How do you transform business and deliver success? In a volatile and uncertain world, you need the skills to deliver real change in adaptable ways. We'll help you develop these skills, discover and understand what you believe in as a business leader and give you the confidence to influence and negotiate with others. You'll embark on a personal journey that ensures you can deliver positive and effective change as a business leader of tomorrow.
Contact hours: 36
Private study hours: 114
Total hours: 150
Main assessment method:
Individual Assignment, 3,000 words (80%)
Group presentation, 20 minutes (20%)
Reassessment method:
100% coursework
See the library reading list for this module (Canterbury)
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
- Critically evaluate existing leadership and change theories and their links to the broader issues of innovation, creation and growth of new ventures and sustainable organisational performance.
- Undertake advanced communication and negotiation skills that are essential to leading people and organisations, appreciating thereby their global and complex dimensions
- Comprehensively understand and apply the drivers of individual behaviour and performance for creating a motivated and productive workforce.
- Develop and apply leadership skills to manage change in an effective, ethical and responsible way.
- Construct, manage, and evaluate a personal development plan through skills development to achieve and support their career and strategic leadership ambitions.
The intended generic learning outcomes. On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
- Critically analyse and solve problems systematically and creatively
- Self-manage work in a complex and interdisciplinary context
- Develop the ability to learn through reflection on practice and experience
- Be self-aware, identify areas for self-improvement and generate solutions
- Communicate effectively
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