Unit name | Leadership |
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Unit code | MGRCM0002 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Ms. Ballard |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Management - Business School |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This unit is designed to encourage practising managers to better understand and analyse their experiences of leadership within organisations. A psychometric tool will be used to identify areas of strength, and to give students another perspective from which to understand their current practice. The unit will then explore the latest substantial thinking on the subject of leadership in a variety of contexts, and will question received wisdom about what it means to be a leader. Specific leadership challenges will be identified and used as a practical basis for reflective learning and small group work.
By the end of the unit, students will be able to:
Teaching will be delivered through a combination of synchronous and asynchronous sessions including lectures, seminars, drop-in sessions, discussion boards and other online learning opportunities
3000 word individual assignment - summative, 100% Formative: 1:1 discussions of draft framework
Yukl, G.A. (2010) Leadership in organisations,, Prentice Hall
Harvard Business Review (ed) (1998) Leadership: The definitive resource for Professionals. Harvard Business School Press
Ford, J, Harding, N, Learmonth, M.(2008) Leadership as identity :constructions and deconstructions. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Northouse, P.G. (2012) Introduction to Leadership. Sage