This course aims to help students to develop personal effectiveness and credibility at work through developing and improving a range of definable skills that are pivotal to successful professional management practice and effective leadership within the People Profession. It aims to develop both students' employability and study skills through evaluation of their own strengths and weaknesses and an emphasis on reflective learning and on putting theory into practice. Areas covered include self-management skills, thinking and decision-making skills, the interpretation and management of financial information, team-working, communication and negotiation skills, and the development of interpersonal and influencing skills. The course therefore provides opportunities for applied learning, continuous professional development and reflective practice. Finally, as one of the first courses on the programme this course seeks to help learners make the most of their formal programmes of study and develop their employability through the inclusion of key postgraduate study skills and critical reflection on theory and practice from an ethical and professional standpoint.

The course is timetabled to run intensively over two weeks early in Semester 1, with 14 face-to-face formal contact hours.

Week 1: 1 x 2 hours (Monday), 2 x 2 hours (Friday)

Week 2: 2 x 2 hours (Monday), 1 x 2 hours (Friday), 1 x 2 hour (flexible)

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Intended Learning Outcomes

This course aims to enable students to:

1. Develop personal effectiveness and credibility for the workplace.

2. Acquire and improve a range of skills pivotal to successful professional management practice and effective leadership.

3. Hone a wide range of managerial skills including decision-making, the management of financial information, team-working, interpersonal, influencing and communication skills.

4. Enhance their employability through skills development and a focus on reflective learning and continuous professional development.

5. Get the most from their studies through the development and application of key postgraduate study skills including critical thinking and critical reflection on theory and practice from an ethical and professional standpoint.

By the end of this course students will be able to:

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.