INMR94: Digital Leadership

Module code: INMR94

Module provider: Business Informatics, Systems and Accounting; Henley Business School

Credits: 20

Level: Postgraduate Masters

When you'll be taught: Semester 1

Module convenor: Dr Vaughan Michell, email: v.a.michell@henley.ac.uk

Pre-requisite module(s):

Co-requisite module(s):

Pre-requisite or Co-requisite module(s):

Module(s) excluded:

Placement information: NA

Academic year: 2024/5

Available to visiting students: No

Talis reading list: Yes

Last updated: 17 June 2024

Overview

Module aims and purpose

Module description summary:

This module develops critical digital knowledge and skills in digital concepts, leadership, teambuilding, capability and change planning and control to support the development of a digital technology solutions in businesses. It integrates leadership and e-leadership principles with a knowledge of digital technology and the practice of leading digital solution approaches and teams in a variety of leadership types at strategic level required by a business or consulting client. It provides appropriate capability and analysis tools and techniques to enable students to identify, manage and resolve digital leadership and supporting digital technology issues and enables the development of appropriate digital leadership approaches necessary to support digital business technology and related consulting situations.

Aims:

The aim of Digital Leadership is to provide students with the leadership knowledge and principles of digital technology sufficient to understand and lead the organisation, development and implementation of a digital business using digital technology to meet strategic business needs. This will be achieved through an understanding of digital principles, technology and digital technology principles, leadership principles and the key elements of envisioning and leading digital business solutions and digital architecture teams via specific digital tools and techniques in a highly competitive and technology-rich environment.

Module learning outcomes

By the end of the module, it is expected that students will be able to: 

1. Demonstrate an understanding of and apply the key principles of leadership & teamwork. 

2. Demonstrate an understanding of and apply key principles of digital disruptive technology 

3. Demonstrate an understanding of and apply key principles of digital leadership 

4. Apply digital leadership frameworks and emerging disruptive digital technology concepts to the development of digital leadership solution in a range of business and organisation situation 

Module content

This module will cover the following areas: 

1. The capability of leading others in planning, designing and implementing digital technology to resolve business issues and requirements is a key development area for digital business technology consultants and digital leaders. The module is in three parts, initially focusing on leadership and team work theories and practical leadership and change management skills. This enables the student to gain expertise in leading and organising teams in terms of leadership traits, vision, team growth and performance.  

2. The course then builds on the principles of digital technology and digital systems. It identifies the skills and competences required for digital leadership and digital teams and discusses the digital environment and business benefits. It then discusses how digital technology can be applied to support strategic business aims through digital innovation in the value chain and alignment of the solutions to business needs to support strategic vision and change. The third section focuses on the principles of digital leadership. How to develop digital leaders, and types of digital leadership and governance. It also addresses the challenges of how digital technology skills can be developed and how digital teams can be empowered, organised and led to revolutionise the business work process through digital innovation techniques, service and process models, with use of examples and case studies.  

3. The module focuses on the leadership competencies, which covers the following areas:  

4. Leadership theories practices and techniques  

5. Principles and methods of teams and teambuilding with emphasis on team dynamics and change management for different digital business purposes  

6. Digital and related-leadership principles necessary to understand and obtain the benefits of the digital landscape and digital leadership requirements and practice. Digital leadership theories, practices and techniques for identifying skills, teams and digital capabilities. Key elements of innovating, envisioning and leading digital business solutions using a variety of different technologies. Digital leadership styles and approaches in different business situations and circumstances in support of strategic business objectives.  

Structure

Teaching and learning methods

Brief description of teaching and learning methods 

A range of teaching and learning methods will be employed including exercises, tutorials, videos and case studies, but will focus largely on lectures, in-class practical, group work and independent supported learning. During the course, students are encouraged to build their personal leadership profile via team building assignments and networking with other students.

Study hours

At least 20 hours of scheduled teaching and learning activities will be delivered in person, with the remaining hours for scheduled and self-scheduled teaching and learning activities delivered either in person or online. You will receive further details about how these hours will be delivered before the start of the module.

Please note the independent study hours above are notional numbers of hours; each student will approach studying in different ways. We would advise you to reflect on your learning and the number of hours you are allocating to these tasks.

Semester 1 The hours in this column may include hours during the Christmas holiday period.

Semester 2 The hours in this column may include hours during the Easter holiday period.

Summer The hours in this column will take place during the summer holidays and may be at the start and/or end of the module.

Assessment

Requirements for a pass

Students will be required to obtain a mark of 50% or above based on coursework.

Summative assessment

Penalties for late submission of summative assessment

The Support Centres will apply the following penalties for work submitted late:

Assessments with numerical marks

• 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 three working days;
• the mark awarded due to the imposition of the penalty shall not fall below the threshold pass mark, namely 40% in the case of modules at Levels 4-6 (i.e. undergraduate modules for Parts 1-3) and 50% in the case of Level 7 modules offered as part of an Integrated Masters or taught postgraduate degree programme;
• where the piece of work is awarded a mark below the threshold pass mark prior to any penalty being imposed, and is submitted up to three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline), no penalty shall be imposed;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): a mark of zero will be recorded.

Assessments marked Pass/Fail

• where the piece of work is submitted within three working days of the deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): no penalty will be applied;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): a grade of Fail will be awarded.

The University policy statement on penalties for late submission can be found at: https://www.reading.ac.uk/cqsd/-/media/project/functions/cqsd/documents/qap/penaltiesforlatesubmission.pdf

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.

Formative assessment

Formative assessment is any task or activity which creates feedback (or feedforward) for you about your learning, but which does not contribute towards your overall module mark.

All lectures will indicate the core material with an introduction to the topics. These are followed by workshops and case studies. Feedback will be provided in the end of each workshop for improvements and further considerations. Based on individual understanding, further reading will be recommended for their independent study. 

Reassessment

Additional costs