Leadership for Transformational Change (DL)

Module code: HRM7028-B

Module Aims       

To develop you as an ethical leader within your organisation, taking into consideration the imperatives of responsible value generation and sustainability. Specific content is structured in three areas associated with the individual, intrapersonal and extrapersonal skills and the organisation.

Outline Syllabus   

The relationship between leadership, learning, strategy and transformation change are the over-arching themes of this module. Leadership versus management. Change and leadership, Meliorism, models for change, technology diffusion, exogenous and endogenous change and its implications (e.g. Kubler Ross). Critical review of leadership theory: early trait theories; great man theory; behavioural style theories; situational leadership theories; the micro-skills approach to leadership; transactional, transformational and charismatic leadership. The multiple intelligences of leadership. A new integrative, holistic model of leadership. Are leaders born or made? The nature and effectiveness of leadership development. Leadership issues, challenges and strategies in business, government and politics. Resilience & coaching.
Personality; perception; motivation and job satisfaction; groups and team working; management and leadership; the nature and forms of leadership; organisational culture; organisational structures and design; different forms of contemporary design, e.g. holocracy; conflict; power , politics and emotions in the workplace; communication.
The role of learning and development in organizations. The critical role of managerial skills. Learning: Approaches and models. Principles of personal development (including ethical and sustainable approaches). Professional and management development. Career development. Developing self-awareness. Reflective practice. Learning and development. Bias in decision making; intution (and its flaws). Workplace diversity and inclusion, governance and accountability, Organisational vision and promoting ethical values, agile and collaborative cultures, strategic workforce planning, talent management, learning organisations, workforce design, succession planning; communities of practice, The entrepreneur as a leader, intrapreneurship. Leadership-Followership dyads.
Corporate social responsibility; issues of ethical and sustainable approaches to people management will be addressed within this syllabus. Global responsible leadership, the dark side of leadership (narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy); impostor syndrome; the leadership cycle.

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