Unit code: K/618/7053: Leadership in a Changing World

Learning Outcomes: When awarded credit for this unit, a student will:

Indicative Content 

1.1 Gather information sources that are relevant to the identification of issues.

1.2 Analyse information using accepted analytical techniques.

1.3 Evaluate the use of leadership in turbulent times.

1.4 Determine positive leadership solutions.

1.5 Evaluate links between multiculturalism and leadership. 

Leadership in turbulent times

• turbulent contexts for contemporary leadership.
• real life examples related to the future of work (e.g., short-term contracts, zero hours contracts, and the rise of the “precariat”).
• the future of democratic global governance (e.g., Brexit, populism).
• globalisation and multiculturalism: exploring non-Western views of leadership

2.1 Gather information pertaining to positive leadership in a changing world.

2.2 Identify personal leadership styles.

2.3 Assess the challenges of leading across boundaries.

2.4 Analyse the impact of collaboration, conflict and dissent.

2.5 Assess positive leadership. 

Developing leadership opportunities 

• positive leadership in a changing world.
• your leadership identity.
• challenges of leading across boundaries and of bringing people together.
• Collaboration, conflict and constructive dissent.
• supporting positive leadership. 

3.1 Gather information sources exploring the practice of leadership.

3.2 Evaluate his or her own leadership style in a place-based context.

3.3 Analyse the responses to and opportunities for leadership challenge. 

Dealing with a collective leadership challenge 

• the practice of leadership
• resistance, radical and place-based leadership for social change
• responses to leadership challenges 
• opportunity for societal challenge