Modiwl ILA-4012:
System Leadership
System Leadership 2024-25
ILA-4012
2024-25
School of Health Sciences
Module - Semester 1
10 credits
Module Organiser:
Tracey O Neill
Overview
A lecture series will provide an understanding of system leadership in Wales. These lectures will explore theory and research into system leadership, with specific focus on how this can be applied in accordance with the professional standards, governmental strategies, and current legislation. Each lecture will be accompanied by a reading list accessible through the University library.
Seminars will provide you with an opportunity to discuss and debate these key concepts in system leadership, with a specific view to establishing a collaborative system leadership and systems agenda within the workplace to effect transformational change.
Assessments will enable you to evidence your knowledge in an essay critically evaluating concepts of system leadership and a report for the employer providing recommendations for adopting collaborative system leadership within the organisation.
Topics covered may include: -core concepts of systems leadership -understanding organisations -approaches to leadership -making change happen
Assessment Strategy
-threshold (C)- To achieve a ‘pass’ on the module’ the student will be required to demonstrate some knowledge of organizational change and some awareness of a collaborative system leadership and systems agenda in complex situations
-good (B)- To achieve a ‘good pass’ the student will be required to demonstrate good knowledge of organizational change and good awareness of a collaborative system leadership and systems agenda in complex situations
-excellent (A)- To achieve an excellent pass, the student will be required to demonstrate a high level of knowledge of organizational change and excellent awareness of a collaborative system leadership and systems agenda in complex situations
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate techniques and strategies (such as coaching, mentoring, leading, managing, etc) to facilitate both individual and organisational behavioural change.
- Engage in positive decision-making in complex situations, including initiating change through effective leadership behaviours.
- Hold a professional-standards-based and research-informed personal conceptualisation of themselves as a leader within the context of healthcare
- Show critical insight into the role of collaborative system leadership and systems agenda with an applied ability to use them to effect transformational change in attitudes to health.
Assessment method
Essay
Assessment type
Summative
Description
Essay critically evaluating concepts of system leadership in a population health context.
Weighting
100%
Due date
14/01/2025