Unit name | Contemporary leadership challenges |
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Unit code | EFIMM0035 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Ms. Ballard |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
Successful completion of the Certificate units - Leadership, Strategy and Organisation, and Understanding Change and Uncertainty. |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Management - Business School |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This unit seeks to develop students’ understanding of the complex issues involved in leadership and management in contemporary organisations. Following successful completion of the Certificate units, this final Diploma unit will draw together a variety of themes which add challenge to the leader's role. These will include the challenges of globalisation and the changing structure of the business environment, CSR approaches and issues, dealing with turbulence and resistance, and issues around employee relations and governance
By the end of the course, students will be able to:
Lectures supported by interactive workshops, case studies and small group work.
An individual written assignment of 4000 words will assess students’ ability to examine and critically evaluate current research into one of the key concepts explored during the unit. Students will be expected not only to analyse the core issues relating to contemporary thinking, but also to synthesise these with current practice – either from their own direct experience, or drawn from other relevant examples.
Burnes, B. (2009). Managing change (5th Edn.), London, FT Prentice Hall.
Shaw, P. (2002) Changing Conversations in Organizations: A Complexity Approach to Change (Complexity and Emergence in Organizations). London: Routledge
Richard M. Locke, (2013) The Promise and Limits of Private Power: Promoting Labor Standards in a Global Economy, New York, Cambridge University Press,
Ruggie, J. (2010) "Protect, respect and remedy" Business and Human Rights Framework - ILO event and publication