Course Details in 2025/26 Session

Module Title	LH Fundamentals of Leadership
School	Birmingham Business School
Department	Marketing
Module Code	07 36154
Module Lead	Cristina Sambrook
Level	Honours Level
Credits	20
Semester	Semester 1
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Lecture-45 hours Guided independent study-155 hours Total: 200 hours
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Description	The module is about understanding and explaining leaders and leading. We explore what leadership is – and debate the difference leadership makes and why. We introduce leadership theory – discuss the contribution(s) and limits of theory - and discuss and debate varieties of leadership experience across different ‘real life’ settings. The module then introduces students to the ideas of critical reflection and self-reflexivity in leadership studies - and in relation to the ‘actual & real’ enactment of leading/leadership. We discuss and debate the limits and possibilities of leadership. In the small group seminars, we help students to begin to develop a sense of their own leadership potential and aptitude(s). Finally, students are introduced to the most recent thinking and ideas in leadership studies around leading in/for ‘responsible business’ and in relation to debates around diversity and inclusivity.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the Module, students should be able to: Understand the nature and dynamics of leadership. Understand the contribution academic theory makes to explaining leaders & leadership Be able to draw upon relevant theories and concepts from the academic literature when analysing and explaining leaders and leadership styles in practice Be able to challenge popular misconceptions of leadership and the behaviour of leaders
Assessment	36154-02 : 2 Hour Exam : Exam (Centrally Timetabled) - Written Unseen (50%) 36154-03 : 1,500 Word Reflective Essay : Coursework (50%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: 2,000 word essay on leadership (50%), 1,500 word reflective essay (25%) and 45 minute class test (25%) Reassessment: N/A
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