HRM09005 2023 Personal and Professional Effectiveness

Critically discuss the personal and professional competencies required to effectively lead and champion people and causes in the workplace.

Demonstrate self awareness of personal and professional integrity, principles and values.

Demonstrate personal influencing skills in communication and decision making. 

Critically evaluate personal coaching and mentoring skills.

Apply learning to enhance personal and professional effectiveness in strategic people management. 

This module will be delivered online through lectures and skills development workshops as appropriate.  The teaching and learning strategy is one which is founded on student-centered active learning.  The teaching and learning strategy will evolve as the module is delivered. However, it is expected that lectures (live, virtual, and/or recorded), videos, guest speakers, group work, problem-based learning, inquiry-based learning, reading, research, reflection, workshops, and peer review will be core to this module.  

A range of Computer-Aided Learning (CALL) packages are available to support this module (e.g. Moodle, Teams, Panopto). 

Assessment will be 100% continuous and may include some of the following:  reflective journal, PDP, role play, presentation (recorded/live or virtual), and essay.  Ongoing assessments may consist of reflective practices, eg, a learning journal at regular intervals during the module (c. weeks 5 & 9) which form the basis for a PDP in the final week.

In order to use the module and programme for the CIPD accreditation, students must pass all assessments within the module and must reach the pass mark in all modules.

Some assessments may be carried out on a shared basis with other modules where possible, eg, personal skills may be assessed in this format. If shared assessment is being used it will be clear to students which elements of the assessment apply to which modules.  Assessment schedules will be coordinated in conjunction with other modules being taught in the semester to ensure that students have adequate time to meet all deadlines. 

Assessments will be reviewed annually and adapted as appropriate.

Repeat assessments will be developed to align with failed components. 

LO1. Personal and professional competencies in effective people management

• Core skills and competencies of effective leaders
• The role of self-awareness in effective leadership
• The emotionally intelligent leader

LO2. Developing self-awareness

• Personal and professional integrity
• Personal values
• Business and political acumen

LO3. Influence and decision making

• Approaches to decision making
• Persuasion and influencing styles
• Courage and assertiveness
• Networking and collaboration

LO4. Coaching and mentoring

• Coaching and mentoring
• The role of coaching and mentoring in effective leadership
• Mentoring and coaching skills

LO5. Personal effectiveness and learning

• Developing self-management and improvement strategies
• Continuing professional development
• Evidence-based critical thinking
• Impactful behaviour
• Sharing learning