Postgraduate Course: Leadership and Professional Development (MBA) (CMSE11254)
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 | 0 |
ECTS Credits | 0 |
| Summary | This skills-based programme is designed to help full-time MBA participants enhance their leadership and professional competence as well as their ability to successfully pitch for senior executive roles in a range of organisations. The programme has three important strands: diagnosis (to build awareness of personal strengths and developmental needs), delivery (taught input on underpinning concepts to help individuals become aware of the key requirements for effective team work, leadership and communication); and development (individual feedback and 1:1 professional, leadership and career coaching to help participants articulate and demonstrate improvement in key skills). The programme will launch in Semester 1 with an outdoor, experiential activity focused on team skills and self-awareness, and will conclude with a leadership challenge in Semester 2. Throughout the MBA, the programme will provide an integrating role to link in-course skills elements (e.g. presentations) to personal development goals and achievements. |
| Course description |
Employer needs in the MBA market. Diagnostic tests (Belbin, OPQ, MBTi, Situational Leadership) with facilitated individual feedback sessions. Self-awareness. Inter-cultural awareness. Team skills. Presentation skills. Personal skills audit. Career planning and development goals. Personal branding and self-presentation skills (CVs, cover letters, applications, internet profiles). Use of social media in a job search strategy and how to navigate the complex global MBA recruitment market. Competency based interviews. Advanced presentation skills and public speaking.
This programme consists of 30 hours of workshops and activities supported by a range of online exercises and independent directed reading. Activities will include group and individual tasks, with all students being individually coached on their presentation skills. Teaching contributors will include faculty and external training providers and consultants.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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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 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
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Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding:
¿ Key business competencies for effective team work, leadership and communication in senior executive roles.
¿ How to define a personal development, career plan and job search strategy.
¿ Employer requirements in industry sectors of specific interest to the participant.
¿ The role, nature and application of diagnostic tests and assessment techniques deployed by employers.
Cognitive and Subject-Specific Skills:
¿ Demonstrate a high level of self-awareness and the ability to assess personal development needs.
¿ Able to develop realistic leadership, professional and career development plans.
¿ Able to effectively apply the STAR approach in competency-based interviews.
¿ Able to apply a structured approach to the development of personal branding tools such as CV and profiles.
Transferable Skills:
¿ Skills of argument development and persuasion.
¿ Skills of personal promotion and projection (verbal and non-verbal).
¿ Skills for networking and relationship building.
¿ Ability to work effectively (as both team player and leader) in diverse functional and cultural teams.
¿ Ability to communicate and present with influence and impact in a public forum.
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Malcolm Kirkup
Tel: (0131 6)50 8067
Email: Malcolm.Kirkup@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Kate Ainsworth
Tel: (0131 6)51 3854
Email: Kate.Ainsworth@ed.ac.uk |
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