NAM07 Develop Critical Understanding Of Contemporary Leadership And Management Assignment

NAM07 Background information & Module Aims:

This dynamic student-centred module is designed to offer you key insights and to develop your critical understanding of contemporary leadership and management of change theories, frameworks, models and strategies. Together we explore the applicability of these ideas to your practice and service improvement ideas and your role within this.

This exploration will enable you to develop both personally and professionally and critically evaluate how to achieve organisational development, innovation and change within your work setting, with a focus on achieving organisational strategic results. Together we explore the complexity and interdependency of change using diagnostic models and change strategies. The learning outcomes of the module are practice-based and your practice setting and experience will be utilised for learning and assessment purposes. This ensures applicability to your individual development needs via a module that is deeply rooted in practice. The module consists of around 30 hours of teaching and a further 170 hours of guided independent study.

As an organisational decision-maker (or aspirational one), you’ll gain the knowledge and tools necessary to successfully take advantage of change opportunities, examine advanced research and ideas in change management via real life case studies. You’ll be empowered to embody change across a range of environments whilst also critically reflecting on your own potential in terms of change management systems and processes and ultimately how to manage change and operationalise it. The outcomes are practice-based and the students’ practice settings, organisations and experience are utilised for learning and assessment purposes. This ensures applicability to your individual development needs via a module that is deeply rooted in practice.

You will be encouraged to critically explore the context of your role as a change agent and to examine if your ways of doing things are yielding success.

You’ll be invited to contribute to this debate through discussions based upon personal/professional work situations, the analysis of present challenges and opportunities and the relevance of change theory to professional/clinical experience.

Above all you will be encouraged to critically think to reach the correct decision-making strategy. Together we will run questions aloud and answer your own questions through an examination of models, frameworks and strategies. You'll understand what good change management and leadership theory is and how it is built and enacted to stimulate innovation and growth via necessary managerial and strategic leadership actions.

On completion of the Module, it is anticipated that you will develop key programme skills:

Knowledge & understanding

• Understand self in the change process
• Analysis of personal, professional and organisational reactions to change
• An examination of change theory in planning change and the role of the change agent
• Leadership and strategies of planned and unplanned change
• Examine the concept of the learning organisation
• Leading and managing change in complex and uncertain environments
• Understand the complexity and interdependence of change using diagnostic models

Intellectual Skills:

• To develop skills to critically explore, analyse and evaluate the range and appropriateness of change management literature available.
• Develop an ability to examine organisational culture and its inextricable link to leadership

Practical Skills:

• Apply change models and techniques to specific organisational change case studies. (SWOT, PESTELE)
• Determining who and what can change – capability for change, drivers and constraints including the use of Force Field analysis.
• Developing skills in leading change.
• Develop skills in project management in order to manage the change process

Transferable skills:

• Develop a key ability and insight into organisational analysis
• Use of models/frameworks and strategies for change management
• Develop a body of knowledge in support of consultancy roles.
• Develop insights into project management.
• Develop a body of knowledge in support of consultancy roles.
• Develop insights into project management.
• Develop an ability to respond adaptably to policy change.

NAM07 Module Learning Outcomes:

These are the teaching themes that we address within the module:

LO1:

Critically explore, analyse and evaluate the range and appropriateness of change management literature available.

LO2:

Develop proposals for the application of appropriate change management theories/frameworks for potential use in the work situation.

LO3:

Demonstrate the ability to synthesise and evaluate strategies and frameworks used within the context of change managed in practice settings.

LO4:

Critically self-reflect on the potential to utilise and apply the theories, case studies and literature identified within the context of their own organisations; to enable innovation and change

NAM07 Learning resources:

Please remember you have 170 hours of independent study to complete this module.

Learning materials:

You will find key learning materials following each session (Days 1-5) within NAM07 My Studies, under Study Materials with content pertaining to the themes we discussed in the module.

Reading list:

Please access the Aspire Reading list for a detailed list of key resources in support of the module.

Module Flipbook:

The link to the Module Flipbook is HERE

The flipbook is a designated key resource for you to expand your understanding of the themes we have discussed and holds key resources, tools, guidance and activities for you to follow through with on the following themes:

Within our taught sessions we will discuss the following:

Day 1:

Module Introduction/Journey

Select a critically reflective model to enhance your leadership and change management practice

Identify what is meant by service improvement/QI and change management and business planning

Identify the scope of your role in service improvement

Identify priorities and making your case for you service improvement/change innovation

Discuss what goes into a business plan/service development plan and the use of key templates for you to choose from.

We examine what is defined as Leadership Excellence in Healthcare and developing self as an effective leader

Together we examine leadership for effective service improvement- the skills, styles, competencies, behaviours and values that are necessary for innovation success.

Together we define and develop your leadership approach and examine areas for self-development.

We focus on what emotional intelligence means for effective leadership and change management.

We discuss the requirements of the NAM07 summative assignment & writing at level 7, to include key critical evaluation skills.

Day 2:

We diagnose the need for change and examine the value in understanding your organisations landscape. We select key tools to examine the structure and culture of your organisation and identify the micro and meso issues that you need to consider in your service improvement initiative.

Vincent Sai, Group Chief Executive, Modality Partnership, joins us for a discussion on how to effectively lead the change process.

Activity: Deborah Miarkowska and ex-student Amanda McAndrews hold a discussion on the tools used within her service development to analyse and understand her organisation (for example: OCAI and Pestele/McKinsey 7S) and what value this held for her in understanding her organisation and developing herself as a leader of change. 

Dr Jane Thomas looks at key insights for leadership practice and how is it possible to create a learning organisation; to enhance the chances of success in the practical application of change strategies.

Day 3:

Together we look at setting the conditions for the effective leadership of change via creative and disruptive thinking tools and how we make effective decision-making for change initiatives.

We look at look at the value of systems thinking. 

We examine the value of effective team working and creating an environment of safety. We explore the value in understanding your team and how it works and could work better via creating higher levels of collaboration and engagement for change defines as ‘buy-in’.

We touch on how it is possible to overcome the five dysfunctions of a team and creating a healthy team model

Activity: Deborah Miarkowska and ex-student Amanda McAndrews hold a discussion on how she looked to engage her team in the change process and developed here strategy and created her vision.

Day 4:

The effective leadership of planned change
Viewing change as a process and planning for change
Models of change- review, select and apply
Driving change via project management skills and models

Activity: Deborah Miarkowska and ex-student Amanda McAndrews hold a discussion on how she drove the change using key models of change and utilised creative thinking tools and made good decisions to drive her project forward. 

Day 5:

Dr Heather Baid discusses key concepts on Sustainability in healthcare practice and sustaining the change within your change initiative.

Deborah Miarkowska looks at evaluation methodologies for service improvement and self-reflection - evaluating yourself as a leader of innovation.

We finish the module with a group tutorial to discuss the requirements of your Summative Assignment with a Q&A session.

Key resource:

you will be provided with a 'take home' module flipbook following the completion of the module. This is a resource for to engage with, in support of your 170 hours of independent study. 

You will be offered a module Flipbook for you to use following the completion of the module, including audio and visual links to enrichment activities.

The University of Brighton Online Library provides links to subject guides, library catalogue, literature searching, journal finder, reference management software, library guides and how to book a one-to-one session with a librarian (in person or through Microsoft Teams).

A highly detailed module reading list is available via MyStudies NAM07 Aspire Reading List.

The NAM07 Module Specification for the academic year is highlighted under NAM07 Module Information via My Studies.

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