Utrecht University - Professionalism in an era of change
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Professionalism in an era of change at Coursera Overview
Duration | 27 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Intermediate |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Professionalism in an era of change at Coursera Highlights
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- Intermediate Level
- Approx. 27 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish
Professionalism in an era of change at Coursera Course details
- In this course we aim to provide you with an insight into how recent societal and technological developments have changed the work of professionals in a variety of professional domains and how this in turn affects professionalism. The course highlights core themes, discusses main insights and theories, raises questions and presents cases, and links insights to practical challenges in various professional domains. It provides a state of the art assessment of professionalism in transition, by looking back and looking forward. It supports target audiences in dealing with professional services and professionals.
- The programme has an interdisciplinary approach and will focus on different levels:
- At macro level the course presents a historical and sociological view on past and future changes in professions, focused on:
- ? how do professional fields develop?
- ? how is professionalism promoted and encouraged among professionals?
- ? how do professional fields control and empower their members?
- At meso level the course presents an organisational view on changes within professional partnerships and institutions, focused on the following questions:
- ? how do norms and routines affect professionals and professional work?
- ? how do professionals organise and lead professional work?
- At micro level a psychological perspective on changing work and a changing work environment of professionals is presented. This part focuses on the following questions:
- ? how do professionals deal with work pressure and remain motivated?
- ? which competencies do professionals require to be able and capable to deliver?
- We invite you to join us and increase your understanding of the topics addressed in this course through lectures, interviews, animations, readings and peer interaction.
Professionalism in an era of change at Coursera Curriculum
Professions in transition
1.1.1 Welcome to the course!
1.2.2 How to identify a professional
1.2.5 Interprofessional competition
1.3.2 Patterns of societal change
1.1.2 An introduction to the MOOC 'Professionalism in an era of change'
1.1.3 Week 1: Professionals in transition
1.2.1 Introduction
1.2.4 The rise of professionalism
1.3.1 Introduction
1.3.3 Consequences of societal change
1.4.3 Wrapping it Up
1.2.3 Identifying the professional
1.2.6 The professionalisation of everyone?
Control and empowerment of professionals
2.1.2 A case study: Meet the professional
2.2.2 Inclusion and exclusion
2.2.3 Loyalty and identity
2.3.3 Bureaucracy and professional autonomy
2.1.1 Week 2: Control and empowerment of professionals
2.2.1 Introduction
2.3.1 Introduction
2.3.2 Understanding paradoxes
2.4.1 Reflection on case study ? meet the professional ? Merel Langelaar - Veterinarian
2.4.4 Wrapping it up
2.2.4 Becoming a professional
2.3.4 Bureaucracy and professional autonomy
Quality control and competence
3.2.2. Expertise development
3.2.3 Transfer of tacit knowledge
3.3.2 Professional norms and work routines
3.1.1 This week
3.2.1 Introduction
3.2.4 Embracing dualities by rethinking information processing
3.3.1 Introduction
3.3.4 Incompatibilities between managerial principles, policies and professional norms and routines - some examples
3.4.3 Wrapping it up
3.2.5 Expertise development and knowledge dialectics
Organisation and leadership of professional work
4.2.4 The clash between organisational and occupational logics: a practical example
4.2.5 Balancing conflicting demands
4.3.2 Towards a new model of professionalism
4.3.4 Hybridisation of professional work
4.3.5 The benefits of active coping behaviour
4.1.1 Week 4: Organisation and leadership of professional work
4.2.1 Introduction
4.2.2. About managers and professionals when times are changing
4.3.1 Introduction
4.4.3 Wrapping it up
4.2.3 New ways of organising professional work
4.3.3 Towards a new model of professionalism
Professional motivation and well-being
5.2.3 The role of personal resources in mental well-being
5.3.3 Improving professionals' motivation
5.1.1 Week 5: Professional motivation and well-being
5.2.1 Introduction
5.2.2 A proper balance between job demands and job resources
5.3.1 Introduction
5.3.2 Supporting well-being and performance through engaging leadership
5.4.3 Wrapping it up
5.2.4 JD-R and personal resources
5.3.4 Engaging leadership and challenging and hindering demands
Lifelong learning
6.1.2 Meet the professional - General practitioner
6.2.2 Adapting to new demands: Professionalism reconfigured
6.2.3 Adapting to new demands: Organising professionalism in more detail
6.2.5 Adapting to new demands: On promoting leadership in a large academic hospital
6.2.6 Adapting to new demands: On the teaching of frontline leadership
6.3.2 Zooming out: Reflections on societal change and implications for professional services
6.3.3 The T-shaped professional
6.3.4 Educationg for a collaborative workforce: interprofessional education
6.1.1 Week 1: Lifelong learning
6.2.1 Introduction
6.2.7 Adapting to new demands: what recent research tells us
6.3.1 Introduction
6.4.1 Reading: Reflection on case study
6.4.2 A course overview
6.5.1 Acknowledgements
6.5.2 Final survey
6.2.4 Professionalism reconfigured
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