The module is evaluated by a portfolio coursework:
1) A 2,000 words critical essay on your past experiences of leadership and how your learning from the module and the weekly activities will support the reinforcement of the effectiveness of your leadership. (40% weighting) There are several key aspects for you to cover in this essay:
– Select three to five examples amongst your past experiences of leadership (preferably from a workplace context) and the weekly activities organised in class.
– Explain how leadership theories can help with analysing the situation for each of your selected examples, and to what extent this critical analysis encourages you to adopt a similar or a different leadership behaviour in the future. Make sure you are selecting at least three different leadership theories to analyse your examples, focusing on different theories for each of your examples.
2) A 500 words reflective statement on your intended contribution to supporting the values of your future organisation and the welfare of your staff. (20% weighting)
For this task, you are expected to:
– Reflect on the contribution that you are intending to make as a future leader in order to support the values of the organisation(s) that you aim to work with and the welfare of your staff/colleagues. As part of your reflection, you should identify recommendations arising from your learning in this module.
3) A 5-year personal development plan focusing on the development of your personal leadership effectiveness in the workplace after your graduation, supported by a 1,000 words rationale for what you have included in your plan. (40% weighting)
– As part of this task, you need to identify some strategic leadership challenges that may impact an organisation operating in the industry that you are intending to work for/with over the next five years.
– You then need to identify how you will prepare yourself to develop the relevant strategic leadership skills so that you can effectively contribute to these strategic challenges.
– You are expected to link your approach to the development of your leadership skills to the recommendations of theories covered during your study of the module.
– Your personal development plan should be presented in a table format. |