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BUSI4E815: LEADERSHIP (FT)

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Type Tied
Level 4
Credits 15
Availability Not available in 2023/24
Module Cap
Location Durham
Department Management and Marketing

Prerequisites

  • None.

Corequisites

  • None.

Excluded Combinations of Modules

  • None.

Aims

  • Develop students' ability to master the knowledge and understanding at an advanced level of key issues in the conceptualisation and practice of leadership.
  • Provide students with the opportunity to develop the ability to critically understand current approaches and empirical research in the field of leadership studies.
  • Provide students with the ability to increase their professional effectiveness as leaders.
  • Provide students with the opportunity to enhance their communication, organisational, problem solving and analytical skills.

Content

  • Introduction
  • A Multi-level approach to leadership: Events, Relations, Groups, and Organizations
  • Orgnaizational Change
  • Ethics
  • Leadership Development
  • Culture Effects
  • Leadership Perception and Organizational Performance

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:

  • Upon successful completion of the module, the students will have:
  • a specialist knowledge of the nature of leadership from a number of perspectives;
  • a critical appreciation of the assumptions, implications and limitations of leadership studies.

Subject-specific Skills:

  • Upon successful completion of the module, the students will have:
  • advanced skills in, and a critical understanding of, the process of leadership.

Key Skills:

  • Written communication.
  • Planning, organising and time management.
  • Problem solving and analysis.
  • Using initiative.
  • Computer literacy.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

  • Learning outcomes will be met through a combination of lectures, groupwork, case studies and discussion, supported by guided reading.
  • The written assignment will test students' understanding of relevant concepts and their ability to apply and interpret what they have learned to the analysis of a particular issue in depth.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

ActivityNumberFrequencyDurationTotalMonitored
Workshops (a combination of lectures, groupwork, case studies and discussion)24Yes
Preparation and Reading126 
Total150 

Summative Assessment

Component: Written AssignmentComponent Weighting: 100%
ElementLength / DurationElement WeightingResit Opportunity
Written Assignment4,000 words maximum100Same

Formative Assessment

Students receive feedback on their contributions in the workshops.

More information

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