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University Standard Module Template

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template is issued to students

Faculty:

Education, Law & Social Sciences (ELSS)

School/Department:

School of Life

Module Title:

Level 5 Leadership in Life

Programme(s) on which the module is delivered:

BA (Hons) Life in Practice

Programme aims addressed through this module:

Evaluate and apply life skills to achieve and extend personal potential to respond effectively

to challenges in their world

Critically evaluate strategies of leadership and communication and the influence of personal

and professional values

Critically reflect on the role of evaluating the consequences of their present actions

Indicative content

Major Leadership styles e.g. Autocratic, Democratic, Laissez-faire etc.

Relative strengths and weaknesses of each style

Be aware of their own leadership style and how that may need to be modified if

needed

How to maximise the potential of an organisation (formal or informal) by using the

most appropriate leadership style that a situation demands

How to present a plan for the better leadership of an organisation/team in order to

achieve desired outcomes

Predominant delivery method:Please tick as appropriate

Study mode(s):Please tick as appropriate

Campus-based Full time

Distance-based self study Part time

Workplace-based Offered in both modes

Campus-based but with a placement

component

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Intended Learning Outcomes:

Learning outcomes:

1.

Describe the major Leadership styles covered in the module and group dynamics

2.

Evaluate the strengths and weakness of the Leadership styles as evidenced in contemporary

settings

3.

Reflect on their own Leaderships style and develop a personal plan to be abler to adapt to

other styles as required

4.

Employ the learning developed in the module to generate a change leadership plan to

resolve the issue identified in the students selection of assignment for submission

Learning and Teaching methods

Keynote lectures will be used to explain to you, how current leaders have developed their own

styles. Speakers will include people from industry; public sector; charitable sector; military; social

entrepreneurs, sport and retail. Workshops will be based on the keynotes and use your

workplace experience to underpin the sessions. You will be based in Action Learning Sets (ALS),

each of which will comprise students who, collectively, will bring the 3 main work-place

experiences to them. You will, by use the ALS system, learn from one anothers experiences.

Online journals will allow you to share the work-place experiences, even when not attending

University. Staff will always be available to answer queries and support you whenever required,

though tutorials, email, Skype and telephone. you will be free to choose your preferred

medium.

You will be able to reflect on the mentoring/buddying activities that you will undertake with

the Year 1 students. This process will allow you, the Year 5 students, on this module, to see how

the leadership skills that you are developing, actually work in the context of the course, Life, as

a whole and how they play a significant part in the lives and development of the Year 1 students.

Another strength of this module is that the you can take forward your learning and development

from the module into whichever pathway, ultimately, that you choose to follow e.g. healthcare,

teaching, running your own business, the voluntary sector, politics etc. This module is one which,

truly, is broadly applicable to any activity that Life (or life) has to offeryou, our graduates. It

will build confidence and capability in you, at a time when the world is crying out for

leadership.

Breakdown of study time:

Scheduled learning and teaching activities 30%

Guided independent learning 70%

Placement/study abroad %

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Assessment and Feedback:

Summative assessment:

Summative assessment will comprise a Case-study, which will allow you to choose 1 of a

number of fixed options at the Module launch, based on your current year practice

placement and consist of a critique of the Leadership style in the sector and lead to a set ofrecommendations for changes for the future. (LO 4)

1600 words - 80% of marks

Broad assessment type:

Written exams:

Practical exams:

Coursework:

Formative assessment:

Formative assessment will be the submission of the rationale/introduction for the chosen

case study and feedback provided based on the submission. This will be required at the start

of the New Year, to allow early guidance and advice to assist your maintaining a positive

direction in the assignment. (LO 1, 2 & 3)

400 words20% of marks

Feedback:

Feedback will be available from the formative assessment via a number of media: print,audio and video are such options.

Summative feedback will be available in similar forms and will be by 20 working days from

submission date.

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Related Modules

The following modules are related to this module:

Level 4: Communication in Life

Level 4: Team-working as a Life skill

Level 5: Project Management

Level 5: Managing Change

The above modules will inform parts of the module Leadership in Life the module will add

to the knowledge in the listed modules, to form a more holistic view.

Communication; team-working; managing change and Project management all require

qualities of Leadership, though not always the same style at all times.

The bringing together of all these modules will expose you to many varieties of Leadership,

from which you will develop your style, for your reasons.

Learning Resources

Essential

Hughes, Eilir Leadership for Life: A Reader

(2nd

Edition)Open University Press

Recommended

Grint, KeithLeadership: Limits and

PossibilitiesPalgrave Macmillan 2005

Hooper A, Potter J Intelligent LeadershipRandom House Business

Books (Print and eBook) 2000

McCoy, Bowen HLiving into Leadership: A

Journey into Ethics

Stanford University Press

(2007)

Sugar, Alan Hired or Fired? BBC Publications

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The following section to be completed by the Faculty Office:

Module Code: LIF5200 Level (e.g. level 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7): 5

Where necessary, agreed abbreviated module

title for the SRS (maximum xxx characters)Credit value: 15 Credits

Module Leader: Mr Eilir Hughes

Module start date(s) during the current academic year:

October 2013

Module finish date(s) during the current academic year:

May 2014

Assessment weightings:

2 linked items of assessment will be used:

Formative 20% (LO 1, 2 & 3)

Summative - Case study 80% (LO4)

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