022

Career and leadership

  • Course name: Career and leadership
  • Code discipline: R-01
  • Subject area:

Short Description

This course covers the following concepts: The concept of leadership (“becoming the leader of my own life”); The career modelling as a life path of the growth and positive changes (“not just to wait and take but to give and create”); Lifelong learning and competences development for the professionals of the future.

Prerequisites

Prerequisite subjects

Prerequisite topics

Course Topics

Course Sections and Topics
Section Topics within the section
Modern trends in career modelling
  1. Modern career labor market and its main tendencies
  2. Competencies of the modern professional
Instruments of career modelling
  1. Educational trajectory
  2. Professional trajectory
Modern leadership
  1. The concept of the modern leader
  2. Emotional and dialogical leadership

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

What is the main purpose of this course?

The main purpose of this course is to form the students’ vision of effective career modelling and to develop the competences needed for the successful career and personal growth

ILOs defined at three levels

Level 1: What concepts should a student know/remember/explain?

By the end of the course, the students should be able to ...

  • the modern trends in career modeling and features of the labor market;
  • the features of career modeling; requirements for a modern professional; the concept of "project portfolios";
  • the concept and features of career and educational trajectories;
  • the components of the competence profile of a professional;
  • the characteristics of teams and the basics of team building;
  • the concept and modern typology of leadership;
  • the types and characteristics of distinct types of leadership

Level 2: What basic practical skills should a student be able to perform?

By the end of the course, the students should be able to ...

  • career modelling;
  • performing oneself as a leader;
  • teambuilding
  • creation of professional portfolio;
  • creation of educational and professional trajectories;
  • creation of the competence profile of a modern professional.

Level 3: What complex comprehensive skills should a student be able to apply in real-life scenarios?

By the end of the course, the students should be able to ...

  • design their career path;
  • form portfolios of projects;
  • create career and educational trajectories for building a successful career and develop your own professional competencies;
  • develop leadership and form teams;
  • develop and implement a strategy for positive change through leadership.

Grading

Course grading range

Grade Range Description of performance
A. Excellent 90-100 -
B. Good 75-89 -
C. Satisfactory 60-74 -
D. Poor 0-59 -

Course activities and grading breakdown

Activity Type Percentage of the overall course grade
Labs/seminar classes 20
Interim performance assessment 30
Exams 50

Recommendations for students on how to succeed in the course

Resources, literature and reference materials

Open access resources

  • Sharme, R. (2010). The Leader Who Had No Title. Simon & Schuster UK.
  • Van Loon, R. (2018). Creating Organizational Value Through Dialogical Leadership. [S.L.]: Springer International Pu.

Closed access resources

Software and tools used within the course

Teaching Methodology: Methods, techniques, & activities

Activities and Teaching Methods

Activities within each section
Learning Activities Section 1 Section 2 Section 3
Homework and group projects 1 1 1
Midterm evaluation 1 1 1
Reports 1 1 1
Essays 1 1 1
Oral polls 1 1 1
Discussions 1 1 1

Formative Assessment and Course Activities

Ongoing performance assessment

Section 1

Activity Type Content Is Graded?
Question What are the main competencies of the modern professional? 1
Question What are the main competencies of the professional of the future (in 10 years)? 1
Question What is the difference between soft-skills and hard-skills? 1
Question How can soft-skills of the specialists help in the hi-tech business? 1
Question What is a portfolio of the projects? 1
Question What is a portfolio of the career? 1
Question What are the most important career trends now? Use the examples from your sphere. 0
Question Find 1-2 examples of successful careers in IT-sphere. Why do you think this people are successful? What can inspire you and what can prevent you from future mistakes? 0
Question Do you know people who failed but managed to overcome the difficulties and progress? Why do you think they managed to face the challenges? 0
Question Are you a “slash-person”? How do you think career portfolio can be useful or challenging for modern career modelling? 0
Question How to create the project portfolio? 0
Question Questions for exam preparation within this section 0
Question What does it mean to be a “professional of the future”? 0
Question Why do some people become “overqualified”? Is it good of bad for the career? 0
Question What is a dream career for you? 0
Question Name 2-3 projects in which you would like to participate in the same time. Why will you be able to combine them effectively? 0
Question How did labor market change within past 3 years? Why? What are the main tendencies for the future (3-5 years)? 0

Section 2

Activity Type Content Is Graded?
Question What is an educational trajectory? 1
Question Do you need an educational trajectory only while studying in the university? Explain your answer. 1
Question What is professional trajectory? 1
Question How are professional and educational trajectories connected? 1
Question What is a competence profile of professional? 1
Question Which modules of your career trajectory you would highlight as crucial ones? Why? 0
Question How is your current educational trajectory connected to your career trajectory? Do you think there is a space for unexpected lines and flexibility? 0
Question What are the main competences of the modern IT-specialist? Why have you chosen those? 0
Question How would you rate your level of the development of your professional on your competence map? Do you see the development potential? 0
Question How can you use your competence map in your future life? 0
Question Test questions for exam preparation within this section 0
Question What is lifelong learning? Do you share the values of this principles? 0
Question What your vision of your future career? Is it flexible enough? 0
Question How would you understand that you achieved the “top”? 0
Question Do you think IT-specialist should develop his soft-skills constantly? Why? 0
Question Which benefits does emotional intelligence provide to IT-specialists? 0

Section 3

Activity Type Content Is Graded?
Question Who is a modern leader in your opinion? 1
Question Which concepts of leadership you can name? 1
Question Who is a dialogical leader? 1
Question What is emotional leadership? 1
Question What is success? 1
Question Who is an inspiring leader for you? Why? 0
Question Why does dialogical leader is crucial for the business teams working in hi-tech sector? 0
Question What are your favorite inspirational quotes of famous people from your sphere of interest about career and leadership? 0
Question Should IT-specialist be a leader? Why? What kind of leader he/she should be? 0
Question What are the most important skills of the leader of IT-team? 0
Question Test questions for exam preparation within this section 0
Question How to combine successful career and personal life? 0
Question Why are women leaders are important for the hi-tech sector? 0
Question What are the features of success? Find the example of successful professional in IT-sphere. Why do you think they are successful? 0
Question What are the features of the team? What is the difference between team and working group? 0
Question What are the basic rules of teambuilding? 0

Final assessment

Section 1

  1. Write the essay on the topic of the “Me as a professional of the future”’
  2. Make the report on the actual situation in the labor market for you specialization and prognosis of its future changes (3-5 years lag).
  3. Create and present the portrait of the “super professional” in the sphere of your specialization.

Section 2

  1. Create your educational trajectory
  2. Create your professional trajectory
  3. Create your dynamic competence profile

Section 3

  1. Make a presentation of yourself: a) as a leader of your own life b) leader of your team c) leader of the positive changes
  2. Make a presentation of your “dream team”. Who will be in this team? Why? What are the values you all share? Why do people in the team can see you as a leader.

The retake exam

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3