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ET915-15 Leadership, Teamwork and Culture

Department
Applied Linguistics
Level
Taught Postgraduate Level
Module leader
Stephanie Schnurr
Credit value
15
Module duration
8 weeks
Assessment
100% coursework
Study location
University of Warwick main campus, Coventry

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Introductory description

What is leadership? What is teamwork? And what role, if any, does culture play in this context? This module will address these and other related questions by introducing you to some theoretical approaches, models and concepts that will help you understand the complexities of leadership, teamwork and culture. A particular focus of the module is on communication and the crucial role it plays in this context. In addition to following some of the most recent debates around leadership, teamwork and culture, this module will also analyse the relationship between these notions ‘in action’ by exploring numerous examples of how leadership and teamwork are actually done in different sociocultural and intercultural contexts.

Module aims

The module aims to:

  • Critically discuss different multidisciplinary conceptualisations of leadership and teamwork
  • Emphasise the crucial role of communication in leadership and teamwork processes
  • Discuss notions of 'effective' leadership and teamwork (communication) across cultures
  • Analyse leadership and teamwork interactions in different cultural (and intercultural) contexts
  • Provide students with the opportunity to develop their competencies in communicating in intercultural contexts
  • Provide students with the opportunity to deal with a range of interactional challenges in intercultural workplaces

Outline syllabus

This is an indicative module outline only to give an indication of the sort of topics that may be covered. Actual sessions held may differ.

What is leadership and how is it linked to teamwork?
Critical perspectives of leadership (and teamwork)
Discursive leadership
Leadership and teamwork across cultures
Leadership and teamwork in multi-cultural teams
Leadership, teamwork and gender
Leadership, teamwork and humour across cultures

Learning outcomes

By the end of the module, students should be able to:

  • At the end of the module students should be able to analyse and discuss examples of leadership and teamwork in different cultural and intercultural contexts using different conceptual frameworks.

Indicative reading list

Baxter, Judith 2010. The Language of Female Leadership Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan.
Fairhurst, Gail 2007. Discursive Leadership. In Conversation with Leadership Psychology.
Thousand Oaks: Sage.
House, Robert et al (eds). 2004. Culture, Leadership and Organizations: the GLOBE Study of 62
Societies. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
Jackson, Brad & Ken Parry 2008. A very short, fairly interesting and reasonably cheap book about
studying leadership. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
Northouse, Peter 2010. Leadership: Theory and Practice. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
Schnurr, Stephanie 2009. Leadership Discourse at Work. Interactions of Humour, Gender and
Workplace Culture. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan.

International

This module equips students with the skills to research and work in workplaces around the world. It thereby also contributes to the development of their intercultural competence. By learning about leadership and teamwork across cultures students also acquire important skills that will prepare them for the international workplace.

Subject specific skills

  • Demonstrate in-depth knowledge and understanding of multidisciplinary conceptualisations of leadership.

  • Critically discuss the role of culture for leadership and teamwork.

  • Explain the crucial role of communication for leadership and teamwork.

Transferable skills

  • Communicate clearly and contribute effectively in discussions.

  • Work collaboratively in teams.

  • Read academic papers effectively.

  • Communicate ideas effectively in writing, using appropriate wording and structure.

  • Work independently.

  • Plan and manage time and workload to meet deadlines.

Study time

Type Required
Lectures 8 sessions of 1 hour (5%)
Seminars 8 sessions of 1 hour (5%)
Supervised practical classes 3 sessions of 2 hours (4%)
Private study 128 hours (85%)
Total 150 hours

Private study description

Inclusive of guided reading, independent study, group work, work on task for workshop and preparing presentation.

Costs

No further costs have been identified for this module.

You do not need to pass all assessment components to pass the module.

Assessment group A2
Weighting Study time Eligible for self-certification
Assessment component
Assignment 70% Yes (extension)

2000 word assignment
Reassessment component is the same
Assessment component
Group presentation 30% Yes (extension)

Seminar delivery
Reassessment component is the same
Feedback on assessment

Standard CAL feedback sheet used for all modules on MSc for both written assignments and oral seminar presentations, face-to-face feedback where requested.

Courses

This module is Core for:

  • TETS-X9PJ Postgraduate Taught Intercultural Communication for Business and the Professions
    • Year 1 of X9PJ Intercultural Communication for Business and the Professions
    • Year 1 of X9PJ Intercultural Communication for Business and the Professions
  • Year 1 of TETS-X9PT Postgraduate Taught Intercultural Communication for Business and the Professions (Part-time - 2 years)

This module is Core optional for:

  • Year 1 of TETS-X9PL Postgraduate Diploma in Intercultural Communication for Business and the Professions
  • Year 1 of TETS-X9PJ Postgraduate Taught Intercultural Communication for Business and the Professions

This module is Optional for:

  • Year 1 of TIMA-L981 Postgraduate Social Science Research