Module Code - Title:
PM6072
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LEADERSHIP, INFLUENCE AND CHANGE
Year Last Offered:
2025/6
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Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
This module is designed to examine and to consider, in detail, what we mean by leadership and examine the various sources of leadership. It seeks to examine the role of emotions in the process of leadership. It focuses on differentiating leadership from management and aims to consider the ways in which leadership is linked to organisational culture and change management. It aims to evaluate the issues involved in developing individual leaders and developing leadership capacity in organisations.
Syllabus:
This module rethinks what we mean by leadership and examines different sources of leadership and considers why the idea of leadership has become so confusing? The role of emotions in the process of leadership are addressed by considering the use of positive and negative emotions in leadership, and focusing on the emotional intelligence capabilities of effective leaders. Students will consider leadership through a meaning- making/sense-making lens and consider the context in which transformational leadership takes place. The module has a number of practical elements for students to consider, including knowing yourself as a leader (elements of identity as a leader, self- awareness, leadership styles, self-assessments); how to develop individual leaders and developing leadership capacity in organisations; considerations of learning from leadership failures. The module is firmly rooted within the context of leadership in a global context and considers the requirements for ethical leadership and the implications of corporate social responsibility in a leadership setting.
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
Critically discuss various approaches and definitions of leadership.
Critically analyse various role of leaders in organisations such as managers of emotions, developers of culture, sensemakers in times of change.
Understand the role of leadership in contemporary context of change, globalisation, ethical dilemmas, and corporate social responsibility.
Develop a multilevel perspective on leadership and development by considering the differences and linkages between individual leaders and developing leadership capacity in organisations.
Synthesise the main challenges to effective leadership and how to learn from leadership failures.
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
Display a greater appreciation of the complexity of leadership and influence through the use of case studies, discussion, reading, and reflection.
Engage in self-reflection through the use of self-assessment and reflective activities.
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
N/A
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
N/A
Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
N/A
Prime Texts:
Conger, J. and Riggio, R. E. (2007)
The practice of Leadership: Developing the Next Generation of Leaders
, San Francisco, CA: Jossey- Bass.
Carmichael, J., Collins, C., Emsell, P., & Haydon, J. (2011)
Leadership & Management Development
, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Day, D. V., Zacarro, S. J., & Halpin, S. M. (Eds.) (2004)
Leader Development for Transforming Organizations: Growing Leaders for Tomorrow
, Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum
Other Relevant Texts:
Brown, M.E. & Treviflo, Linda K. (2006)
Ethical Leadership: A Review and Future Directions.
, The Leadership Quarterly, 17(6), 595-616.
Goleman, D., Boyatzis, R. & McKee, A. (2002)
Primal Leadership: Learning to Lead with Emotional Intelligence
, Harvard Business School Publishing.
Drath, W.H., McCauley, C., Palus, C.J., Van Velsor, E., O Connor, P.M.G., McGuire, J.B. (2008)
Direction, Alignment, Commitment: Toward a More Integrative Ontology of Leadership
, Leadership Quarterly. 19:635-653.
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Module Leader:
moran.anismanrazin@ul.ie