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Students will examine contemporary leadership and will develop an understanding of the role of a leader in: developing organisational success through consideration of managerial roles and decisions; the leadership of change; power and influence, ethical leadership; cross-cultural leadership; and leadership development. This will be examined in the context of significant organisational change.

LO1: Understand the different ways of defining and conceptualising leadership at the strategic, operational and tactical levels of analysis.
LO2: Review the different leadership theories (models, philosophies and styles) and understand the impact of leadership on followers, organisations and performance.
LO3: Review how leadership is interpreted and understood in practice.
LO4: Evaluate the interpretation of leadership in a practitioner environment.
LO5: Outline and examine critically the impact of internal and external influences on leadership practice in Industry 4.0.