BUSI4I710: Leading and Managing People (FT)

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• To contribute to the overall aims of the programme by developing students' understanding of the nature of leadership and management in organisations.
• To develop knowledge and understanding at an advanced level of key issues in the conceptualisation and practice of leadership and management.
• To develop a critical understanding of various contemporary processes and practices relating to human resource management.
• To critically evaluate leadership and management theories and how they apply in practice.
• To critically explore the concepts of leadership and management as they relate to organisations.
• To critically review the leadership and management of change in organisations.
• To increase students' professional effectiveness as leaders and managers.
• To develop links with the Business School's research strategy by incorporating current research into leadership and management in a diverse context.

• Organisational Behaviour:
• Organisational culture and communications
• Motivating teams and individuals
• Ethics and sustainability
• Leadership:
• Leadership Perceptions
• Leadership and individual differences
• Leadership skills and development
• Leadership and performance
• Leading and managing organizational change
• HR Cycle:
• Attraction, selection and recruitment
• Performance management
• Managing diversity
• Training and development
• Reward and recognition
• Succession and exit strategies

Subject-specific Knowledge:

• Upon successful completion of the module, the students will have the following:
• a specialist knowledge of the nature of leadership and management and how they apply in practice;
• a critical appreciation of the assumptions, implications and limitations of leadership and management studies;
• a critical perspective of how leadership and management apply in practice.

Subject-specific Skills:

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

Key Skills:

• Written Communication
• Planning, organising and time management
• Problem solving and analysis
• Teamwork

• The module will involve a mixture of workshops involving lecture input, individual and group work and feedback, and external guest speakers, supported by guided reading.
• Formative assessment will consist of a group exercise based on one of the case studies. Findings will be presented in class and feedback will be received as a group. The formative assessment will give the students experience of analysing a case using the theories and frameworks discussed in class.
• Summative assessment will consist of a case study analysis. This will test students' understanding of relevant concepts and their ability to apply and interpret what they have learned to analyse a particular issue in-depth and will enable students to reflect on their learning and how they will apply it in practice..

Formative assessment will consist of a group exercise based on one of the case studies. Findings will be presented in class and feedback received as a group.

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