Postgraduate Module Descriptor

POLM885DA: Leadership in Public Organisations

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.

Module Aims

Module Four will help apprentices meet a range of skills (S2, S4, S8, S9, S10), knowledges (K2, K4, K5) and behaviours (B1, B4, B7) implicit in the IATE Systems Thinking Practitioner standard.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
This module's assessment will evaluate your achievement of the ILOs listed here - you will see reference to these ILO numbers in the details of the assessment for this module.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to:
Module-Specific Skills	1. Constructively manage confrontation and conflict in organisational change settings. 2. Appraise the theoretical and practical ethical dimensions of leadership and decision-making in complex systems settings. 3. Demonstrate a sound working knowledge of the Patterns of Systems method 4. Plan, influence and lead systemic change in public organisations
Discipline-Specific Skills	5. Analyse and systematically review complex organisational challenges 6. Evaluate the applicability, benefits and limits of different systems approaches in leading complex public agenda and projects.
Personal and Key Skills	7. Undertake independent self-reflective practice 8. Evidence well-developed oral presentation and communication skills

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:

Public organisational leadership
Evidence-based public management
Adaptive and customer-orientated service delivery
Patterns of Strategy

Learning and Teaching

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
22.5	67.5

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	22.5	Masterclasses The masterclasses are where apprentices are given day length teaching and learning, contextualised through practical group exercises.
Guided Independent Study	67.5	Weekly study sessions A day per week spent on guided, independent, group and informational sessions to enhance, contextualise, and practice the learnings from masterclasses.

Online Resources

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).

How this Module is Assessed

In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.

Formative Assessment

A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.

Form of assessment	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Poster (evidence-to-policy system intervention plan).	A3 poster-size (15 mins)	1, 3, 5, 6	Written

Summative Assessment

A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.

Coursework	Written exams	Practical exams
100	0	0

...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.

Form of assessment	% of credit	Size of the assessment (eg length / duration)	ILOs assessed	Feedback method
Applied essay	40	2,000 words	3, 5, 6, 8	Written and oral
Two reflective case reports	60	2500 words	1, 2, 4, 7, 8	Written and oral

Re-assessment

Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.

Original form of assessment	Form of re-assessment	ILOs re-assessed	Timescale for re-assessment
Applied essay	Applied essay	3, 5, 6, 8	Next re-assessment period
Two reflective case reports	Two case reports	1, 2, 4, 7, 8	Next re-assessment period

Indicative Reading List

This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.

Joyce P (2017). Strategic Leadership in the Public Sector. Routledge: London
Hooverstadt P and Loh L (2017). Patterns of Strategy. Routledge: London