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Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
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Module Title	Leadership & Personal Dev: Healthcare Setting
Module Code	HR5104
School	DCUBS
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NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	10
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

Description

The module aims to equip participants with a knowledge and insight on the complex nature of leadership. Along with an understanding of the dominant leadership perspectives participants will apply leadership models to their healthcare context. Participant will also set personal leadership development goals which they will advance (with guidance) over the period of the programme.

Learning Outcomes

1. Discuss key concepts and controversies in leadership theory and research
2. Critique the key debates in Leadership Theory and Research.
3. Apply appropriate skill/competence set matched to context.
4. Self-evaluate their developmental needs, particularly in terms of leadership competencies and establish associated developmental goals to advance personal reflexivity
5. Apply leadership principles to emerging organisational situations
6. Demonstrate an open approach to development as a leader and an agent for change

Workload	Full-time hours per semester
*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Lecture	24	No Description
Moodle discussion	24	Moodle Assisted Learning
On-line learning	12	Vid/pod casts etc
On-line learning	60	On-line Coaching
Assignment	20	Assessment Related Learning
Independent learning time	90	No Description
Directed learning	20	Reflection Process
Total Workload: 250

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Leadership – Debates, Controversies and Research.
The history and theory of organisational leadership. Alternate perspectives and evidence. Critical approaches to Leadership and Followership.

Leadership Competencies Approach.
Models and approaches to defining Leadership through competencies. Multiple approaches to assessing competencies and the validity of various models in different contexts. Competency models in the Healthcare context..

Self Leadership.
Building Leadership awareness from self-assessment. The steps from self-awareness to self-regulation. Setting Leadership development goals and progressing these goals overtime.

The centrality of Context on Leading.
Understanding the influence of context on leading, enabling and blocking.Differentiating multilevel leadership approaches and tools – from self to team to department to organisational and beyond..

Becoming a Leader.
Applying leadership in context.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Course Work Breakdown
Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Assignment	Individual assignment: Leadership applied to the organisational context	70%	n/a
Group project	Team based leadership profiling project	30%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Bass, B. M.: 1990, Bass and Stogdills Handbook of Leadership, New York: Free Press.,
Clawson, J. G.: 2010, Level Three Leadership., Pearson Prentice Hall: London Dubrin, A. J., (2007) Leadership: Research, Practice and Skills. Houghton Mifflin: Boston.,
Grint. K: 2005, Leadership: Limits and Possibilities, Basingstoke: Palgrave-MacMillan,
Grint, K.: 2007, Leadership: Classical, contemporary and critical approaches, New York: Oxford University Press,
Northouse, P: 2009, Leadership Theory and Practice, 5th ed., London: Sage.,
Raelin, J: 2003, Creating Leaderful Organizations: How to bring out leadership in everyone, Berrett-Koehler: San Francisco.,
Whetton & Cameron: 2007, Developing Management Skills, 7th. Ed., Prentice Hall.,
Yukl, G.: 2005, Leadership in Organization, 6th. Ed, New York: McGraw-Hill.,

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Module Specifications

Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013Please note that this information is subject to change.

Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
Please note that this information is subject to change.