FDA5042 - Leading and Managing

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
summarise the impact of leadership and management qualities, behaviours and styles on cultures within organisations;
explain the principles of change management;
construct debate relating to the importance of managing and motivating staff and learners and developing teamwork;
make use of IT in preparing to comply with principles of leadership and management in their own role.

Content:

This module focuses on:
- theoretical and practical aspects of leadership and management with application to a range of contexts in which students are involved, which may include working with families;
- evaluation of contrasting models of leadership with particular emphasis on motivational and distributed leadership, change management and organisational culture;
- comparison of traditional and contemporary views of leadership;
- investigation of leadership and management styles in students' own workplace.
Students will conduct and evaluate a leadership task. Study will include the application of secondary data re-use.

Learning and Teaching Information:

This module will address the following Foundation Degree participants:
- Supporting Early Years
- Supporting Learning and Additional Needs
- Supporting Children and Families in Social Contexts.

Learning and teaching will include a range of methods such as lectures, seminars, e-working, workshops and tutorials, with emphasis on team experience and peer support, large and small group discussions, problem-solving activities and individual and paired working.

Students may be expected to draw on a range of theoretical/academic, personal and work-based resources. Course documentation, support materials and web-based materials will be available on the VLE as appropriate.

Study skills will continue to be developed. During the course of each session there will be opportunities for tutor/student interaction to meet individual needs and help develop skills, confidence, competence, knowledge and understanding relating to the aims and objectives.

Students will continue to maintain their Personal Development Log during this module and on-going self-evaluation will be part of the students' identification of needs.
Lectures, seminars, learning activities, workshops and tutorials, e-engagement e.g. e-for a, VLE activities
Contact hours: 20
Intended Group size: 30/groups/individual

Flexibly delivered assessment support/ e-support including tutorials
Contact hours: 5
Intended Group size: Groups/individual

Work-based tasks
Contact hours: 25
Intended Group size: 1

Guided independent study
Hours: 150

Further details relating to assessment
In preparing for the work-based evaluation writing, students are required in the final session to present an overview of their leadership activity to their group.

Other relevant matters
This module will be available to students studying the Foundation Degree in Supporting Learning: Sport, Physical Education and Health, in accordance with interdepartmental agreements.

Assessment:

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Clarrie Smith
Level - 5
Credit Value - 20
Pre-Requisites -
Semester(s) Offered -

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