INDICATIVE UNIT OPTIONS

UNIT

Topics

Introduction

to leading, Managing and

Developing People

Sub-Topics

General introduction to leadership an overview

Tutorials

Scope of HRM and HR

Development

Objectives and contribution of

HRM to an organisation

Strategic HRM

2
HRM in different settings

HRM within the Heath care sector

Talent Management

Professionalism and Ethics Being a Professional

What does it mean to be a professional?

Understanding the concept of

business ethics

Understand the role of

professional associations

Ethical dilemmas

A Manager or Leader?

Recruiting for the Bank

Leadership Defined

Andys Recipe
4

Introduction to Leadership
Theories 1

Leadership Described

Leadership Traits

A Drill Sergeant at First

Leadership Skills

Leadership Style

Situational Theory

Whats the Best Leader Match?

Contingency Theory

Her Vision of a Model Research Centre?

Practice leadership

5 Leadership Theories 2
Transactional or
Transformational?

Am I Really a Leader?

Servant Leadership

Authentic Leadership

Flexible working

Microsoft

Organisational Structure, Design

and Culture

Organisational and job

design

Delegation & Empowerment

Micro Manager
Job redesign

Business process re-engineering

VE UNIT OPTIONS
Tutorials

Key Reading

The Nice Guy

Rees and French, Chapter 1

Haier Case Study

The Governance Institute, (2009)

Leading a Healthcare Organisation

Gorman, E H (2015) Getting ahead

in a professional organisation,
Journal of Professions and
Organization, 2015, 0, 126

Peace, W H (1991) The hard work of

being a soft manager

McSherry, R & Warr, J, Chapter 1

Rees and French, Chapters 2 & 3

McSherry, R & Warr, J, Chapter 2 &

3

Ready, D and Conger, J (2007),

Make your company a Talent factory,
June

gement

t mean to be a professional?

Rees and French, Chapter 4

or the Bank

pe

ant at First

Brock, D M et al (2014)
Understanding professionals and
their workplaces

McSherry, R & Warr, J, Chapters 8 &

10

Rees and French, Chapter 5

McSherry, R & Warr, J, Chapter 2

Best Leader Match?

f a Model Research Centre?

Rees and French, Chapter 5

a Leader?

ger

Rees and French, Chapters 7 8

McSherry, R & Warr, J, Chapter 3