Dr Tara Reich

This course is compulsory on the BSc in Management. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.

This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge, skills and analytical capabilities needed to exercise leadership in organisations. It explores several facets of leadership and considers how leadership develops. The emphasis will be on application of theory and comparing and contrasting approaches to leadership. The group essay provides the opportunity for students to not only exercise leadership within their group but also apply the theories to a real-life leadership situation.

The course examines: power and influence; trait, behavioural and contingency theories of leadership; the dynamics between leaders and their followers; transformational and transactional forms of leadership; team leadership and co-leadership; leadership communication; leadership development.

10 hours of lectures and 9 hours of classes in the LT. 1 hour of lectures and 1 hour of classes in the ST.

The Summer Term teaching will be review sessions. Students on this course will have a reading week in Week 6, in line with departmental policy.

Formative assessment will be a mock exam during the Lent Term.

This course relies heavily on journal articles and book chapters. A full reading list will be provided at the beginning of the term. Students may wish to consult one of the following:

Daft, R. L. (2011). The Leadership Experience (5th ed.). Mason, OH: Thomson/South-Western.

Goffee, R., & Jones, G. (2006). Why Should Anyone Be Led By You? Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press.

Northouse, P. G. (2010). Leadership: Theory and Practice (5th ed.) Thousand Oaks: Sage.

Yukl, G. (2009). Leadership in Organizations. (7th ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Exam (70%, duration: 2 hours) in the main exam period.
Essay (25%, 2000 words) and other (5%) in the LT.

Assessment will be 25% group essay (2000 words), 5% Peer Evaluation of individual contribution to the group essay, and 70% Summer Term exam (2 hours). Please note that project group membership will be allocated by the course leader.