2020/21 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

LUBS2085 Developing Your Potential

10 creditsClass Size: 230

Module manager: Melissa Schuessler
Email: m.c.schuessler@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2020/21

This module is mutually exclusive with

CSER1011	Career Planning
CSER1021	Career Planning
CSER2101	Career Development 1
CSER2201	Career Development 2
CSER3202	Advanced Career Development - Business Awareness
CSER3212	Advanced Career Development - Business Awareness

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Objectives

This module enables undergraduate Management students to gain a better understanding of the range of opportunities available to them after level two and helps them develop the knowledge, skills and attributes required to compete successfully for these opportunities.

An increasing number of second year students are applying for summer internships or a year in industry. Others hope to develop their intercultural competencies by studying abroad, or their entrepreneurial skills by taking a year in Enterprise. Some students progress straight to level three but need to consolidate their existing work experience by honing the skills and aptitudes required by graduate employers.

This module addresses the skills development needs identified by both undergraduate Management students and graduate employers. Informed by contemporary management literature it helps students understand how management skills are applied in practice and what graduate employers look for during the recruitment process.

Learning outcomes
On completion of this module students will be able to
1. Evidence career planning and decision making strategies in line with their graduate aspirations.
2. Successfully articulate their knowledge skills and attributes and apply these to a chosen graduate employment opportunity.
3. Critically reflect on their skills development, evidencing learning from multiple sources including academic text, visiting speakers, personal experience.

Transferable Skills include:
- Self-Management and Independent Learning
- Reflective thinking and Writing
- Career and Personal Development
- Verbal Communication
- Networking and Decision Making

Syllabus

This module is responsive in its design. Students' action plans are analysed and graduate employers are canvassed to ensure the module builds in relevant graduate skills. A range of academic and professional speakers work together with visiting employers and professional alumni to ensure a syllabus which is responsive and contemporary. In previous years this has included:-

Commercial Awareness - applying knowledge of current business trends in relation to specific sectors and employment roles.
Intercultural skills and competencies - demonstrating how these are applied in a global economy.
Enterprise and Entrepreneurial skills - ensuring students who are interested in self-employment are aware of the range of opportunities and incentives available to them and also how creative and innovative students can evidence intrapreneurial skills and competencies.
Using effective interpersonal skills in social situations and building a network of professional contacts
What does Leadership mean and understanding how to evidence it.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Workshop	5	1.00	5.00
e-Lecture	11	1.00	11.00
Directed Study	1	4.00	4.00
Private study hours			80.00
Total Contact hours			20.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			100.00

Private study

This could include a variety of activities, such as reading, watching videos, question practice and exam preparation.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Your teaching methods could include a variety of delivery models, such as face-to-face teaching, live webinars, discussion boards and other interactive activities. There will be opportunities for formative feedback throughout the module.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Report	2,500 words	70.00
Presentation	individual 20 minute verbal presentation/video interview	30.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Resit is via submission of an extended project report of 2,500 words which includes a reflective narrative on the reasons for failure of original component(s) and which evidences the actions taken as a result of feedback generated and received with regard to the failed component(s). The resit for this module will be 100% by 2,500 word coursework.

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 30/09/2020 13:34:17

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