Contemporary Issues in Leadership - MAN00122M

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  • Department: The York Management School
  • Credit value: 15 credits
  • Credit level: M
  • Academic year of delivery: 2023-24

Module summary

This module explores issues within leadership and management in organisations.

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Online Teaching Period 5 2023-24

Module aims

This module provides an in-depth view on developing a team drawing on management theories. Grounded in themes such as global citizenship, sustainability and celebrating diversity and difference, this module explores contemporary issues surrounding leadership and management within organisations.

Module learning outcomes

By the end of this module, students should be able to:

  • Assess the political, economic, social and technological context of an organisation and how these factors may affect its leadership

  • Clarify the limitations of existing leadership structures / frameworks in relation to contemporaneous issues

  • Apply critical appraisals of different schools of thought concerning leadership - from across cultures and boundaries, imagined and otherwise - to the assessment of an organisation

  • Evaluate the possibilities for and implications of leadership development for an organisation

Indicative assessment

Task % of module mark
Essay/coursework 100

Special assessment rules

None

Indicative reassessment

Task % of module mark
Essay/coursework 100

Module feedback

In accordance with UYMS policy.

Indicative reading

Bang, H. and Nesset Midelfart, T. (2021). Effective management teams and organizational behavior : a research-based model for team development. New York: Routledge.

Civitillo, R. (2021). Management in the non-profit sector : a necessary balance between values, responsibility and accountability. New York: Routledge.

Flint, M. and Vinberg Hearn, E. (2019). The leader’s guide to impact : how to use soft skills to get hard results. Harlow, England ; Amsterdam: Pearson.

King, D. and Lawley, S. (2019). Organizational behaviour. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Sewell, G. (2021). Surveillance : a key idea for business and society. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, Ny: Routledge.