HR9794 - Authentic and Responsible Leadership

You will learn through interactive workshops, tutor guidance, feedback, and independent directed and self-directed learning. Independent learning will centre upon you identifying and pursuing areas of interest in relation to the subject area or by providing deeper / broader knowledge and understanding of the subject through a range of learning activities that might include extended reading, reflection, research etc.



Directed learning will centre upon a range of activities including pre-reading and preparation for interactive activities. We will make use of learning journals, group assignments and individual challenges to help you improve your leadership competence. Your learning is supported by a Teaching and Learning Plan, offering guidance on reading to prepare for lectures and seminars and help with the completion of the assessment. Within this plan there are also suggested learning activities, which guide you in your independent learning. These activities allow you to reflect and evaluate your knowledge and skills in this area.



A experiential learning event will be a complementary support activity, providing you with opportunities to interact, through group-based activities, with peers on the programme. You will be supported in the analysis of individual and group processes and behaviours as a means of developing an understanding of self and others in relation to responsible leadership traits. You will be encouraged to provide each other with feedback in order to identify personal competence strengths and areas for development. Attendance and participation at this event directly links to the assessment. The residential event focused on developing students’ leadership skills will be specific to students of MSc programme thereby offering further opportunity to develop programme identify and recognise both academic and peer support available.

The Teaching and Learning plan will provide several prompts and guidance to support you academically. Support will also include opportunities to gain feedback from workshop tutors and peers through the lectures and seminars.



Your module is supported by an e-learning portal, which houses all the module learning materials, workshop resources, interactive activities, assessment details and various other support facilities which are provided by the University.



In addition, in order to assist you in developing knowledge, you will have access to the University's library facilities, including extensive electronic resources, eBooks and electronic academic journal articles.



Formative feedback will be provided to you on a regular basis as the tutor, and your co-students, critically evaluate and provide recommendations for your development. Formative feedback helps you to reflect on your progress in the module as well as ensuring that you understand the assessment criteria and tutor expectations.

All modules at Northumbria include a range of reading materials that students are expected to engage with. The reading list for this module can be found at: http://readinglists.northumbria.ac.uk
(Reading List service online guide for academic staff this containing contact details for the Reading List team – http://library.northumbria.ac.uk/readinglists)

Knowledge & Understanding:

Critically evaluate responsible leadership theories [MLO1]





Intellectual / Professional skills & abilities:

Defend a choice of cultural intelligence, emotional intelligence and mindfulness into leadership capabilities and practices [MLO2]





Personal Values Attributes (Global / Cultural awareness, Ethics, Curiosity) (PVA):

Evaluate own leadership style using the developed informal leadership theory [MLO3]

The assessment strategy of the modules aims to capture the leadership attributes, theoretical knowledge and critical thinking of the students.



Students in this module are assessed formatively and summatively. Formative assessment takes place in-class while students work individually or in learning sets on tutor-led tasks. Students will receive feedback by their tutor in class.



The module is summatively assessed aiming to evaluate students against the module learning outcomes. Students will be assessed by two components A and B:

Assessment A, individual, consists of two parts (60%):



Part 1: Creating a Personal Leadership Portrait, 600 words (20%) [MLO 1]



Part 2: Own theoretical framework of leadership, 2000 words (40%) [MLO1]





Assessment B - Group assignment: Leadership Dilemma, 2500 words (40%)

[MLO2, MLO3]

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This module departs from traditional leadership studies, in an attempt to develop a responsible leadership concept that considers social relations and ethical phenomenon, creating and sustaining a balance among all relevant stakeholders. The first part of the module will focus on the contemporary theories of leadership and how in an age of complexity, challenge and cynism, we could build a responsible leadership. This module will use both contemporary theory and examples to enable you to develop leadership that is shared, authentic and renewable within organisations and across networks. In doing so, the module will prepare you to be highly employable by developing key soft skills which have been identified by current research as those necessary for postgraduate students seeking work.