Course Content
The content of the course is on; Leadership Theory and Practise, and consists of:
- The Leadership Role and Leadership Theories
- Emotional Intelligence and Self- Leadership
- Setting and Communication Direction
- Winning and Maintaining Commitment
- Explain the key responsibilities of the leadership role
- Describe at least three different theories of leadership and the leadership styles that each of these illustrates
- Evaluate at least four leadership styles and their application in the context of the learner’s own organisation
- Explain how these leadership styles may be appropriate to different situations and people
- The key responsibilities of the leadership role in terms of:
- taking responsibility
- contributing to overall vision and goals
- setting and providing guidance on values
- setting direction for significant programmes or projects
- stimulating innovation and enterprise
- anticipating, planning for and leading change
- overcoming obstacles
- delegating
- setting objectives for teams and individuals
- communicating and motivating
- supporting and developing programmes, projects, teams and individuals
- modelling appropriate behaviour
- representing the team and feeding back its experiences and views
- protecting the team and its members
- A range of leadership theories and different leadership styles these illustrate, for example:
- the trait approach to leadership
- the behavioural school (MacGregor, Blake and Mouton)
- the contingency or situational school (Fielder, Hersey-Blanchard, Tannenbaum and Smidt, Adair)
- leaders and followers (Servant Leadership, Team Leadership, Transactional nd Transformational)
- Dispersed Leadership.
- How to evaluate the appropriateness of different leadership styles in the context of own responsibilities
- The importance of being able to use a repertoire of leadership styles in different situations and with different people.
- Explain the importance of a leader being able to draw on a repertoire of leadership styles to take account of different strategic and operational challenges.
Plus at least 2 hours of one-to-one tutorial support
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