POL6022 - Leadership in Policing

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
critically evaluate the national strategic context of policing and the role of the College of Policing within that;
analyse and evaluate the concept of policing as a profession;
evaluate and apply key principles of leadership in relation to policing;
detail how they will use such leadership skills in their career making use of appropriate theory and best professional practice.

Content:

This module will include content around the concept of policing as a profession; it will consider the bodies and policies that have supported and helped develop this professionalism; and the impact this has had on the service. The role of the College of Policing and its business in the role of professionalising the service will be considered.

This module will also consider academic models and theories of leadership, and how they translate to policing. Students will have opportunity to consider their own leadership style and develop strategies to employ the most effective leadership style for a given situation in a policing context.

Learning and Teaching Information:

It is anticipated 7 hours will be given to didactic inputs preferably to the whole cohort.

It is intended that the large cohort will then be split into smaller groups. This will allow for more discussion-orientated teaching, facilitation and reflection. Students will be provided with resources and instructions as to their self-directed learning.

Lectures
Hours: 7
Intended Group Size: Cohort

Small group teaching
Hours: 63
Intended Group Size: 26

Guided independent study
Hours: 130

Further details relating to assessment
The assessment for this module is two-fold: firstly, students will work as a group facilitate a 20-minute videoed seminar with peers on the topic of professionalism and leadership in policing. This will be in groups of 6.

Drawing on the learning from the seminar, students are asked to submit a 2000-word report as to how they will employ leadership and professional skills in the future, making reference to appropriate theories and models.

Assessment:

Fact File

Module Coordinator - PRS_CODE=
Level - 6
Credit Value - 20
Pre-Requisites - NOT APPLICABLE
Semester(s) Offered -

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