Module BUSI49D15: LEADERSHIP (DL)

Department: Economics, Finance and Business (Business)

BUSI49D15: LEADERSHIP (DL)

Prerequisites

• None.

Corequisites

• None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None.

Aims

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

Content

• Introduction
• What is Leadership?
• Leadership, Management and Change
• Critical review of leadership theory development: trait theory to transformational leadership
• Leaders follower relations
• Transformational/transactional leadership
• Transformational leadership case study
• A new integrative, holistic model of leadership
• Are leaders born or made?
• Developing effective leadership
• Review

Learning Outcomes

• By the end of the module 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.

• By the end of the module students will have:
• advanced skills in, and a critical understanding of, the process of leadership.

• In addition, students should also have had the opportunity to develop further the following 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

• The module is delivered in discrete Units. These are designed to enable the learning outcomes to be achieved through a combination of specially written material, directed reading, reflection through self-assessed assignments and guidance for further reading. Module tutors provide feedback on formative work and are available for individual consultation as necessary (by email, telephone, post or fax).
• 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

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

None.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University