| CODE | MGT4113 | ||||||
| TITLE | Leadership and Organisational Learning | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 04 - Years 4, 5 in Modular UG or PG Cert Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Management | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Indicative Syllabus - Effective Leadership in Practice - Transactional and Transformational Leadership - Servant Leadership: Team Effectiveness - Emotional Intelligence and Leadership - How People Learn & Coaching Skills - Learning Needs Analysis and Learning Design - Learning Methods and Learning Evaluation - Business-Led Organisational Learning - The Learning Organisation: The Models - The Learning Organisation in Practice - Knowledge Management - Continuous Professional Development Study-unit Aims The aim of this elective is to enable students explore how leadership and organisational learning can enable employees and organisations achieve personal and business effectiveness. The module will also translate leadership and organisational learning theoretical concepts into practical processes which can be implemented within organisations. Learning Outcomes 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - To recognize and dialogue about key concepts significant to organizational leadership and learning in the workplace. - To distinguish between the learning organization and organizational learning. - To explain how social, institutional, and other contextual factors affect organizational learning in the workplace. 2. Skills (including transferable [generic] skills): By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - To utilise strategies for facilitating organizational learning at individual, group and organizational levels. - To learn and develop leadership skills as required to meet the challenges of management today. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings Main texts - David R. Caruso, Peter Salovey (2004) The Emotionally Intelligent Manager: How to Develop and Use the Four Key Emotional Skills of Leadership Jossey-Bass Inc Pub - Marshall Goldsmith (2004) Leading Organizational Learning: Harnessing the Power of Knowledge Jossey-Bass Inc Pub Recommended Readings: - Knowledge Management and Organisational Learning for Development Workshop Background Paper, organised by the Institute of Development Studies in collaboration with the KM4Dev Community on July10-12 2006 in Brighton, UK - Burgoyne, J., Pedler, M. and Boydell, T. (eds.) (1994) Towards the Learning Company: Concepts and Practices. London: McGraw-Hill. - The Fifth Discipline: ‘The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization by PeterSenge, Doubleday, New York, 1994 ISBN 0-385-26095-4,448 (updated with new research as it arises) |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Paul Gauci |
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