The work should be structured in three distinct sections:
NOTE: You should underpin each section with reflection on your development of skills on the module. Use a reflective model to develop your insights.
PART ONE- MANAGEMENT STYLE
This section should be approx. 800 words long
You should reflect on your experience of working in a group to develop your presentation. What was the ‘management style’ adopted by your group? Define the management style.
Was this the ‘right’ management style to achieve your goals? Justify your answer. Benefits of the management style.
This section should include an analysis of the management style adopted by your group, and a critical review of your team’s approach, linking it to the management style used.
Reflecting on the ‘management style’ questionnaire filled at the start of the semester, has your approach to management changed since you completed the questionnaire? Why?
Note that you need to demonstrate in this section that you understand and can apply theories of management style.
At the end of this section, you need to provide 10 references
PART TWO- LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND CHANGE
This section should be approx. 850 words long
This discussion should be linked to Lewin’s theories of change. Define Lewin’s theories of change. You should outline some of the key principles of successful change, applying these to your group’s work.
Looking back at the work you have done with your group this semester, how would you change the way that the group was managed and led?
At the end of this section, you need to provide 10 references.
PART THREE- LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND DECISION MAKING
This section should be approx. 850 words
Consider critically the DECISIONS (or non-decisions) you have taken while working with your group this year. These decisions could be in your group leading up to the presentation. For this section, you need to consider theories of POWER. You need to discuss what form of power was used by students- both leaders and followers.
What were the barriers to taking effective decisions? This should be linked to theory e.g. of groupthink.
You should also consider ethical decision making. Reflecting on a management/leadership decision that you (or someone in your group) have taken this year, you need to decide if the decision was ethically correct.
You must link this to a theory of ethics and justify your decision.
At the end of this section, you need to provide 10 references
