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Title LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY
Code KDBA306
Coordinator Dr M Sarma
Strategy, IB and Entrepreneurship
Meera.Sarma@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2020-21 Level 8 FHEQ Whole Session 30

Pre-requisites before taking this module (other modules and/or general educational/academic requirements):
KDBA300 THE DOCTORAL PRACTITIONER 

Modules for which this module is a pre-requisite:
 

Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on a required basis:
 

Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on an optional basis:
 

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours           200

 200
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 100
TOTAL HOURS 300

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Critical Action Learning Final Report There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is not an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Week 10  Whole Session    35       
Critical Literature Review There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is not an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Week 3  Whole Session    10       
Problematizing Write-up There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is not an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Week 5  Whole Session    10       
Critical Action Learning Progress Report There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is not an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Weeks 2  Whole Session    10       
Learning Team Participation There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is not an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Weeks 1-9  Whole Session    25       
Class Discussion Question There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is not an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Weekly apart from wks   Whole Session    10       

Aims

Develop a clear understanding currently influential models of management;

Appreciate the contribution of followers to leadership practice;

Evaluate the impact of intercultural factors on the management and leadership of teams and organisations;

Appraise the role of leadership in managing through and learning from crisis situations.

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Manifest in their thinking and embody in their practice a range of critical principles of leadership;

(LO2) Carefully and accurately diagnose those situations in which they can participate more actively in leadership;

(LO3) Demonstrate their own capabilities and acknowledge their own limitations in leadership;

(LO4) Show capability in narrowing the gap between their espoused theories of leadership and their practice;

(LO5) Expand their leadership research orientation to incorporate an examination of competencies beyond the dominant "heroic model";

(LO6) Develop a rational and intercultural aptitude that fosters critical and collective reflection as the means to explore and improve leadership practices;

(LO7) Recognize how and when they can make leadership a shared phenomenon;

(LO8) Apply relevant principles of leadership to the development of learning organizations and of one's personal development within them.

(S1) Numeracy;

(S2) Teamwork;

(S3) Communication skills;

(S4) Problem solving skills;

(S5) IT skills;

(S6) Time Management.

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching Method 1 - Virtual Classroom hours (for online modules)
Description: Virtual classroom hours (for online modules)

Syllabus
 

The syllabus includes:

What is leadership and who am I as a leader;

The leader as a Change Agent;

The leader as a Reflector and Learner;

The leader as a Situational Manager;

The leader as a Team Facilitator;

The leader as a Mutual Influencer and Conflict Manager;

The leader as a Charismatic Personality and Meaning-Maker;

The leader as a Manager of Diverse Cultures;

The leader as a Ethical Conscience;

The leader as a Leaderful Manager.

Recommended Texts
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