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2010/11 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

LUBS2030 Leadership in Business

10 creditsClass Size: 42

Module manager: Professor Richard Thorpe
Email: RT@lubs.leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2010/11

Module replaces

LEED2130

This module is approved as an Elective

Module summary

Leadership - whether you want a theory based understanding, or have a real desire to contribute to, or to run, an organisation more efficiently now or in the future, this module is for you. It will give you an understanding of your own and others potential and skills. It should help you to look at how you organise yourself and approach activities. Leadership is vital for success in any professional area; the ability to engage co-workers or employees and communicate your ideas effectively to ensure cooperation is something everyone will need. The skills covered in this module offer you the chance to learn how to influence, persuade and lead groups of people, as well as understanding how groups work together and what makes people do what they do.Each 90 minute workshop will be followed by tutorial time of 30 minutes; this will offer a chance for conversation with the students around the topics covered in the workshop. Tutorials will mainly focus on establishment and monitoring of personal objectives and reflective writing.

Objectives

On completion of this module students should be able to:
- develop in students an understanding of leadership skills and attributes
- make clear the influence of good leadership on the work of inidividauls and groups
- demonstrate the uses and applications of leadership skills, particularly in the work place and especially in business starts ups
- assist students in exploring their own skills set as related to leadership and to help them understand and develop their own leadership style.

Learning outcomes
A student completing this module will:
- understand group processes and group dynamics and how to work effectively with others
- consider their abilities and skills in leadership and how these can be applied
- have a knowledge of leadership and group theory, and be familiar with key theorists
- have an understanding of the key characteristics of leadership
- develop an understanding of their own skills and attributes as related to leadership and understand how they lead
- be able to explain their personal leadership style, and analyse how and why this might be effective.

Skills outcomes
Leadership, team working, change management, self assessment.

Syllabus

The general outline of the syllabus is included below; these sessions make up the workshop portion of the module, with the talks from guest speakers making up the lectures section.

Week // Title // Content
1. Leadership and leaders - What is leadership, examples of leaders and styles
2. Exploring your leadership skills - Exploring skills set and transferability, theories of leadership
3. Feedback - giving and receiving - Ensuring performance and managing expectations (Guest lecture)
4. Group Work session - Introducing and preparing for the group work task
5. Group dynamics and how groups work - Group work theories - Belbin (Guest lecture)
6. Group dynamics and how groups work - Roles people choose in groups, how to lead these
7. Managing groups - Theories of group interaction, using this to lead
8. Assessment Session - Presentations on group task
9. Team work - The group as a team; leading, pushing and collaborating
10. Change management Understanding and affecting change
11. Review and overview - Assessment advice.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Group Project	1	2.00	2.00
Seminar	10	2.00	20.00
Private study hours			78.00
Total Contact hours			22.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			100.00

Private study

Students are expected to read widely about different types and styles of leadership and to understand the ways in which they are implemented in businesses of different types.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

- Attendance will be expected at every session, and non-attendance without good reason followed up.
Each session is interactive with group work, discussion and elevator pitches.
- Involvement is key to this process. Progress issues will be addressed during the interactive workshop sessions and tutorials.
- Students complete a standard group work contribution form as part of the assessment submission.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Group Project	2,000 words excluding references	30.00
Literature Review	4 x 200 word + 1,200 word summary	60.00
Oral Presentation	Group project debate	10.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Essay 1 - 2,000 words excluding references 50% Essay 2 - 2,000 words excluding references 50%

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 12/04/2011

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