Management

Module Title

DBA Leadership And Professional Development

TEACHING TEAM

Module coordinator:  Dr. Stuart Paul - stuart.paul@uws.ac.uk

Lecturer:  Dr. Paul Reynolds – paul.reynolds@uws.ac.uk

MODULE AIMS:

This module aims to enable students to conduct a critical self-evaluation in order to identify both their learning requirements in relation to the doctoral programme of study and their own professional and leadership development. This will enable students to proceed within their own profession and in business and management generally, as well being able to study and work at a level appropriate to a doctoral programme of study. In so doing, students will develop their research, consultancy and leadership skills to enable them to become effective practitioners in their chosen field of business and management

MODULE LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

At the end of this module the student will be able to:

L1. Demonstrate reflective engagement with practice in relation own leadership and professional development, resulting in autonomy in the planning and management of their own learning.

L2. Identify and justify their leadership and professional learning requirements and plan a personal programme of study, taking a high level of responsibility for themselves.

L3. Generate and synthesise cogent arguments underpinned by a high level of theoretical knowledge and understanding within the area of business leadership

L4. Utilise professional learning through practitioner research and critical reflective enquiry to influence own and colleagues’ practices and thinking, building on career experiences and prior academic study.

TEACHING METHODS:

The module will be taught by a combination of lectures and tutorials. In the tutorials a variety of participative teaching methods will be used. 

MODULE REVIEW:

Various opportunities are given for student feedback on the module. If you have any problems, then please raise them, in the first instance, with the lecturer or tutor. 

MODULE LECTURE PROGRAMME

Lectures and tutorials are timetabled for three hours each week. We envisage that some weeks the lecture will take 2 hours followed by a 1 hour tutorial – other weeks the lecture will be 1 hour followed by a 2 hour tutorial. This flexibility in the delivery of teaching is required at this level.

Please note that lecture overheads are available on Moodle – we do not intend ‘death by powerpoint’, so we will not necessarily go through every overhead in class. However, we hope these overheads provide you with comprehensive coverage of the syllabus while, at the same time, enabling a good pace of lecture delivery in class. Private study and contemplation is an essential part of this module both before and after the lectures and tutorials.

The module is divided into two main themes – professional development and leadership. Each of the themes is linked and therefore the following should be regarded only as a broad indicator of how the module will unfold.

Week 1 Introduction to Module

What is professional development?

What is leadership?

Leadership versus management

Discussion of module assessments

Week 2 Professional Development 1

Personal Mastery

Self-concept and development

Personal values, beliefs and motivation

JoHari Window

Week 3 Professional Development 2

16 PF and Other Psychometric Tests

CVs

Week 4 Professional Development 3

Identification: Strategies for personal development

Appraisal Systems

Assessment Centres

16 PF Feedback

Week 5 Easter holiday: No classes

Week 6 Professional Development 4

Formulation: Professional Development Modes and Techniques

Week 7 Professional Development 5

Implementation: Personal Development Planning

Evaluation and Review

Week 8 Leadership 1

Key theoretical frameworks

Influence versus change perspectives

Trait

Behavioural

Contingency

Week 9 Leadership 2

Transactional

Transformational

Week 10 Leadership 3

Leadership skills - Empirical evidence

Leadership and personality - Empirical evidence

Week 11 Leadership 4

Leading change

Key models - Kotter, Dunphy & Stace, Cummings & Worley etc.

Week 12 Leadership 5

Leadership and organisational culture

Week 13 Professional Development and Career Planning

Presentations

MODULE TUTORIAL PROGRAMME

Tutorials are a compulsory part of the course. These will require considerable effort on your part. These provide an opportunity of developing your knowledge and understanding of leadership and professional development.

Please note that for these tutorials you will be allocated to a small team comprising 4/5 fellow students. You will work in these teams in the tutorials. The full tutorial programme will be made available to you at the start of the module.

ASSESSMENT

Assessment is 100 per cent coursework based. This is based around two major elements of equal weight.

1.  A Personal Development Portfolio (PDP) circa 4,000 words based on the following elements:

• critical reflection on prior learning,
• an individual CPD programme setting out the student’s’ learning journey across the doctoral programme, and beyond
• a critical discussion on how the doctoral programme of study will inform future professional development and practice.

Students will also be required to give a 15 minute formal presentation exploring an element of their development using strategies for critical reflection. This will be informally peer reviewed. Formal feedback will also be given to students following the presentation by the module tutor.

The PDP will incorporate a plan with a comprehensive reflective narrative which:

• Summarises personal development to date (a Personal Development Position Statement) including personal strengths and weaknesses;
• States current and future career aspirations and personal development requirements to progress towards these aspirations;
• Considers personal development modes and methods to address requirements;
• Formulates a detailed 5-year personal development planning to include development providers and associated costs; and
• Identifies ways in which the PDP can be evaluated.

1.  A critical reflective evaluation (circa 4,000 words) of one of the main leadership theories/frameworks. In so doing, students are expected to demonstrate understanding of a substantial body of academic and professional knowledge. In particular, critical engagement with the key areas of research philosophy and methods which underpin the leadership theory selected is required.  

In addressing this assessment a student would be expected to select a leadership approach such as Trait, Behavioural, Contingency, LMX, Path-Goal, Authentic, Charismatic  etc., and critically assess the research which underpins it. Therefore, a student would be expected to trace out the development of the leadership approach selected by reference to the literature. As such, this assessment will cover many of the skills and competencies required of a student in the literature review in their DBA thesis.

Please note that a ten per cent margin is allowed on the word counts indicated above. The word counts exclude references and appendices.

A marking schedule covering both assessments will be available on Moodle. Both assessments should be submitted via the turnitin links on Moodle, where you will also find the submission dates.