Overview

This module does not contain any taught classes, as all research skills will have been addressed in your preceding modules. However, you will attend regular research meetings with your academic supervisor to support your progress from design through implementation to evaluation.

Assessment Strategy

-threshold (C)- To achieve a ‘pass’ on the module’ the student will be required to demonstrate some knowledge of leadership and management change skills for achieving organisational and system improvement, and some awareness of complex organisational and practice issues within the context of the workplace, taking into consideration budgetary, political, strategic, ethical and social issues.

-good (B)- To achieve a ‘good pass’ the student will be required to demonstrate good knowledge of leadership and management change skills for achieving organisational and system improvement, and good awareness of complex organisational and practice issues within the context of the workplace, taking into consideration budgetary, political, strategic, ethical and social issues.

-excellent (A)- To achieve an excellent pass, the student will be required to demonstrate a high level of knowledge of leadership and management change skills for achieving organisational and system improvement, and excellent awareness of complex organisational and practice issues within the context of the workplace, taking into consideration budgetary, political, strategic, ethical and social issues.

Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate an evidence-informed and comprehensive knowledge of models of work-based inquiry and the associated ethical implications.

• Evidence research informed leadership and management change skills showing a critical interpretation of data to draw conclusions for organisational and system improvement.

• Present research in an informative and engaging way with explicit identification of the practical applications of the findings

• Resolve complex organisational and practice issues within the context of the workplace using a empirically-informed approach, taking into consideration budgetary, political, strategic, ethical and social issues.

• Work with a range of stakeholders, networks, groups and organisations, taking responsibility for an agreed area of shared activity.