Module Details
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Title INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP
Code CKIT556
Coordinator Dr F Grasso
Computer Science
Floriana@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2018-19 Level 7 FHEQ Whole Session 15

Aims
  • To provide students with a comprehensive understanding concerning the key concepts and theories of IT leadership.
  • To provide students with a systematic understanding of individual leadership and individual leadership styles.
  • To equip students with a wide ranging understanding of issues related to leadership, collaboration and change within organisations.
  • To enable student to analyse critically, and understand, the responsibilities and privileges of leadership, and the moral and ethical dimensions of the use of authority and power.

Learning Outcomes

A comprehensive knowledge of the role of the leader in the context of IT processes and management.

An ability to critically evaluate different leadership traits and skills, and to critically assess personal leadership styles.

An In-depth appreciation of the role of collaboration within organisations.

A deep and comprehensive understanding of issues related to the influence on leadership of culture, motivation and value creation within organisations.

A systematic and critical understanding of the role of change leadership in the context of risk mitigation in IT projects.

A comprehensive awareness of leadership issues in the contexts of ethics.

An in-depth appreciation of the complexity and dynamics of leadership in organisations.


Syllabus
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Week 1
IT processes and leadership in context: IT processes, the role of the Chief Information Officer (CIO), imperatives for leadership and leadership theories in the context of IT.
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Week 2
Leadership traits: traits and personal qualities of successful leaders and traits of IT, assessment and reflection on personal leadership styles.
 
Week 3
Leadership skills: skills of successful IT leaders, the relationship between leadership skills and IT project success, CIO effectiveness.
 
Week 4
Collaborative leadership as an IT leader fostering innovation. 
 
Week 5
Transformation leadership and leading organisational change: the role of the change leader in motivating, inspiring and managing IT; the role of change leaders as a stimulus and model for change, implications of the change leader''s own behaviour.
 
Week 6
Leadership in value creation, risk assessment and strategic partnership: the leader’s role in IT value creation and developing partnerships with other business units, risk assessment, conflict management and coping with crisis in IT.  
 
Week 7
Ethics and leadership: aspects of integrity, fairness, honesty and ethical traits of high performing leaders.  
 
Week 8
Leadership in emerging scenarios: emerging technology and its impact on business; quality standards and leadership practices; issues facing business leaders in the future and their impact on professional practices; and opportunities for professional development and collaboration.

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Online Learning - Weekly seminar supported by asynchronous discussion in a virtual classroom environment facilitated by an online instructor.

Number of hours per week that students are expected to attend the virtual classroom so as to participate in discussion, dedicated to group work and individual assessment is 7.5.


Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours           60
Weekly seminar supported by asynchronous discussion in a virtual classroom environment facilitated by an online instructor.
60
Timetable (if known)           Number of hours per week that students are expected to attend the virtual classroom so as to participate in discussion, dedicated to group work and individual assessment is 7.5.
  		 
Private Study 90
TOTAL HOURS 150

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
Coursework  Weeks 1-8, 350-500 w  Whole session  40  No reassessment opportunity  Standard UoL penalty applies  Eight discussion questions There is no reassessment opportunity, The nature of the adopted online learning paradigm is such that no reassessment opportunity is available; instead students failing the module will be offered the opportunity to retake the entire module. 
Coursework  1 Week / 500-750 wor  Week 2  7  No reassessment opportunity  Standard UoL penalty applies  Project: Leadership theories and leadership traits in the context of IT There is no reassessment opportunity, The nature of the adopted online learning paradigm is such that no reassessment opportunity is available; instead students failing the module will be offered the opportunity to retake the entire module. 
Coursework  500-750 words  Week 3  7  No reassessment opportunity  Standard UoL penalty applies  Project: Leadership Skills There is no reassessment opportunity, The nature of the adopted online learning paradigm is such that no reassessment opportunity is available; instead students failing the module will be offered the opportunity to retake the entire module. 
Coursework  750-1000 words  Weeks 3/4  10  No reassessment opportunity  Standard UoL penalty applies  Leadership Case Study analysis, Part 1 – (individual work) There is no reassessment opportunity, The nature of the adopted online learning paradigm is such that no reassessment opportunity is available; instead students failing the module will be offered the opportunity to retake the entire module. 
Coursework  500-750 words  Week 5  7  No reassessment opportunity  Standard UoL penalty applies  Project: IT Leadership and Change There is no reassessment opportunity, The nature of the adopted online learning paradigm is such that no reassessment opportunity is available; instead students failing the module will be offered the opportunity to retake the entire module. 
Coursework  1500 – 2000 word r  Week 5/6/7  15  No reassessment opportunity  Standard UoL penalty applies  Leadership Case Study analysis, Part 2 – (Group Project) There is no reassessment opportunity, The nature of the adopted online learning paradigm is such that no reassessment opportunity is available; instead students failing the module will be offered the opportunity to retake the entire module. 
Coursework  1000-1500 words  Week 8  14  No reassessment opportunity  Standard UoL penalty applies  Project: Personal Leadership There is no reassessment opportunity, The nature of the adopted online learning paradigm is such that no reassessment opportunity is available; instead students failing the module will be offered the opportunity to retake the entire module. Notes (applying to all assessments) (1) Due to nature of the on­line mode of instruction work is not marked anonymously. (2) Students who fail the module have the opportunity to repeat the entire module. (3) The "Standard UoL Penalty" for late submission that applies is the "Standard UoL Penalty" agreed with respect to online programmes offered in collaboration with Laureate Online Education. (4) For group work assessments groups typically comprise 3 to 4 students. Both group and individual contributions are assessed and integrated to produce a final mark for each student. 

Recommended Texts
Reading lists are managed at readinglists.liverpool.ac.uk. Click here to access the reading lists for this module.
Explanation of Reading List:

The online programmes offered by the department of Computer　Science in Collaboration with Laureate Online Education use online materials wherever possible including the　online resources available within the　University of Liverpool’s libraries. This module does not require a specific text book.