MQM2MCB: Mentoring and Coaching for Board Directors

Module code: MQM2MCB

Module provider: Marketing and Reputation; Henley Business School

Credits: 20

Level: 7

When you'll be taught: Full year

Module convenor: Professor Andrew Kakabadse, email: a.kakabadse@henley.ac.uk

Pre-requisite module(s):

Co-requisite module(s):

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

Module(s) excluded:

Placement information: No placement specified

Academic year: 2024/5

Available to visiting students:

Talis reading list:

Last updated: 19 November 2024

Overview

Module aims and purpose

In this module students reflect on their own behaviour, strengths and weaknesses, personalities, knowledge, skills and capabilities. Each participant will have developed diary entries through the master’s programme as part of their developmental journey.  This will be engaged reflectively in consideration of each students’ own self development.   Students will attend a full day director mentoring/coaching workshop. Each student will engage in a one-to-one interview with a mentor/coach with a view to enhancing their director performance. This will include dealing with change, difficult situations, working in teams and self-awareness. The workshop/confidential one-to-one session will be an opportunity for the student to benefit from critical reflection and self-development areas. 

This module aims to benefit students with a director mentoring workshop and one-to-one interview session focused on their personal development. 

Module learning outcomes

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

•  Assess more about themselves as individuals 
• Reflect on their own self-development goals 
• Better conduct and handle issues/situations that they face 
• Appraise their value to different contexts and situations  

Additional outcomes: 

To recognise and evaluate mentoring and coaching needs for development as Director within Board   

 Additionally,  

Develop themselves towards becoming more effective in their roles  

Demonstrate self-development that can be perceived by others around them 

Module content

This module involves a 2-day workshop. Students will have developed their proposal and diary entries during the master’s programme. In this module students will have the opportunity to reflect in depth and more personally about themselves and how they are perceived by others in their role and experiences. Students will benefit from confidential session with mentors/coaches and have the opportunity to explore or discuss issues towards improving their Director effectiveness.  

Global context: 

Private, Public and Third sector boards international governance contexts and at multi-level. 

Structure

Teaching and learning methods

The module will be facilitated by academic staff / practitioner experts, reflective of their specialism. The session may include: 

• PowerPoint presentations 
• Individual exercises 
• Group exercises combining theory and practice to support facilitated learning 
• Work based and active learning opportunities  

T&L approaches and exercises will cater to individual/differentiation needs by including range of questions and facilitated interactive Q&A as part of scaffolding. Each student will have opportunity to contribute to their own diary as part of the learning experience. 

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

50% pass mark - “Students need to achieve an overall module mark of 50% to pass this module.”   

Summative assessment

Penalties for late submission of summative assessment

This module is subject to the Penalties for late submission for Postgraduate Flexible programmes policy, which can be found at:

https://www.reading.ac.uk/cqsd/-/media/project/functions/cqsd/documents/qap/penaltiesforlatesubmissionpgflexible.pdf

The Module Convenor will apply the following penalties to work submitted late:

• where the piece of work is submitted up to one calendar month 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; 
• where the piece of work is submitted more than one calendar month 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.

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.

Students are required to work in groups and progressively analyse and develop a case study, producing a flip-chart or power-point presentation. Students are required to present the findings to the cohort and receive feedback from their peers and from the module convenor, towards the writing up of their group case study analysis report. 

Reassessment

Additional costs