BE875-7-SU-CO:
Leading with Impact
2020/21
Essex Business School
Colchester Campus
Summer
Postgraduate: Level 7
Current
Sunday 25 April 2021
Friday 02 July 2021
10
03 January 2020
Requisites for this module
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MBA N200JS The Essex MBA,
MBA N20E24 The Essex MBA,
MBA N20E36 The Essex MBA,
MBA N20EJS The Essex MBA
Leadership with its impact on businesses performance and organisational culture is often understood to be a critical factor in creating value and sustainability for modern organisations, regardless of their size or the sector they operate within. This module will help you reflect on leadership as a role, a process, a practice and a skill.
The module will enable you to gain knowledge on and insights into leadership, ways of leading and the ways they matter in organisations and beyond them. You will gain an understanding of what leadership is and how thinking about it has developed over time as well as how leadership relates to business performance and how leadership itself is performed. You will also encounter ways of thinking about, and rethinking what leadership is and what it should and could be. We will examine leadership in the context of organisations and nations as well as globally.
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The module is taught as an intensive, one week (University Week 30) module in ten (10) three-hour sections. The teaching and learning format is a mix of lectures, discussion, in-class exercises and group work and presentations. In addition, you are asked to read required readings before and/or during the module week as well as keep a reflexive journal.
- (2016) Leadership in organizations: current issues and key trends, London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
- Doris Schedlitzki; Gareth Edwards. (2018) Studying leadership: traditional and critical approaches, London: SAGE.
- Malcolm Higgs; Deborah Rowland. (2011) 'What Does It Take to Implement Change Successfully? A Study of the Behaviors of Successful Change Leaders', in The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. vol. 47 (3) , pp.309-335
- Western, Simon. (2013) 'Why a Critical Theory Approach to Leadership?', in Leadership: a critical text, Los Angeles, CA: SAGE., pp.3-25
- Thomas Maak; Nicola M. Pless. (2006) 'Responsible Leadership in a Stakeholder Society: A Relational Perspective', in Journal of Business Ethics: Springer. vol. 66 (1)
- Kotter, John P. (2012) Leading change, Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review Press.
- Mats Alvesson. (2011) 'Leadership and Organizational Culture', in The SAGE handbook of leadership, London: SAGE., pp.151-164
- Western, Simon. (2013) 'Epilogue: Leadership in the Aftermath', in Leadership: a critical text, Los Angeles, CA: SAGE., pp.322-330
- Linda Smircich; Gareth Morgan. (1982) 'Leadership: The Management of Meaning', in The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. vol. 18 (3) , pp.257-273
- Western, Simon. (2013) 'Leadership Formation: Creating Spaces for Leadership to Flourish', in Leadership: a critical text, Los Angeles, CA: SAGE., pp.302-321
- Jean Blumen-Lipman. (2005) 'Toxic Leadership: When Grand Illusions Masquerade as Noble Visions.', in Leader to Leader. vol. Spring (36) , pp.29-36
- Western, Simon. (2013) 'The Messiah Leadership Discourse: Visionary Leaders and Strong Cultures', in Leadership: a critical text, Los Angeles, CA: SAGE., pp.216-242
- Linda L. Carli; Alice H. Eagly. (2011) 'Gender and Leadership', in The SAGE handbook of leadership, London: SAGE., pp.103-117
- Schein, Edgar H. (2017) Organizational culture and leadership, Hoboken: Wiley.
- Western, Simon. (2013) 'Leadership and Diversity', in Leadership: a critical text, Los Angeles, CA: SAGE., pp.90-106
- Western, Simon. (2013) 'What is Leadership?', in Leadership: a critical text, Los Angeles, CA: SAGE., pp.26-54
- Storey, John. (2016) 'Signs of Change: 'Damned Rascals' and Beyond', in Leadership in organizations: current issues and key trends, London: Routledge., pp.3-17
The above list is indicative of the essential reading for the course. The library makes provision for all reading list items, with digital provision where possible, and these resources are shared between students. Further reading can be obtained from this module's reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Assignment |
|
75% |
| Practical |
Group Presentations |
|
25% |
Additional coursework information
A Reflective Note, of some 500 words (guidance only) should be submitted as part of Assignment 1.
The note is an opportunity for you to frame or explain the thinking behind the presentation, how the topic emerged and developed and what you think of the group work process and your role in the group. You are welcome to rely on your journal notes. Citations or references are not necessary. In your note, reflect on the group work as a leadership practice and your role and contribution to the process.
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Prof Elisabeth Kelan, email: elisabeth.kelan@essex.ac.uk.
Professor Elisabeth Kelan
ssavage@essex.ac.uk
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Dr Bidit Dey
Brunel University London
Senior Lecturer
Available via Moodle
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