BU501H: THE LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE (2021-2022)

Last modified: 31 May 2022 13:05

Course Overview

This course provides an opportunity to explore and develop an understanding of your own leadership behaviour. Through workshops, group activities and discussions we investigate how personality, past experience, current situations and culture shape the way each of us behave in a leadership role. Using this information as a starting point we then explore how different leadership theories and approaches can be used as frameworks for developing a deeper understanding of leadership behaviour. You will also have an opportunity to try out a range of practical tools and techniques to assist you in the development of your own approach to leadership.

Course Details

Study Type	Postgraduate	Level	5
Term	First Term	Credit Points	15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus	Aberdeen	Sustained Study	No
Co-ordinators	Dr Trevor Morrow Dr Scott Allan

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

Any Postgraduate Programme

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

BU5584 The Leadership Challenge (Passed)

Are there a limited number of places available?

Course Description

The course aims are:

to provide you an understanding of how leadership can be understood with reference to different leadership theory as it has evolved over time;
to raise your awareness of the role of context and culture in leadership;
to enable you to apply leadership theory as a tool to evaluate leadership in given scenarios;
to help you reflect on your own approach to leadership to help you with future leadership challenges.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers

Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Alternative Assessment

MCQ Test (20%)

2000-word Reflective Review (80%)

Alternative Resit Assessment

Resit: 2,000-word Reflective Essay (100%)

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome
Reflection	Analyse	Recognise and appreciate the impact of the leader-follower relationship
Reflection	Apply	Communicate leadership ideas effectively
Reflection	Understand	Recognise, understand and appreciate the different leadership theories and approaches
Reflection	Analyse	Understand the importance of “context” for shaping appropriate leadership skill-sets, behaviour and approaches
Procedural	Apply	Be able to apply a range of leadership tools and techniques in support of addressing different challenges
Conceptual	Evaluate	Articulate what leadership is and why it is important