Postgraduate Course: Leadership and High Performance Teams (MBA) (BUST11201)
Course Outline
| School |
Business School |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
10 |
| Home subject area |
Business Studies |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
The Leadership and High Performance Teams course is a core course on the full-time MBA programme and is designed to support the MBA student in enhancing their leadership skills and building high performance teams. This four day course will provide students with a framework for understanding the concepts of leadership and high performance team formation both from a theoretical and a practical perspective. Leadership will be examined as it relates to team development, change management, communication, vision, and emotional intelligence. The course will combine a traditional and experiential approach to create a rich, diverse and engaging learning environment. Students will examine current leadership and team development theory and apply it through interactive experiences. A learning journal will capture key learning and potential applications and a personal development plan will select specific learnings to be put into action. Each student will complete a Bar-On emotional intelligence assessment and examine the relationship emotional intelligence has with leadership success. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
Textbooks |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Block 5 (sem 2), Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
- Development of a framework for understanding the concept of leadership and the unique role of leadership in building high performance teams.
- Development of an understanding of the competencies, characteristics and situational factors that underlie successful leadership.
- Development of a comprehensive action plan for emotional intelligence enhancement.
- An insight into various leadership styles that can be applied in different situations, with different individuals and with teams in differing stages of development.
- An understanding and know-how of to apply the 6 leadership styles derived from emotional intelligence.
- An understanding and know-how of to apply the Situational Leadership model.
- An understanding of the role leaders play in creating successful change initiatives as well as creating an environment of communication, trust, support and respect.
- An insight into the psychological impacts that change has on team members and what actions must be taken and what leadership styles should be used to help people through this process.
- An meaningful insight into the student's personal leadership capabilities and what they can do to become more effective leaders.
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Assessment Information
Assessment is by:
- post-session essay: 30%
- theoretically and experientially informed personal development plan: 30%
- book review: 30%
- in-class participation: 10% |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| The course is a residential course and has been costed as part of the programme fee. |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Robert Mackay
Tel:
Email: Brad.Mackay@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Freda Paterson
Tel: (0131 6)50 8065
Email: f.paterson@ed.ac.uk |
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