AHMES06-Leading in the 21st Century
Module Provider: Leadership, Organisations and Behaviour
Number of credits: 30 [15 ECTS credits]
Level:7
Terms in which taught: Autumn / Spring / Summer module
Pre-requisites: AHMES02 Study Skills for Leaders
Non-modular pre-requisites:
Co-requisites:
Modules excluded:
Current from: 2023/4
Module Convenor: Dr Selin Kudret
Email: s.kudret@henley.ac.uk
Type of module:
Summary module description:
ONLY AVAILABLE ON THE AHEP PROGRAMME
The module explores the role of leadership at a senior level in successful and sustainable organisations in the 21st century. The module explores leadership as a multi-faceted, multi-level approach that reflects the ambiguous, complex and high-paced challenges that the Army, its officers, and soldiers may face. The complexity of leading in multi-agency, international environments reflect the senior nature of the student. The depth of understanding which provides a reflective and considered approach to leadership, considering significant issues or missions, as well as potentially large teams is reflected in the learning and its application. Thus, it looks at how leadership may become everyone’s job and how engaging leadership may become a capacity of the entire organisation.
Aims:
Taking into account contemporary leadership practices and insights, this module will enable students to critically engage with the challenges of effective leadership.
Assessable learning outcomes:
By the end of the module it is expected that the student will be able to demonstrate the following skills, knowledge, and abilities:
- A systematic understanding of key literature and theories in the subject area, as well as knowledge of the contemporary environment and its impacts.
- Critically evaluate major perspectives and practices in the field of leadership and provide original application of this knowledge in the given context.
- Understand the contextual influences on effective leadership.
- Analyse and critically evaluate leadership situations through engagement with real-life case studies.
Additional outcomes:
This module also aims to encourage the development of
- Identifying strategies and resources for enhancing effective intrapersonal and interpersonal leadership skills.
- Developing competence in research skills and advanced scholarship.
- Engaging in self-reflection on how the various emerging trends in leadership research can be leveraged to improve individual and organisational leadership practice.
Outline content:
- 21st Century Leadership.
- Leadership and Identity.
- Resilient Leadership for Peak Performance.
- Exploring the Dynamics of High Performing Teams.
- Leadership that Mobilises and Maintains Organisational Energy.
- Purposeful and Inspired Followership.
- The Leadership Knowing Doing Gap.
Global context:
The context of this module will extend to the Global nature of army employment and deployment and will consider international situations and cultures where leadership will be required.
Brief description of teaching and learning methods:
The content is delivered asynchronously and on-line in a guided self-study format with directions to associated content, textbooks and journal articles. Through engagement with theoretical leadership literature in addition to real-life case studies, students will be encouraged to develop their own perspective and practice of engaging and responsible leadership. They will undertake a variety of learning activities including lectures, exercises, self-assessment and supplementary reading. Studen ts will be encouraged to relate their own experiences to their studies and to share these with fellow students.
| Autumn | Spring | Summer | |
| Lectures | 20 | ||
| Seminars | 10 | ||
| Work-based learning | 20 | ||
| Guided independent study: | |||
| Wider reading (independent) | 50 | ||
| Wider reading (directed) | 100 | ||
| Essay preparation | 100 | ||
| Total hours by term | 300 | 0 | 0 |
| Total hours for module | 300 |
| Method | Percentage |
| Written assignment including essay | 100 |
Summative assessment- Examinations:
No examination.
Summative assessment- Coursework and in-class tests:
Essay (referred as Written assignment, including essay in the table above) – 100%
The total word count should be between 2,500-3,000 words. The students are also required to prepare a presentation consisting of a maximum of 10 slides with annotated notes that will be submitted to the student’s Chain of Command. This element is not marked but the marker will provide formative feedback on the slides.
Formative assessment methods:
Through module forums, students will receive formative assessment and development feedback.
Assessments in AHEP are forward-looking, i.e., individualised feedback is provided for each assessment element, and the Officer students are instructed to apply the feedback they received into the next module’s assignment they are going to take. In addition, the students are able to send their essay plans to the module convenor for formative feedback before submitting their assignments.
Penalties for late submission:
The below information applies to students on taught programmes except those on Postgraduate Flexible programmes. Penalties for late submission, and the associated procedures, which apply to Postgraduate Flexible programmes are specified in the policy 'Penalties for late submission for Postgraduate Flexible programmes', which can be found here: https://www.reading.ac.uk/cqsd/-/media/project/functions/cqsd/documents/cqsd-old-site-documents/penaltiesforlatesubmissionpgflexible.pdf
The Support Centres will apply the following penalties for work submitted late:
- where the piece of work is submitted after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): 10% of the total marks available for that piece of work will be deducted from the mark for each working day (or part thereof) following the deadline up to a total of five working days;
- where the piece of work is submitted more than five working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): a mark of zero will be recorded.
You are strongly advised to ensure that coursework is submitted by the relevant deadline. You should note that it is advisable to submit work in an unfinished state rather than to fail to submit any work.
Assessment requirements for a pass:
Module pass mark of 50%
Reassessment arrangements:
Resubmission of the failed elements of the module.
Additional Costs (specified where applicable):
Last updated: 5 September 2023
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MODULE DESCRIPTION DOES NOT FORM ANY PART OF A STUDENT'S CONTRACT.