Module Descriptor

Module Summary Information

A Module Title Professional Management and Leadership
Development

B Module Code: PGBM141

C Credits: 30
D Level: 7/Masters
E Pre-Requisites: None
F Co-Requisites: None
G Faculty: Business Law and Tourism
H Module Leader: Dr. Linda Anne Barkas
I Other Teaching Staff: Ian Slaughter & Manal Ghosh
J HECoS Code: 100079

K Content Synopsis- Web version

You will develop a critical understanding of the role of professional management and
leadership development in business organizations. Through the exploration of
business issues and case studies, you will gain analytical and evaluative skills
through an investigation into how key management and leadership decisions impact
on businesses organisations.

L Module Content
The content addresses 7001V1 Personal leadership development as a strategic
manager and 7013V1 strategic leadership of the CMI syllabus.

This module in Professional Management and Leadership development will provide

you with exposure to a range of leadership and management styles and practice.
This will help you appreciate different management and leadership styles in order
understand management and leadership development planning.

You will explore Human resource development planning, organisation’s ethical &
value based strategies

You will apply cognitive thinking when critically examining subject areas in which the
concepts may be used explicitly or implicitly include:
Strategy and Change – Mintzberg
The three levels of strategy and decision making cycles
The differences between management and leadership
Leadership behaviours and motivation, Emotional intelligence and leadership styles
The cultural web, Situational leadership, Transactional and transformational
leadership
Human resource development planning, organisation’s ethical & value based

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 strategies
Case studies will be utilised to help you develop the capability and ability to use a
range of techniques to create effective leadership and management development
plants to ensure the organisation’s strategic aims and objectives can be achieved.
Case studies will be provided for ‘theory to practice exercises’. Business simulation
case studies and/or the purchase of a simulation game (cost per student paid to the
supplier). The simulated case study and/or game allows for ‘theory to practice’ in
simulated case studies :-

Allowing for higher student engagement; increased learning experience; stimulates

ambition and employment skills development. The case studies/game(s) offered will
be designed/chosen from simulations such as – managing a global operation and/or
trading in various goods.

The case studies/game will include subjects such as:

International strategy; local and global marketing strategy, HR strategy (on local and
global), R& D and product improvement, CSR corporate governance and
sustainability.

Strategy, management, decision making, marketing strategy, accounting and finance,

HRM and entrepreneurship.
M Module Learning Outcomes
By the end of this module successful students will be able to do the following:

1 Have an appreciation of several different theories of management and leadership and

how these impact on an organisation’s development planning
Have a critical understanding of the impact of an organisation’s ethical and value-
2 based strategy and how it affects the relationship on the staff welfare environment
between human resources, management, and leadership.
3 Be able to apply the cognitive skills of critical thinking and analysis when evaluating
different approaches to management and leadership.
4 Have the capability and ability to evaluate leadership styles and strategies to apply
and evaluate tools and techniques associated with the creation of an effective
leadership development plan that adheres to the organisational strategic aims,
objectives

N Teaching and Learning Methods

1. Scheduled learning and teaching activities, this includes:

a. Lectures including on-line
b. Seminars, tutorials (including on-line tutorials)
c. Reflective learning
d. Supported and directed reading.
e. Simulated exercises: modelled on business briefings & team meetings

2. Independent study: guided learning which is not directly supervised: all the study
activity, which is not covered above, including:
a. Private study
b. Revision
c. On-line work in the students’ own time
d. Library-based work

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 e. Preparation of/for formative assessment

Scheduled Activities Hours

Lectures 10

Workshops 30

Independent Study
Directed Reading 260

Placement

Total Hours 300

O Assessment Methods

# Title Exam Central % Summary Module

Lengt or Mark
h or Local
Word Exam
length
1 Reflective Report 4000 100% Report which will test all learning 100%
outcomes. Word limit for
guidance only.
2
3
Overall Mark
Are there Programme Specific regulations that are applicable to this module? Yes
If Yes please give details: See the Academic Regulations below Yes
https://my.sunderland.ac.uk/display/AQH/Academic+Regulations
Are programme Specific regulations applicable on every programme that the module
is delivered on
If No please give details:

P Reading List is available on My Resources at the following link:

https://canvas.sunderland.ac.uk/courses/32560/modules/items/354839

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 Q Programmes using the module as Core/Option:

i MBA Generic
ii MBA Route: Finance, HRM & Marketing
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R Module Delivery
i On-Campus Yes
ii Off-Campus Yes
iii Distance Learning No
iv Apprenticeship No
v Available for incoming Study Abroad students Yes
vi Professional Accreditation: Yes
(If yes, by whom and what conditions if any are specific to the module?)
CMI

The content addresses 7001V1 Personal leadership development as a

strategic manager and 7013V1 strategic leadership of the CMI syllabus.

S. Version Control
Module Descriptors are checked annually and updated when changes are made to the
Module.

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