2007/08 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue
LUBS5040M Professional and Research Skills
15 creditsClass Size: 120
Module manager: Helen Short
Email: hs@lubs.leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2007/08
This module is not approved as an Elective
Objectives
On completion of this module, students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of the theoretical underpinning and practice in:- Nomothetic and ideographic research methods
- Presentation skills
- Negotiation skills
- Personal and organisational factors affecting motivation
- Decision making and change
Syllabus
Team roles, assessment and group formation
The Nomothetic paradigm: deductive methodology and the implications of quantitative analysis.
The humanist critique: human mental capacity and inductive research methods.
Organisational structure and culture: methods of analysis.
Group working: issues concerning team working, leadership and communication.
Issues concerning power, conflict and negotiation, and implications for researchers.
Motivation, personality and perception.
Data gathering, analysis and application within the organisation.
The issues of change: personal and organisational.
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Tutorial | 10 | 3.00 | 30.00 |
| Private study hours | 120.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 30.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 150.00 | ||
Private study
60 hours reading for lectures;60 hours preparation for classes and assessed work.
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
Formative feedback will be given on individual and group contributions to classes, and will also be provided on a project plan which will be undertaken prior to student work commencing on the assessed coursework project.Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| Report | 3,000 word | 100.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 29/01/2007
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