You are required to conduct a personal audit of your key skills/qualities at the point of joining
Question:
You are required to conduct a personal audit of your key skills/qualities at the point of joining the MBA programme. You will need to review key experiences in your life to date and evaluate what skills/qualities you have acquired as a result of these. You are also required to link your analysis with academic research into the skills of effective managers and leaders as below.
Research – Skills of an Effective Manager
Woodcock & Francis (1997)
Competent self-management
Sound personal values
Impressive leadership vision
High creativity
An active view to self-development
A structured approach to problem-solving and decision-making
An effective process for objective setting
A positive management style
Good organising skills
Strong team-development capability
A dynamic approach to people development
A strong customer focus
Robbins & Hunsaker (2012)
Self-awareness
Listening
Setting goals
Providing feedback
Empowering
Leading
Managing change
Coaching
Ethical decision-making
Cross-cultural communication
Sending messages
Persuading
Politicking
Running meetings
Resolving conflicts
Negotiating
Working with diverse groups of people
Working with teams
Creative problem solving
Applying emotional intelligence
Whetten & Cameron (2011)
Verbal communication (including listening)
Managing time and stress
Managing individual decisions
Recognising, defining & solving problems
Motivating and influencing others
Delegating
Setting goals and articulating a vision
Self-awareness
Team-building
Managing conflict
Pedler, Burgoyne & Boydell (2013)
Command of basic facts
Relevant professional knowledge
Continuing sensitivity to events
Analytical, problem-solving, decision/judgement skills
Social skills and abilities
Emotional resilience
Proactivity – inclination to respond purposefully to events
Creativity
Mental agility
Balanced learning habits and skills
Self-knowledge
Component 1 will be assessed on the following criteria:
Assessment Criteria% Weighting Learning Outcomes
Presentation of key experiences prior to joining the MBA programme and evaluation of skills/qualities acquired because of these.
Links made between skills set identified and relevant academic research.100%LO4 - Identify and critically evaluate skills set at the start of the module, with reference to relevant academic frameworks.
Academic skills and competences
Clarity, fluency and logical structure and layout of assignment with all work duly referenced in text and a full bibliography Included in the above Opportunity to demonstrate academic skills and competences.
Up-to 10% of marks awarded can be deducted for poor academic skills.