Critical Analysis of the Role of Line Managers and Leaders in Specific Business Areas

Knowledge

Knowledge

K1. A critical understanding of the attitudes and beliefs, players and influences that exist and the extent to which these help or hinder people and their organisations as they strive to achieve success.

K2. A critical understanding and sound knowledge of the systems, processes and routines that underpin people leadership and management and the basics of people resourcing,
learning/development and performance management.

K3. A critical understanding and sound knowledge of the characteristics of successful organisations and of high performance people management. Skills

S1. An understanding, explanation and critical evaluation of how an employee's performance is measured and the impact of individuals and groups on business performance.

S2. Critical analysis of line managers' roles and responsibilities especially with regard to the management and leadership of employees.

S3. Analysis of a line managers' role and responsibilities, the corporate strategy and Human Resource plans and processes to effectively integrate the organisation's interests.

S4. Critical evaluation of the strategic and business-related benefits to be gained from an engaged workforce.

S5. The skills necessary to assemble and apply analytical tools to identify and expedite remedial action, performance improvement and transformational change to promote corporate excellence.

Assessment

Produce a 3000 word report in which you critically analyse the role of the Line Manager and Leader in a specific business area.

To do this, you should pick one of the topics from across the module curriculum i.e.

Recruiting and selecting employees for competitive advantage or
Motivating and engaging employees for organisational renewal or
Managing learning and development for return on investment (ROI) or
Managing and leading change for organisational effectiveness or
Coaching for organisational performance or
Managing performance for high performing teams

In your analysis you should:

Identify and evaluate the relationship between the line manager and leaders role
Define the key practice you have chosen and how the roles feature in your chosen topic
Identify and critically discuss appropriate models relating to the practice
You must make significant reference to appropriate literature and best practice.
The report is worth 100% of the module mark.

Word limits for assignments:

The word count is to be declared on the front page of your assignment. Summarising and compressing the information in your assignment into the word limit is one of the skills that students are expected  to acquire, and demonstrate as part of the assignment process.

Note: The assignment must be within +10% of the word-count –assignments in excess of this will accrue a penalty of 10%.The word count does not include:

Contents page
Reference list
Appendices
Appropriate tables, figures and Glossary Bibliography
Quotes from interviews
Illustrations

Please note, in text citations [e.g. (Nwagbara, 2013)] and direct secondary quotations [e.g. “dib-dab nonsense analysis” (Nwagbara, 2013, p. 689)] are INCLUDED in the word count. Word Count Penalty

A penalty will be applied for exceeding the word count. The penalties that will be applied for exceeding the word count can be found in Table 1.

Referencing your work:

In this institution the Harvard method of referencing is used.

The Harvard method of referring to publications and of arranging references uses the author's name and the date of the publication. References are listed at the end of the text in alphabetical order by author's name. The general format of a journal reference is shown below: Nwagbara, U. (2013). The effects of social media on environmental sustainability activities of oil and gas multinationals in Nigeria. Thunderbird International Business Review, 55 (6), pp. 689-697.

Author’s name and initials are listed first, followed by year of publication in brackets. Then there is the title of article and the journal where article appears, which is underlined or in italics. Finally, state the volume and issue Number (in brackets) along with the pages where article can be located. Assessment Regulations For further information regarding Assessment Regulations.