Leadership for Effectiveness

Effective leadership is a crucial to the success of all organisations.  The need for effective leadership across broad professional groups is widely acknowledged both nationally and internationally and in order to achieve quality goals of efficient interdisciplinary/interagency partnership working and promote effective innovations, full cognizance requires to be taken of the culture and team dynamics within these complex organisations such as healthcare. 

Delegates undertaking this module (NURS11017) will be encouraged to critically explore the current challenges facing health and social care professionals delivering integrated care within a dynamic and evolving health and social care context.  In conjunction, delegates will be encouraged to critically appraise their personal leadership role, the influence of team dynamics and the contribution that the various professional groups make towards the delivery of efficient and effective health and social care practice. Delegates are encouraged to be research minded and culturally aware of the impact of effective leadership in the workplace setting. 

On successful completion of this module the student will be able to:

• Critically analyse current theories and concepts related to leadership characteristics, styles and behaviours within modern health and social care policy and contexts.
• Critically appraise the leadership challenges involved in developing and enhancing team dynamics, synergy and effectiveness.
• Demonstrate a critical understanding of the principles of partnership-working, client involvement and governance as applied to leading and promoting innovation within an effective organisation.

This is a Masters Level (SCQF 11) module and upon successful completion, delegates will be awarded 20 credits.

 

Course delivery and assessment

This module is delivered on a Distance Learning basis.  Students will undertake self-directed learning, accessing course content and resources via our virtual learning environment.  Students will be supported by a dedicated lecturing team; there will be no scheduled sessions. Delegates are required to complete assessments at the end of the module to demonstrate their knowledge:

Module starts - 19th May 

Assessment Due - Tuesday 29th July

 

Prerequisites

Delegates will hold a Bachelor’s Degree.  Delegates must also illustrate relevant practical experience and this should be highlighted in the application.

 

Further study

The credit from this module can be used towards our MSc Nursing.

 

Funding 

This course may be available on a fully funded basis to some individuals.  Further details, including regarding eligibility, are available under Funding Support.

If you have any questions, please contact us at cpd@uws.ac.uk

 

NOTE: This is a university module and upon approval of your application, you will be invited to register and then supported to complete enrolment. To enrol on the university system, the first step involves security set-up using the Microsoft Authenticator app; you will need to ensure that you have a compatible smartphone.

Further enrolment information is available at the Student Information Portal.

To access this module via the CPD route, individuals should be ordinarily resident in Scotland.