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3) Learning Outcomes
Identify the learning outcomes for this module, i.e. knowledge, skills and attributes to be developed through
completion of this module. Outcomes should be referenced to the relevant QAA benchmark statements and the
Framework for Higher Education Qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (2008). The SEEC
Credit Level Descriptors for Further and Higher Education 2003 and Queen Mary Statement of Graduate
Attributes should also be used as a guiding framework for curriculum design.
Academic Content:
A 1
A 2
A 3
Demonstrate a clear understanding of distinctive features of leadership and strategy within a public management
context of political accountability and intense media scrutiny and their implications
Understand and apply key categories, concepts, typologies and theories of leadership and strategy as they have been
developed specifically for public sector settings
Identify key drivers shaping the changing importance, content and style of leadership and the place of strategy in
relation to policy
Disciplinary Skills - able to:
B 1
B 2
B 3
develop analytical skills through independent study and group-based work within seminars and presentation teams
develop abilities to work with a range of theoretical frameworks
strengthen ability to apply theory, conceptualise phenomena, handle evidence and sustain inferences
Attributes:
C 1
C 2
C 3
apply different theoretical frameworks to analyse empirical cases
produce theoretically informed and evidence-based analyses of case studies of problems in public management
enhance critical reading, oral and other communications skills
4) Reading List
Provide an indicative reading list for the module. This should include key texts and/or journals but should not
be an exhaustive list of materials.
Teelken C, Ferlie E and Dent M, 2012, Leadership in the public sector: promises and pitfalls, London: Routledge.
Joyce P, 2012, Strategic leadership in the public services, London: Routledge
Van Wart M, 2012, Leadership in public organizations: an introduction, 2nd edn, Armonk, New York: ME. Sharpe.
Javidan M and Waldman DA, 2003, Exploring the charismatic leader in the public sector: management and consequences, Public
administration review, 63, 2, 229-242.
Rainey HG and Thompson J, 2006, Leadership and the transformation of a major institution: Charles Rossotti and the Internal
Revenue Service, Public administration review, Jul-Aug 596-604.
Kouzes JM and Posner BZ, The leadership challenge, 4thedn, New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Petrovsky N, 2010, Leadership, in Ashworth R, Boyne G and Entwistle T, eds, Public service improvement: theories and evidence,