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Postgraduate Course: Mentoring and Coaching for Service Change Across Organisational Boundaries (ISSH11005)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Health in Social Science CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryMentoring and coaching are used by many institutions in both public and private sectors to support staff development and learning and help staff progress towards personal and organisational goals. A basic definition of mentoring and coaching is a relationship between two people with learning and development as the purpose. Knowledge, skills and experience-sharing are key to the success of the relationship.

The course builds on approaches to leading and managing change in complex organizational environments developed during the PG Certificate Programme Making Integration Work and the Certificate level MSc in Integrated Service Improvement. These approaches have proved helpful to students, providing both critical insight into change and modernisation processes, and practical skills in handling the challenges that arise. Students will draw on their practical experience, in combination with knowledge and understanding of service change in contemporary public and voluntary sector health and social care services.

Teaching and learning methods used will be a mixture of short lectures, interactive practice sessions, self-directed learning and self-reflection/journaling.

Importantly, the students will be required, as part of their course work and assessments, to establish and develop two peer-mentoring relationships with fellow students on the course a) as a Mentor b) as a Mentee, and be expected to engage in mentoring sessions between seminars.

The three one-day seminars will include both theory and practice, with an emphasis on facilitated practitioner skills development, and grounded in a context of Integrated Service Improvement.

Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  0
Course Start Flexible
Course Start Date 15/01/2015
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 21, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 175 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) An assignment of up to 4000 words, in three parts.

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Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students will be able to demonstrate the following knowledge and understanding:

* critical understanding of the challenges facing managers striving to manage and facilitate change in complex inter-organizational change contexts.
* robust consideration of the issues associated with gaining the necessary leadership skills in relation to intra- and inter-organisational change processes.
* critical awareness of the theoretical and practical issues associated with mentoring within the context of change in complex inter-organizational environments, including the opportunities and constraints relating to mentoring practice in their own organisations

They will be able to demonstrate the following cognitive skills:
* critical appraisal of the dynamics of mentoring relationships, and how they will impact on the individuals and their organisations in an inter-organisational service milieu;
* critical use of reflection and summarisation skills as a 'self-directing' learning methodology;
* critical evaluation of the processes and outcomes of the mentor/mentee relationship.
* critical awareness of the boundaries of mentoring.

They will be able to demonstrate the following practical skills:
* ability to agree the learning/development expectations, processes and boundaries of a mentoring relationship;
* ability to apply the appropriate interpersonal communication skills, attitudes and approaches for developing others;
* ability to apply the framework, toolkits, and best practice of mentoring, including an ethical approach.
* knowing when and where to seek help in their mentoring roles within their own organisation.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
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Contacts
Course organiserDr Ailsa Cook
Tel: (0131 6)50 3881
Email: Ailsa.Cook@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Sue Larsen
Tel: (0131 6)51 6671
Email: Sue.Larsen@ed.ac.uk
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