Module BUSI4K320: Leading and Managing People (Online)

Department: Business School (Business)

BUSI4K320: Leading and Managing People (Online)

Prerequisites

• None.

Corequisites

• None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• Leading and Managing People (Taught) BUSI 4K420

Aims

• To develop 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 a range of contemporary processes and practices relating to human resource management.
• To critically evaluate the theories of leadership and management 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.

Content

• 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 organisational change
• Human Resources Cycle - attraction, selection and recruitment; performance management; managing diversity; training and development; reward and recognition; succession and exit strategies

Learning Outcomes

• Upon successful completion of the module, the students will have:
• 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 the how leadership and management apply in practice.

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

• Written communication; planning, organising and time management; problem solving and analysis.

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

• The module is delivered via online learning, divided up into study weeks with specially produced resources within each week. Resources vary according to the learning outcomes but normally include: video content, directed reading, reflective activities, opportunities for self-assessment and peer-to-peer learning within tutor-facilitated discussions.
• The formative assessment serves to encourage students to study regularly and to monitor their learning progress. Tutors provide feedback on formative work and are available for individual consultation as necessary (usually by email and Skype).
• The summative assessment comprises the analysis of a case from an organisation with which they are familiar, designed to test the acqusition and articulation of knowledge and critical understanding, and skills of application and interpretation within the business context; and a reflective learning journal designed to test students' ability to critically reflect on leadership and management issues from their own experience and perspective.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

Case-based discussion board posts on which individual feedback will be provided.

■ 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