Stand Alone Module

Leadership and Management in Practice

30 Credits

Duration:: 15 Weeks
Start Dates:: September and February
Attendance:: One day a week
Venue:: High Wycombe Campus
Cost:: Available on request

Key Contact:: Agnes Fanning
Tel:: 01494 522 141
Email:: agnes.fanning@bucks.ac.uk

Is this course suitable for me?

This short 30 credit module is suitable for staff working in health, education or social care who require further management skills to enhance their working practice. It is delivered with an inter-professional approach, thus broadening and encouraging a more strategic approach to management.

Overview

This module will develop your management skills through the study and analysis of different theoretical models of management and leadership. A professional development dimension is included involving your identification of your own leadership and management style and ability. The module will enable you to reflect upon, analyse and critically evaluate the needs of the workforce and utilise different concepts of work psychology.

You will be enabled to manage the concept of planned organisational change driven by internal and external environments, for example changes in legislation or in clients/children’s needs or expectations as well as routine management and teambuilding skills required in your workplace. It will enable you to understand the need for strategic vision, planning and budget control in the delivery of effective care and education within the current legislative context.

Content

The module will include exploration of:

Management and Leadership

Theories of management and leadership; identification and analysis of different management styles; student analysis of own style of leadership and management.

Work Psychology

Introduction to work psychology; reflection on the needs of the workforce.

Organisation within the workplace

The organisation of the workforce; the nature and structure of hierarchical organisations; strategic management; budget-setting and control.

Legislation and Policy

Introduction to employment law; health and safety in the workplace; roles and responsibilities of managers and leaders; policies and procedures.

Management of Change

Identifying the need for change; planning organisational change; managing resistance to change (individual and organisational); planning and implementing change using different approaches.

What will I learn?

On successful completion of the module, you will be able to:

Critically analyse a range of management and leadership styles.
Identify and respond to the needs of all stakeholders in your practice setting.
Analyse the psychological needs of the workforce and identify how management of these needs enables managers to lead teams through periods of change.
Reflect upon and critically analyse your own management and leadership style and that of other members of your team
Provide strong strategic management and leadership linked to current legislation to enhance the experiences of your team through involvement, planning and organisation.

The 30 credits gained from this module can also be used towards a ‘Top Up’ Degree by enrolling on the BA (Hons) Practice Development (Award). In order to complete this degree you can automatically transfer these credits on enrolment within a two year period, otherwise application through the CATs Committee will apply.

Teaching and learning

Lectures initially to provide the foundation of knowledge, seminars, visiting speakers, practical experiences including presentations, research, visiting learning centre, resources and community resources, group, colleague and tutor/student discussions, e-mail, blackboard, internet, work based learning that links to the summative assessment.

Formative assessment will take place throughout the delivery of the module in the form of questioning, discussion and situation analysis followed by the presentation and summative assessment identified in the assessment regime.

Entry requirements

Working in a practice area with minimum 6 months experience in an appropriate setting where management skills are required

120 level 5 credits (or equivalent)
Support of the clinical manager and a suitably qualified mentor/assessor
Opportunity to work outside usual practice area, if necessary, to gain specific clinical competence

How to make an application

Please contact the Enquiries Team on 01494 603 171 or email ask@bucks.ac.uk

We hope to have a fully on-line application system shortly, but in the meantime, to apply for a course, please download and print these forms, completing them fully and posting back to the address below.

Mike Thomson

Student Recruitment Officer

Bucks New University

106 Oxford Road

Uxbridge

UB8 1NA

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Alternatively, if you call us on 01494 603 171 or email ask@bucks.ac.uk we can post you a hard copy application pack.

Students funded by the NHS or other employer

If the cost of your course is being funded by your employer, please contact your education lead or manager for guidance as to how they would prefer you to make an application.