Module BUSI4I710: Leading and Managing People (FT)

Department: Business School (Business)

BUSI4I710: Leading and Managing People (FT)

Prerequisites

• None

Corequisites

• None

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None

Aims

• 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 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 organizations.
• To critically review the leadership and management of change in organizations.
• 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 range of contexts.

Content

• Organizational Behaviour:
• Organizational 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

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
• Teamwork

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

• The module will involve a mixture of workshops involving lecture input, individual and group work and feedback, 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 received as a group. The formative assessment will give students experience of analysing a case using the theories and frameworks which are discussed in class.
• Summative assessment will consist of a case study analysis and a reflective journal. This 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, and will enable students to reflect on their learning and how they will apply it in practice..

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

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.

■ 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