Discuss and evaluate theories, approaches and strategies of effectively managing and leading teams and individuals, including leading multiple and virtual teams, to achieve success.

Introduction

The Development of Self module introduces students how to be the best leaders and managers they can be, in an increasingly turbulent world. You must focus on what drives you and your values and reflection around this in relation to becoming an ethical, values driven leader and manager. The
ability to focus on both the theoretical and practical approaches to developing, leading, and managing teams and how to respond to the challenges of modern-day workplaces, (for example, leading multiple and remote teams), is an essential element to you being successful as a business and people leader.

Assessment Task

Using your knowledge and skills built from throughout the module, the task for this assessment is to prepare an individual essay (with appendices) which will:

Discuss and evaluate theories, approaches and strategies of effectively managing and leading teams and individuals, including leading multiple and virtual teams, to achieve success.
Review tools and techniques for assessing and developing current and future team capabilities, requirements and balance of skills and experience and highlight best practices in both areas.
Finally reflect on how you will/have shaped your own core values as ethical and values based leader and manager of the future. You will be able to illustrate application
theories and techniques to achieving a balance of skills and experience in teams
Illustrate evaluation of techniques for leading individuals and teams to achieve success

You will have undertaken analysis of your own ‘Self-Management’ skills and how this will drive
your development as an ethical, values driven manager.

With reference to the appendices, this can include how you have built knowledge and application
to enable you to be an ethical and values-based leader and manager of the future. This can include
evidence of personal development tests from various tools used.

Students will be required to investigate and research additional information to that covered in
lectures and seminars to undertake a critical review, whilst also demonstrating the application of
relevant concepts, theories, tools, techniques and processes, supported by a wide range of credible
academic sources.

Formative assessment opportunities will be provided during the seminars through the completion of case study exercises, presentations, draft online submissions etc.

This must be your own work i.e. you cannot submit work that is the same as other students or those that you may be working with for other assessments. If you do so, then any such work will be subject to our academic misconduct guidelines & procedures.

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Please note that there is only 1 assessment for this unit, which you will need to pass otherwise risk not proceeding onto Level 6 or gaining your Honours degree. You will have been supported through formative/summative assessment checkpoints. Activities are interwoven throughout the
module, so it is vital to engage in all activities and ask questions.