OLUB5205M Leadership for Change

The module provides an initial understanding of core concepts related to leadership and change management. Following on from this students will develop their knowledge, skills and insights through investigating and critically analysing key issues associated with leading and managing sustainability related change. The module enables students to develop professionally through structured self-reflection focusing on their ability to affect change and subsequently identifying areas for ongoing personal development. The module makes significant use of case studies from a variety of organisations and sectors. These cases: a) outline practical examples of leading sustainability related change, b) enable students to compare and critique leadership and change theories to organisational/management practices.

Course Description

Learning outcomes
On completion of this module students will be able to:

1. Critically evaluate the role of leadership behaviours as enablers of successful change and the behavioural sets which have the most significant impact on change activities.
2. Assess and apply select approaches to change analysing their respective effectiveness in different contexts.
3. Develop a critical understanding of how and why change management programmes may either succeed or fail.
4. Evaluate the effectiveness of change management programmes identifying their likely impact on the achievement of strategic change goals.
5. Devise a strategy for leading sustainability related change initiatives within an organisation.
6. Reflect on their ability to affect change in the light of growing social and sustainability related challenges and develop a plan to maximize their change leadership abilities.

 

Syllabus

Indicative content:

1. An introduction to leadership and its role in organisations.
2. The role of leadership in relation to sustainability.
3. Theories, frameworks and practices for leading change and change management.
4. Leadership and sustainability related change initiatives.
5. Organisational case studies: success and failure in leading sustainability related change.