Module: Personal Leadership & Management Skills

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	Personal Leadership & Management Skills
Module Code	HR5012B (ITS) / MNA1155 (Banner)
Faculty	DCU Business School	School	DCU Business School
Module Co-ordinator	John Mcmackin
Module Teachers	-
NFQ level	9	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

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Description

Learning Outcomes

1. Reflect in depth on their personal leadership journey and development needs
2. Develop insights from their learning journey across the MSc for their personal leadership development
3. Assess the implications of observer assessment centre feedback for their personal leadership development
4. Apply careers models and frameworks to the development of their own career
5. Assess their career situation and plot proactive career plans

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	25	Lectures/workshops
Independent Study	40	Assigned readings and preparation for lectures
Assignment Completion	60	Research and writing reflective individual paper
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

New Team formation and development
Year 2 induction on campus

Reflective thinking and reflective writing
Online synchronous workshop (3 hours)

Career management in the future world of work
Online synchronous workshop (3 hours)

Leadership Development Workshop - Assessment Centre
Online synchronous workshop (3 hours)

Career Development Workshop – Psychometrics, and navigating the executive job market
Online synchronous workshop (3 hours)

Final class meeting – sharing reflections on your MSc Journey

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Reflective journal	A reflective paper max 3000 words that will include but is not limited to: - Insights from their MSc experience and learning for their personal leadership journey - for the development goals they identified following 360 feedback, the specific actions they took to achieve these goals, with what results - A career plan for the next 5 years reflecting the above	100%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories: Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module. Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module. Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Other Resources

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