PLAN40090 Leadership, Project and Development Management

Academic Year 2022/2023

This module is delivered by an established planning and development practitioner and introduces students to key practice elements of planning. The module has two core elements:

Element 1 - Leadership
Leadership involves the ability to promote specific goals and to garner the support and aid necessary for achieving them. To be effective, planners have to exercise leadership, enable and empower their teams to use their capacities, and stay in control of the planning and development process. This element of the module will review different leadership and management principles and styles.

Element 2 - Project Management
Within the planning system, it has been identified that sometimes planners lack knowledge of project management. This part of the module assists in addressing that deficit. The key principles of project management are introduced, focusing on problem identification and analysis, generation of solutions, project appraisal techniques, implementation, management and leadership skills. Project management principles are applied to a number of planning projects, with an in-depth examination of all planning aspects from inception to completion, including studying plans and drawings.

It should be noted that Elements 1 and 2 are linked and are delivered by the same leading private planning consultant.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

Element 1- Leadership
On completion of this element of the module, the student will understand the meaning and importance of leadership and will appreciate the various leadership and management styles that lead to effective achievement of goals and promotion of solutions and ideas.

Element 2 - Project Management
On completion of this element of the module, the student should have an understanding of how a professional planner interacts with the project management of major infrastructure projects from conception to completion, with particular reference to the integration of a multi-disciplinary approach.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24

Autonomous Student Learning

76

Placement/Work Experience

8

Total

108

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
- Lectures
- Group work
- Practice-based learning
 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Equivalents:
Leadership, Project & Dev Man. (PEP40280)


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment: Written assignment 1 Unspecified n/a Graded No

100


Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Name Role
Mr Tom Phillips Lecturer / Co-Lecturer