MMM166: Developing and Advancing Effective Leadership

Module code: MMM166

Module provider: Leadership, Organisations and Behaviour; Henley Business School

Credits: 20

Level: Postgraduate Masters

When you'll be taught: Semester 2

Module convenor: Dr Olena Khlystova, email: o.khlystova2@henley.ac.uk

Module co-convenor: Dr Can Ererdi, email: c.ererdi@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: No

Last updated: 17 June 2024

Overview

Module aims and purpose

This is an interactive and practical module aiming to offer students a comprehensive overview of leadership. The module introduces key concepts, theories, and frameworks of leadership, and explores their practical application in different organisational contexts. It encourages students to reflect on their leadership potential, to develop their capacity to lead and advance their leadership influence and impact. 

By the end of the module, students will be able to: 

• Understand key concepts, theories, and frameworks of leadership.
• Explore the practical application of key concepts, theories, and frameworks of leadership in a variety of organisational contexts. 
• Reflect on, develop, and advance the capacity to lead effectively.

Module learning outcomes

Assessable learning outcomes:

1. Analyse and critically evaluate major perspectives and practices in the field of leadership.
2. Understand the contextual influences on effective leadership in organisational settings.
3. Identify strategies for developing and enhancing effective leadership.

Additional outcomes: 

1. Critical and analytical skills.
2. Reflection on personal development.

Module content

The module examines leadership as a multi-facetted approach that reflects the complex challenges that organisations, managers and employees may face. It explores and contrasts key leadership concepts and perspectives including situational approaches, transformational and inspirational approaches, as well as followership. The module looks at how leadership may become everyone’s job and how engaging leadership may become a capacity of the entire organisation. 

Structure

Teaching and learning methods

Through engagement with theoretical and empirical leadership insights in addition to real life examples and case studies, students will be encouraged to develop their own perspective and practice of leadership. They will undertake a variety of learning activities including in-class exercises and discussions, reflection and self-assessment, and supplementary reading. Students will be encouraged to relate their own experiences to their studies and to share these with fellow students.

Study hours

At least 25 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 need to achieve an overall module mark of 50% to pass this module.

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.

Through in-class activities and discussions, students receive peer feedback and feedback from the tutor on their understanding of the subject. This will support work that needs to be undertaken for the summative assessment.

Reassessment

Additional costs