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Parent Programme
Bachelor of Business
MODULE NFQ
Level 7
MODULE CREDIT UNITS
ECTS: 5
MODULE TITLE
Management and Leadership Building
Reference Code: BB7 708
STAGE
Year 3
FALL Semester 1
12 Weeks Full-Time X 2.0 Hours per week
12 Weeks Part-Time X Hours per week

Management & Leadership Module

The Management and Leadership indicative syllabus is outlined below:

The meaning of leadership:

  • Leadership versus management leadership roles;
  • Personality traits, motives and characteristics of effective leaders.

Leadership styles:

  • Traditional leadership styles;
  • Charismatic leadership;
  • Transformational leadership.

Effective leadership behaviours and attitudes 

Contingency and situational leadership. 

Power and politics.

Developing teamwork:

  • Motivating and coaching skills:
  • Communication and conflict resolution;
  • International and culturally diverse aspects of leadership.

Minimum Intended Learning Outcomes (MIMLOs)

Upon successful completion of this module, the learner should be able to:
LO 1
Engage in the major debates from the key research literature on management and leadership
LO 2
Assess the techniques that leaders utilise to develop and foster teamwork and deal with conflict resolution
LO 3
Critically evaluate leadership styles and their appropriateness to a given business context
LO 4
Critique the contribution of power and politics to effective leadership

Assessment

MIMLOs
Assessment
Percentage
L02, LO3
Case Study
60%
L01, LO4, LO5
Final Examination
40%

Reassessment Opportunity

Where the combined marks of the assessment and examination do not reach the pass mark the learner will be required to repeat the element of assessment that they failed. Reassessment materials will be published on Moodle after the Examination Board and will be aligned to the MIMLOs and learners will be capped at 40% unless there are personal mitigating circumstances.

Aims & Objectives

This module aims to provide learners with an insight into the leadership and management research literature.  Such an insight will allow learners to understand what qualities are necessary for an effective leader, the different variations of leadership styles, and how leaders yield power.   Furthermore, this module aims to demonstrate to learners how an effective leader can positively contribute to the management of people and the management of an organisation.

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