What makes a great leader? How can leaders inspire change, motivate others and create thriving communities, societies, teams and workplaces? And when can it go wrong? This module examines the psychological basis of how members of teams and groups behave and interact, and their relationships with leaders. It also examines how leaders themselves may affect the behaviour of groups and teams. It considers how organisations and other types of large and small groups are affected by these phenomena and uses a combination of evidence, group discusion and debate to address these questions and highlight new areas for research development. You will analyse and discuss how these areas can be studied, what we can learn from the evidence, identify gaps in the literature and propose and develop exciting new research ideas. You will present your ideas to other students on the module and also develop a research proposal to explore questions that interest you in the areas of leadership, groups and organisations.
Lecture 16, Workshop 16
The module is compulsory for the following courses
MSc Organisational and Business Psychology
The module is optional for the following courses
MSc Social Psychology
MSc Clinical Psychology
Also available as an elective module
Presentation . Assessment Details: Individual Presentation 12 slides worth 40%.
Extended Writing. Assessment Details: Research Proposal 3500 words worth 60%. This Assessment is Pass Compulsory.
Reassessment Method: Like for Like
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See the library reading list for this module (Canterbury)
On successfully completing the module, students will be able to:
1. Synthesise and prepare an account of an empirical research paper for presentation to an audience
2. Critically evaluate and challenge theory, and existing evidence on the psychology of groups, leadership or organisations
3. Develop and present a new research idea and outline how it will make a significant contribution toexisting psychological literature relating to groups, leadershiporganisations.
4. Write an APA compliant research proposal that effectively sets out a viable plan of research to explore a psychological aspect relating to groups, leadership or organisations.
5. Stimulate debate and discussion by presenting new research questions and reflect on how these group discussions have informed, influenced or improved the development of your research idea
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