Postgraduate Course: Developing Skills For Business Leadership (CMSE11176)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 15 |
ECTS Credits | 7.5 |
| Summary | The course is primarily concerned with the development of skills, and specifically seeks to develop and improve a range of definable skills that are pivotal to successful management practice and effective leadership. These include problem solving and decision-making skills, the management of financial information, negotiation, a range of team working and interpersonal skills and others associated with developing personal effectiveness and credibility at work. The course also seeks to develop further more-specialised skills such as recruitment and selection, appraisals and project management skills that are of particular significance to effective higher-level people management and provides opportunities for applied learning and continuous professional development. A key purpose of this course is to encourage students to develop a strong sense of self-awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses as managers and colleagues. |
| Course description |
The objective of this course is to assist learners in raising the level of skill which they deploy when managing themselves and their relationships with others at work. Some of the key objectives of this course are :
-to enable students to assess theoretical concepts and formulate appropriate conceptual frameworks.
-to develop an aptitude to synthesise and reflect upon a range of sources.
-to learn from experience by applying theory to practical situations (such as simulations; real case studies etc.)
The course provides the students with a wide understanding and development of skills that are of particular significance to effective higher-level people management and provide opportunities for applied learning and continuous professional development, through examples and topics addressed in lectures. Class exercises and case study examples are used to facilitate interactive student discussions by critical reflection on theory and practice from an ethical and professional standpoint. Essays and individual e-portfolios are presented as opportunities for students to analyse topics by critically summarising multiple viewpoints and making related recommendations for policy and practice.
Syllabus:
-Introduction: Postgraduate Study Skills
-Self-Management including CPD Skills
-Finance/Accounting Skills
-Recruitment and Selection
-Training and Development
-Selection (including Behavioural Interviewing)
-Skilful Appraisal
-Negotiation Skills
-Problem Solving and Decision Making
-Project management Skills
Student Learning Experience
The course comprises a mixture of formal lectures, group presentations and class exercises (which will consists of role-plays, videos, case studies, group presentations and simulation game). The lectures will provide an overview of key topics within skills development, supported by a range of suggested readings. Group presentations and class exercises will focus upon understanding, development and application of skills. Students will be given responsibility, in groups, for analysing a particular topic, practice or research contribution. Students will be expected to participate in class discussions.
The course teaching is integrative in nature, bringing together insights and understanding from more than one topic in order to encourage the development of stronger evaluative, rather than descriptive, skills.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | For Business School PG students only, or by special permission of the School. Please contact the course secretary. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
150
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Lecture Hours 20,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20,
Online Activities 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 3,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
105 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Written Portfolios:
Case Study (45%)
Essay (40%)
Presentation (15%) |
| Feedback |
All students will be given at least one formative feedback or feed forward event for every course they undertake, provided during the semester in which the course is taken and in time to be useful in the completion of summative work on the course. Such feedback may be at course or programme level, but must include input of relevance to each course in the latter case.
Feedback deadlines
Feedback on formative assessed work will be provided within 15 working days of submission, or in time to be of use in subsequent assessments within the course, whichever is sooner. Summative marks will be returned on a published timetable, which has been made clear to students at the start of the academic year.
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Know, understanding and critically discuss how people collect and process information in the business environment.
- Know, understand and critically discuss how information is used in decision making.
- Understand and critically discuss how people work together in groups.
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Reading List
| WATSON, G and REISSNER, S. (2010) Developing Skills for Business Leadership. London: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Subject Specific Skills:
After completing this course, students should be able to:
-manage themselves more effectively at work or in another professional context.
-manage interpersonal relationships at work more effectively.
-make sound and justifiable decisions and solve problems more effectively.
-lead and influence others more effectively.
-demonstrate enhanced IT proficiency.
Transferable skills:
After completing this course, students should be able to:
-to competently communicate and exchange ideas in both large and small group settings;
-to critically evaluate evidence and present a balanced argument;
-to plan, organise and prioritise work effectively. |
| Keywords | HRM-DSBL |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Charmi Patel
Tel: (0131 6)50 8069
Email: |
Course secretary | Mr Peter Newcombe
Tel: (0131 6)51 3013
Email: |
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