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Level 5: Leadership and Managing Teams

Introduction

Evaluate the relationships among an organisation’s culture, its leadership and its employees; examine the concept of organisational culture and the role of the leader as decision maker and influencer; evaluate contemporary models of leadership; and examine the leader’s role in change management.

Module Description

This module aims to:

  1. Evaluate the relationships among an organisation's culture, its leadership, and its employees;
  2. Examine the concept of organisational culture and the role of the leader as decision-maker and influencer;
  3. Evaluate contemporary models of leadership;
  4. Examine the leader's role in change management.

Module Content

  • Leaders and team members in different organisational cultures Influence of culture on performance
  • Approaches to organisational effectiveness and team performance
  • Organisational roles in the decision-making process
  • Group decision making methods
  • Approaches to leadership for situational effectiveness
  • Application of leadership theories to actual leaders
  • Employee empowerment and performance
  • Theories of motivation
  • Issues related to change management
  • Reducing change resistance

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