THE PSYCHOLOGY OF LEADERSHIP AND DECISION MAKING - 2019/0

Module Overview

Leadership is the process through which individuals influence and are influenced by one or more people to accomplish group / organizational goals. It is one of the most important determinants of employee well-being and performance as well as organisational effectiveness. A central part of effective leadership and management is decision making under various organizations and contextual conditions. The rationale for this module is to enable students to critically evaluate different approaches to leadership and decision making in organisational settings and to understand the determinants of leadership and decision-making effectiveness and leadership development.

Module provider

Surrey Business School

Module Leader

COHEN Smadar (SBS)

Number of Credits: 15

ECTS Credits: 7.5

Framework: FHEQ Level 7

Module cap (Maximum number of students): N/A

Module Availability

Semester 2

Prerequisites / Co-requisites

None

Module content

Indicative content includes:

• Leadership theory


• Decision-making theory


• Models of organizational leadership and organizational development and change


• Global working and diversity management


• Leadership development diagnostics and methods

Assessment pattern

Alternative Assessment

n/a

Assessment Strategy

The assessment strategy is designed to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate

Practical, technical, and self-reflective skills relevant to leadership and decision-making at work.

Advanced critical and conceptual understanding of leadership and decision making.

Thus, the summative assessment for this module consists of:

• A 2-hour closed book examination (essay based).

• A self-development portfolio (circa 3000-words) based on an self-reflection, and use of diagnostic tools to understand own leadership style and development needs, in the context of contributing effectively to organizations as a psychologist.

Formative assessment

Verbal feedback on class activities. Feedback on the portfolio also serves a formative function.

Feedback

In writing and verbal feedback from the module team based on activities contributing to the portfolio.

Module aims

• Introduce and provide frameworks of concepts, theories and processes of leadership effectiveness and development
• Develop students' critical analysis of theories and models of leadership behaviour.
• Develop students' critical analysis of concepts and theories of decision making in organizations.
• Provide an integrative understanding of the role of leaders in developing organizations (e.g. organization strategy) and leading organizational change.
• Provide an evidence-based appreciation of leadership development.
• Enable students to develop awareness of their own leadership styles and development needs.

Learning outcomes

Methods of Teaching / Learning

The learning and teaching strategy is designed to:

Enable students to develop a practical and critical theoretical perspective on performance, engagement and well-being

The learning and teaching methods include:

• Lectures


• Seminar-type small-group activities


• Case study activity

Indicated Lecture Hours (which may also include seminars, tutorials, workshops and other contact time) are approximate and may include in-class tests where one or more of these are an assessment on the module. In-class tests are scheduled/organised separately to taught content and will be published on to student personal timetables, where they apply to taken modules, as soon as they are finalised by central administration. This will usually be after the initial publication of the teaching timetable for the relevant semester.

Reading list

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Programmes this module appears in

Please note that the information detailed within this record is accurate at the time of publishing and may be subject to change. This record contains information for the most up to date version of the programme / module for the 2019/0 academic year.