CE4613: Professional Leadership and Management Development

School Continuing and Professional Education
Department Code LEARN
Module Code CE4613
External Subject Code N200
Number of Credits 10
Level L4
Language of Delivery English
Module Leader Mr Scott Andrews
Semester Autumn Semester
Academic Year 2013/4

Outline Description of Module

This course explores the importance of both leadership and management in the professional world.  Leadership and management theories will be examined alongside case studies exploring real-life challenges facing today's professional leaders.  Your own management and leadership styles will be explored and your responses to different management situations explored.  A very interactive course.

 

Contact: Ms Jan Stephens, Centre for Lifelong Learning

On completion of the module a student should be able to

 

Knowledge and Understanding:

Throughout the course, participants will be able to undertake a number of practical exercises which will enable them to understand the key strategic priorities for those with leadership/management roles, to identify their own time management challenges, to understand different leadership and management styles and to examine the impact of these styles on others.

At the end of the course participants will be expected to understand the strengths and weaknesses of their own management style and to improve their ability to lead and motivate as well as identifying areas for future personal development

 

Intellectual Skills:

To communicate effectively in a management situation

To apply leadership and management theories to their own situations

To critically review through assignment, presentation, case study analysis and self study opportunities for continuous improvement and positive change

 

Discipline Specific (including practical) Skills:

To better manage processes, resources and projects in practical ways

To be able to review and plan more effectively their own continuing leadership and management development

To enhance practical leadership skills and improve confidence whilst drawing on the support of others within their learning environment

 

Transferable Skills:

To more effectively lead and manage a range of different types of people, finances and resources  in different situations within the professional workplace

 

 

 

How the module will be delivered

 

The course will provide a variety of teaching and learning tools including case studies, leadership and management self perception inventories, lectures and seminars to provide a blended mixture of learning opportunities for each participant

 

Skills that will be practised and developed

 

To more effectively lead and manage a range of different types of people, finances and resources  in different situations within the professional workplace

 

How the module will be assessed

 

The students will be required to provide a written response to two leadership situations.  This will take the form of a comparative analysis which will draw on leadership and management theory and will be no longer than 2000 words

 

 

Assessment Breakdown

Type % Title Duration(hrs)
Written Assessment 100 Professional Leadership And Management Development N/A

Syllabus content

 

What is Leadership

Types of Leader

Leadership styles

Learning Styles as a Manager

Leadership Development models

Leadership in the private sector

Leadership in the Public sector

Stakeholder Management

Time management

Management of change

Strategic Management

 

Essential Reading and Resource List

 

Grint, K. (200) The Arts of Leadership.  Oxford University Press 658.4092G

Johnson, G., Scholes, K. And Whittington, R. (2006) Exploring Corporate Strategy (7th Edit) Prentice Hall 658.4012 J

Kotter, J.P. (1996) Leading Change.  Harvard Business School Press 658.406K 

Mullins, L.J. (2005) Management  and Organisational Behaviour. (7th Edit) Pearson Education Ltd 658.4 M

Pettinger, R. (2007) Introduction to Management (4th edit) Palgrave Macmillan 658 P

Western, S. (2008) Leadership – A critical text. Sage Publications Ltd 658.4092WES


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