BE420-6-SP-CO:
Leadership in Organisations
2017/18
Essex Business School
Colchester Campus
Spring
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Monday 15 January 2018
Friday 23 March 2018
15
27 February 2014
Requisites for this module
BE400
(none)
(none)
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BSC NN24 Accounting and Management,
BSC NN27 Accounting and Management (Including Placement Year),
BSC NN42 Accounting and Management (Including Foundation Year),
BSC NNK2 Accounting and Management (Including Year Abroad),
BSC N200 Business Management,
BSC N201 Business Management (Including Foundation Year),
BSC N202 Business Management (Including Year Abroad),
BSC N204 Business Management (Including Placement Year),
BA NR19 Business Management and Modern Languages,
BA N1R9 Business Management with a Modern Language,
BA T7N2 Latin American Studies with Business Management,
BA T7N4 Latin American studies with Business Management (Including Foundation Year),
BA N19R Business Management and Language Studies
The overarching objective of this module is to develop the students' understanding of leadership within organisations. Leadership remains an important topic in the field of management studies, especially with regard to its theoretical underpinnings on the one hand and its practical development on the other. The module will expose students to a variety of approaches and theories necessary to understand leadership. Moreover, the module seeks to situate leadership within related fields such as strategic management or business ethics. The module will first introduce students to traditional approaches to leadership in order to build a solid foundation for exploring current concepts. From there the module will progress to the discussion of current issues, followed by a critical exploration of contextual topics. By the end of the module, students will have developed a comprehensive appreciation of leadership in today's business environment.
Module Aims
1. To provide students with an understanding of leadership in today's business environment
2. To introduce students to a wide range of approaches to leadership, drawing both on relevant theoretical material and on practical examples
3. To enable students independently and critically to analyse leadership practices
Module Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module, students should be able to:
* Demonstrate a clear understanding of the key elements of the various theories of leadership and be able to link these to business/managerial practice
* Critically evaluate a range of theoretical and conceptual perspectives on leadership including current issues as well as relevant contextual issues
* Evaluate leadership issues from a range of perspectives and be able to integrate these into a considered and practical approach to leadership, management, and organisation
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Skills for your professional life (Transferable Skills)
By the end of the module, you will be able to:
* Evaluate leadership issues from a range of perspectives and be able to integrate these into a considered and practical approach to leadership, management, and organisation
* Think critically about leadership by discussing current case studies and academic articles
* Develop your commercial awareness based on studying examples of current leadership practice
* Reflect on your attitudes to leadership, e.g. based on your personal leadership learning log
* Work effectively and efficiently in small teams (in classes)
* Solve problems creatively and collaboratively
* Reflect on your own future managerial practice in relation to leadership
The module will be delivered over an entire term, with weekly one-hour lectures (weeks 16-25) and a weekly one-hour seminar (weeks 17-25). The seminar will either discuss an academic reading from the reading list or discuss a case.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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| Exam |
Main exam: 120 minutes during Summer (Main Period)
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Christina Volkmann, email: c.r.volkmann@essex.ac.uk.
Dr Christina Volkmann & Marina Michalski
Yes
No
No
Dr Emma Surman
The University of Keele
Lecturer
Available via Moodle
Of 74 hours, 63 (85.1%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
11 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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