WM9I5-15 Strategic Leadership and Change Management
Introductory description
This module provides participants with an opportunity to understand change –its drivers, risks, consequences and people’s responses - and develop their personal competences through hands-on experience in a simulated business environment and practice in the use of relevant methods, tools and techniques.
Regardless of size and maturity, organisations today operate in a business environment that continues to grow increasingly complex and demanding of ever higher standards of efficiency, integration and customer service. Change can be both externally and internally driven, thus both skill sets of intelligent, timely reaction to external drivers and proactive planning to prevent organisational drift are critical to the sustained success of any organisation.
Individual competence in implementing change is essential for leaders and managers and this requires a resilient and positive mindset combined with skills in strategy formulation, communication, leadership, influence and the integration of various disparate functions within a complex organisational system. Developing a critical mass of competent individuals contributes significantly to organisational change capability.
Module aims
Participants will be able to hit the ground running as change leaders and managers, whether they be Project and Programme Managers, or functional heads. Where this module is delivered at an overseas centre the module will be delivered over 1 week.”
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.
Introduction
Strategic Leadership
Leadership theories and models
Philosophy of Leadership
The need for change
Change approaches and models
Power and conflict in the transition process
Managing teams through change: importance of trust, empowerment and involvement
Resilient culture
Tools and techniques for change: applications
Leadership in organisational transformation
Learning outcomes
By the end of the module, students should be able to:
- In a group setting, critically evaluate the internal and external drivers and impact of change on the organisational system. (AHEP M16)
- Critically analyse a range of leadership perspectives and theories (AHEP M4)
- Critically apply appropriate models of change to a given situation. (AHEP M5)
- Critically apply and evaluate strategic leadership principles to complex organisational challenges (AHEP M4, M5)
- Critically reflect and evaluate personal effectiveness in personal leadership . (AHEP M16)
Indicative reading list
Reading lists can be found in Talis
Subject specific skills
Planning and implementing systemic change, stakeholder engagement, responding to adversity, systems thinking, change leadership skills. Self-knowledge, leadership behaviour, reflective practice,
Transferable skills
Communication (including intercultural communication), collaborative problem analysis and decision-making, creativity, critical thinking, innovation, negotiation, motivation, transformational leadership, project management, adaptability, resilience, self-management, learning-by-doing
Study time
| Type | Required |
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| Lectures | 18 sessions of 1 hour (12%) |
| Supervised practical classes | 12 sessions of 1 hour (8%) |
| Online learning (scheduled sessions) | 2 sessions of 1 hour (1%) |
| Online learning (independent) | 8 sessions of 1 hour (5%) |
| Other activity | 50 hours (33%) |
| Assessment | 60 hours (40%) |
| Total | 150 hours |
Private study description
No private study requirements defined for this module.
Other activity description
Independent reading to support in-class learning, as well as to help with preparing in-class simulation, and writing assignment .
Costs
No further costs have been identified for this module.
You must pass all assessment components to pass the module.
Assessment group A
| Weighting | Study time | Eligible for self-certification | |
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Assessment component |
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| Assignment | 70% | 42 hours | Yes (extension) |
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Written assignment based on a case study where students will review leadership strategies and styles and consider how to apply change models in an organisational context. |
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Reassessment component |
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| Assignment | No | ||
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Written assignment based on a case study where students will review leadership strategies and styles and consider how to apply change models in an organisational context. |
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Assessment component |
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| Group presentation | 20% | 12 hours | No |
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Performance in terms of their contribution towards identifying factors requiring a business to change , with peer adjustment of group mark. |
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Reassessment component |
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| Critical review of factors affecting change | No | ||
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Review of factors requiring a business to change |
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Assessment component |
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| Reflection on personal development | 10% | 6 hours | Yes (extension) |
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Reflection in the context of personal leadership |
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Reassessment component |
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| Reflection on personal development | No | ||
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Reflection in the context of personal leadership and growth across the course. |
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Feedback on assessment
Mark sheet with comments
There is currently no information about the courses for which this module is core or optional.