Module Catalogue 2024/25

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Co Requisite Comment

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Aims

The aims of the module are to develop students’ knowledge and critical understanding of personal and professional development issues. Students will critically reflect on and evaluate their own personal and professional skills development, enhancing their understanding of their strengths and weaknesses. Students will consider the human factors to leadership in the effective implementation and management of technology enabled business processes. In particular, the module considers leadership in the context of leading multidisciplinary, cross cultural teams, leading change, and achieving high performance outcomes in collaboration with others. The module provides a structured mechanism to supporting students in planning their future career, and personal and professional development needs recognizing the requirement to balance leadership and technical skills in self and others. Experiential learning in the context of their own workplace will provide the basis for evaluating and reflecting on students’ own leadership approaches. Students develop greater clarity in the approaches and benefits of reflective practice and lifelong learning to develop flexibility and resilience.

Outline Of Syllabus

The programme of study will begin with period of self-analysis to build awareness of the self as a person, a professional and a leader. We will use a range of analysis tools to structure the process of reflection and encourage the students to receive feedback from peers on the programme and colleagues in the work place. Students will reflect on their role within their work context and critically reflect on behaviours.
Students are introduced to conceptual frameworks of leadership, organisational and business process change and team working, critically reflecting on their leadership role in a contemporary technology-based organisation. Students will be expected to identify development needs, to try out new approaches and to reflect on their developing professional practice leading to the creation of a personal development plan.

Intended Knowledge Outcomes

1. Understand The role of leadership in contemporary technology-based organisations.

2. Understand and demonstrate the personal leadership qualities that are required to establish and maintain an organisations technical reputation.

3. Understand The role of leaders as change agents and identify contributors to successful implementation;

Intended Skill Outcomes

1. Improve students’ personal capacity for continuous learning and adaptability to perform effectively in different organizational and culture contexts;

2. Evaluate the significance of human factors to leadership in the effective implementation and management of technology enabled business processes;

3. Develop own leadership style and professional values that contributes to building high performing teams;

Teaching Rationale And Relationship

This module adopts a facilitated experiential learning approach where students will reflect on their professional identity and personal development within their own contexts. Students will create a developmental cohort of peers to benefit from social learning approaches within the classroom and reflect on professional experiences from the workplace. Experiential learning in the workshop environment will include team working, presentation and communication activities and reflection on practice. Directed learning within the student's own workplace includes gaining feedback from colleagues, evaluating workplace approaches to leadership, team work and change and identifying areas for personal and professional development. Students will work together in small group action learning to reflect on professional experiences, gain insights and perspectives and identify strategies for development and change.

Assessment Rationale And Relationship

The summative assessment is derived from the critically reflective learning journey of the module. The critical analysis of the literature of leadership and change requires students to evaluate models and theories as currently practiced and invites them to reflect on the suitability of these models for their context.

Completion of reflection and self awareness building activities from the outset requires students to observe and engage with their own professional practice in the workplace and provides a rich base of reflection to draw on in completing the essay.

General Notes

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