2015/16 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

LUBS5680M Leading Effective Organisations

15 creditsClass Size: 40

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Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2015/16

This module is not approved as an Elective

Objectives

This module will provide students with a critical appreciation of partnership working and power relationships and leading change at a conceptual and practical level. Students will gain an insight into how understanding such relationships with stakeholders can lead to effective organisation.

Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this module students will be able to:
- Describe the role power, vision, and engagement play in organisational effectiveness
- Appreciate the power of stakeholders and the impact that power has on behaviours within organisations
- Recognise and comment on from an informed perspective common current patterns of behaviour linked to roles and power in organisational structures
- Appreciate the multiple perspectives of people in different hierarchical/structural positions
- Recognise and evaluate ways to produce more effective interactions
- Select an area for practising new behaviours in their own organisation

Skills outcomes
On completion of this module students will be able to:
Transferable
- Apply appropriate personal skills to lead effectively utilising systems power

Subject Specific
- Apply investigative and diagnostic skills in analysing how power and partnerships impact organisational effectiveness
- Apply theoretical knowledge to give insight to organisational contributions
- Critically link theory and practice by applying conceptual tools for thinking to local change

Syllabus

Key topics covered include:
- Power in systems
- Models of partnerships
- Leading change through partnership working
- Stakeholder relationships
- Engaging organisational members
Teaching sessions are designed to focus upon learning outcomes and include interactive debate and discussion and problem solving exercises that will give students the opportunity to apply and demonstrate knowledge of the concepts and methodologies gained in the classroom in a practical way.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Workshop	3	8.00	24.00
Private study hours			126.00
Total Contact hours			24.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			150.00

Private study

126 hours of private study inclusive of:
36 hours additional reading and preparing for taught sessions;
40 hours Post workshop reading and research
50 hours researching and writing assessed coursework.

Online support to facilitate independent learning will be given to the students through the University VLE which will provide additional reading, links to sources of research and national policy, module powerpoint presentations and reading lists.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

The nature of the cohort and the intensive 3 day delivery of the module will allow enhanced monitoring of progress in the classroom through interactive debate and dialogue case studies and other scenario-based activities. Formative feedback will also be given on draft assignments before summative assessment. Outside of the workshops, as well as regular email communication, students will be encouraged to utilise the VLE for group discussions, questions to the tutor and feedback.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	3,000 words	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 website

Last updated: 24/03/2015

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