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SBUS41800

Academic Year 2024/2025

Enhancing My Leadership (SBUS41800)

Subject:
Business
College:
Business
School:
Business
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Professor Joe Peppard
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This module will address the relational aspects of leadership. The best leaders are those who have strong relational skills and this module will look at the leader’s ability to really engage with others within and outside the organisation. The participant will learn about trust, how it is built and its centrality to leadership. They will also examine, at a theoretical and experiential level, conversations as a building block of social processes in organisations and will become more skilled at managing difficult conversations.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this module you will have:
1. An understanding of the make-up of Trust and its importance to complex social processes.
2. An understanding of the importance of quality conversations to those processes.
3. An understanding of what gets in the way of quality conversations.
4. Better conversation skills.
5. Better ability to handle difficult conversations.
6. Facilitation and observation skills.

Indicative Module Content:

This module will address the relational aspects of leadership. The best leaders are those who have strong relational skills and this module will look at the leader’s ability to really engage with others within and outside the organisation. The participant will learn about trust, how it is built and its centrality to leadership. They will also examine, at a theoretical and experiential level, conversations as a building block of social processes in organisations and will become more skilled at managing difficult conversations.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Specified Learning Activities

40
Autonomous Student Learning

60
Lectures

16
Total

116

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
The module has a detailed study guide. Students are required to complete the module pre-reading or pre-work prior to attending the seminar sessions. The sessions themselves will be a combination of lectures, group discussion, in-class presentations, case study discussions and classroom exercises. A heavy emphasis in the seminars is on teasing out the implications of theory for practical application in a workplace context

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Participation in Learning Activities: Grading based on participation in module Week 7 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No
40
 No
Assignment(Including Essay): Post module written assignment Week 15 Standard conversion grade scale 40% Yes
60
 Yes

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

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Written feedback to be provided within 20 days of assignment deadline

Name Role
Mrs Camilla Beglan Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Mr Eamonn Ward Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
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