Study-Unit Description

Study-Unit Description


CODE MGT2014

 
TITLE Managing Personal Development

 
UM LEVEL 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course

 
MQF LEVEL 5

 
ECTS CREDITS 3

 
DEPARTMENT Business and Enterprise Management

 
DESCRIPTION This study-unit focuses on the area of personal development which managers need to plan in order to ensure that they have the necessary competencies to manage themselves and others effectively. The areas covered in this study-unit enable individuals to be organisationally and socially aware, and act ethically and in a principled manner in exercising their competencies. This study-unit will raise their profile of people management by providing practical frameworks which enhance their personal efficiency, individual behaviour, character and time management. The subjects address the critical skills areas required for managerial effectiveness and credibility at work.

Study-unit Aims:

- To provide the tools for personal skill development;
- To build awareness of personal abilities and developmental needs;
- To develop and implement action plans for personal improvement in order to raise the profile of good management.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Knowledge & Understanding:

By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the required personal skills needed for transforming organisations;
- Comprehend the nature of the management role in effective ethical practice;
- Consolidate the frameworks and techniques which enable managers to enhance their own status, influence and add-value to an organisation.

2. Skills:

By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to:
- Conduct a self-assessment of requisite transformational skills;
- Respond to situations which require specific capabilities and a range of relevant skills for managing effectively;
- Assess and creatively plan and manage their own personal development.

Main Text/s and any supplementary readings:

Cottrell, S. (2010) Skills for Success: The Personal Development Planning Handbook - Palgrave Macmillan.
Pedler M; Burgoyne J; Boydell T (2006) A Manager's Guide to Self Development - McGraw Hill.
Masters A; Wallace H; (2011) Personal Development for Life and Work - South-Western Cengage Learning.

 
STUDY-UNIT TYPE Lecture

 
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT
Assessment Component/s Sept. Asst Session Weighting
Assignment Yes 100%

 
LECTURER/S Paul Gauci

 

 
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