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| Module Delivery |
Spring Semester |
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| Assessment Requirements |
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Units of Assessment
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Method(s)
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Weighting towards Module Mark (%)
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Coursework
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Group assignment – students to design an activity suitable for skills development in team working and leadership, and to explain in the form of a report, how the activity serves the desired purpose.
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30%
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Coursework
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Individual assignment – students to write a critique on the different approaches to leadership in the literature.
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30%
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Coursework
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Individual assignment – written self-evaluation of students’ performance as individuals, also discussion of performance of any teams the students have been in and the leadership of those teams. Including suitable references to literature (see selected texts for suggestions)
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40%
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| Module Overview |
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| Prerequisites/Co-requisites |
Completion of the progress requirements of Level HE1 |
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| Module Aims |
- To introduce and to develop understanding of concepts in team working, leadership and management.
- To give the students experience of working in teams and adopting leadership roles.
- To expose the students to concepts of management and to give experience in conducting meetings and in negotiation.
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| Learning Outcomes |
Upon successful completion of the module, students should be able to:
- Understand how teams are formed, develop and dissolve.
- Understand the different roles performed by individuals in a team.
- work effectively in teams of individuals with similar levels of experience.
- Understand different approaches to leadership.
- Adopt leadership roles in teams of individuals with similar levels of experience.
- Understand important concepts of management.
- conduct effective team business meetings.
- Understand the principles and practice of negotiation and compromise
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| Module Content |
Teams and Teamwork
- Working in teams
- Team roles, team characteristics, team dynamics
- Joining new teams
- High-performance teams
- Effective communication in teams
Leadership
- Approaches to leadership – qualities approach, situational approach, functional approach
- Action-centred leadership and the leader’s functions
- Planning and delegation
- Monitoring and control of teams and individuals
- Feedback and review
Management
- Recruitment and selection
- Coaching, training and appraisal
- Task definition and goal-setting
- Motivation, leadership and mentoring
- Conducting business meetings
- Negotiation skills
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| Methods of Teaching/Learning |
Teams & Teamwork, leadership sections: based around short lectures, group exercises, discussion and review sessions
Management section: a more traditional lecture basis than the previous sections, but containing experiential sessions on business meetings and negotiations
10 hours lectures, 15 hours practical sessions, and 75 hours independent learning.
Total student learning time 100 hours. |
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| Selected Texts/Journals |
Recommended background reading
Adair J, Action-Centred Leadership, Gower, 1982.
Adair J, Effective Leadership, Gower, 1983.
Belbin RM, Management Teams - Why They Succeed or Fail, Heinemann, 1981.
Bird M, Effective Leadership, BBC Books, 1992.
Required reading
None
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| Last Updated |
15th August 2006 |
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