The aim of this module is to consolidate managing yourself and managing others.


The module will allow students to evaluate their own personal competencies in a wide range of areas associated with work within the visitor attraction and resort management environment. Effective job search techniques are further explored and shared to match personal skills, abilities and achievements with potential career paths and employers. Students will also need to demonstrate commitment to continuing professional development post-graduation.


Alongside this, the module will present students with the challenge of critically exploring the theory and practice of business strategy through innovation and creativity within a corporate setting.


This will be achieved through engagement with external organisations and will have a vocational focus bridging the gap between the classroom and real-world experiences. Students will develop transferable skills and abilities to work on managerial strategies of innovation and creativity, both domestically and internationally.


Managing yourself and managing others



Self-development, personality, and psychometrics

The importance of wellbeing

Emotional and spiritual intelligence

Critical reflection

Communication and assertiveness

Managing team dynamics

Conflict and mediation

CV (Curriculum Vitae) and Career Event opportunities

Leadership within a service sector context

Critical review of self-assessment exercises, job search analysis and self-reflection.

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is widely recognised as a fundamental way to improve professional standards and skills of individuals and their industries.

CPD is important as it helps to ensure that further learning is progressed in a structured, practical and relevant way to guarantee that there are applied efficiencies to the learning. The following assessments allows students to focus on what specific skills and knowledge they require in order to be confident there is recognisable improvement within their proficiency and skill sets.

“Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think” – Albert Einstein



Part 1 (1000wds) - Complete a personality test and analyse the results – the following should be useful:

Your personality type - how it is described

How far do you agree with the results? Have you compared results of different tests?

Evidence that demonstrates whether it is true or not

What this means for you in terms of career
You should include references and a brief discussion of the value of your results for your development and for your future career. You may also comment briefly on the tests, their reliability and usefulness).



Part 2 (1000wds) - Job Search and Skill Development - Identify a job that you want to apply for upon leaving university and starting on your career path.

Identify 4 key skills asked for in the job description

Why are those 4 skills considered important to the job?

Assess the extent to which you match those skills, with evidence from your experience

Propose actions that you will take to manage any potential gaps

(You may wish to consult several management development skills, for example from those listed in the AMA model discussed in the module, in addition to your professional skills from Hospitality, Tourism and Events).



Part 3 (1000wds) - Challenges of Managing your Career

Assess the challenges of developing and managing a career in your chosen field.

Discuss:
What approaches can be used to manage your career

Benefits and challenges of managing careers
Academic context and themes you have come across in the literature related to a specific career management

(Demonstrate of an understanding of the match between career demands and the work life balance).


Learning Outcome 1 & 2

The module will be taught in tutor-led and students-led workshop sessions, intertwined with a lecture - seminar mode where appropriate. Workshops will engage in individual and small group exercises and discussions, with an emphasis on applying taught theoretical concepts to practical management situations.



In addition students will be expected to engage in reading and preparation and reflection on their activities. Drawing from the content of other modules in the student’s course and placing this learning experience alongside practical experience, personal analysis will lead to firm career objective setting.



The direction of skills activities within the module needs to be closely linked to the relationship between achievement and personal development. The unique nature of achievement and personal needs will require a negotiation of content and process by the student body through the action learning sets.



All learning will develop and enhance students digital competences.

Critically explore career development and strategies which demonstrate skills, abilities and achievements from a rational subjective perspective

Knowledge and Understanding

Enquiry


Synthesize elements of the course into an investigation of employment opportunities in management alongside a creative and critical reflection on personal goals and achievements

Application, Reflection

- Module handbook

- Library resources

- VLE learning support material to be provided for independent /self-directed learning.

- Selected contemporary problem/practice based case examples

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Barbato, P. (2010) Inspire your career: strategies for success in your first years at work. London, Ont, Insomniac.

Brown, D. (2016) Career information, career counselling and career development. 11th edition. Boston, Pearson.

Caproni, P.J. (2012) Management skills for everyday life: the practical coach. 3rd ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J, Prentice Hall.

Cottrell, S. (2021a) Skills for success: personal development and employability. 4th edition. London, Macmillan International Higher Education; Red Globe Press.

Covey, S.R. (2013a) The 7 habits of highly effective people: powerful lessons in personal change. 25th anniversary edition /. London, Simon & Schuster.

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Greenhaus, J.H. (2010) Career management. 4th ed. Veronica M. Godshalk & Gerard A. Callanan (eds.). London, SAGE.

Hyun, J. (2005) Breaking the bamboo ceiling: career strategies for Asians: the essential guide to getting in, moving up, and reaching the top. 1st ed. New York, Harper Business.

Jeffers, S.J. (2012) Feel the fear and do it anyway. 25th anniversary ed. London, Vermilion.

Innes, J. (2016a) The CV book: how to avoid the most common mistakes and write a winning CV. Third edition. Harlow, England, Pearson.

Katzenbach, J.R. (2005) The wisdom of teams: creating the high-performance organization. Douglas K. Smith (ed.). London, McGraw-Hill.

Katzenbach, J.R. (2015) The wisdom of teams: creating the high-performance organization. Douglas K. Smith (ed.). Boston, Harvard Business Review Press.

Kotter, J.P. (2002a) The heart of change: real-life stories of how people change their organizations. Dan S. Cohen (ed.). [Online]. Boston, Mass, Harvard Business School Press. Available from: eBooks on EBSCOhost.

Littleford, D. (2004a) Career skills: opening doors into the job market. John. Halstead & Charles. Mulraine (eds.). Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.

Lock, D. (2013a) Project management [electronic resource]. 10th ed. Burlington, Vt., Gower.

Lussier, R.N. (2016) Leadership: theory, application, & skill development. Sixth edition. Christopher F. Achua (ed.). Boston, Cengage.

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Malhotra, D. (2008) Negotiation genius: how to overcome obstacles and achieve brilliant results at the bargaining table and beyond. Max H. Bazerman (ed.). New York, Bantam.

Moon, J.A. (2004) A handbook of reflective and experiential learning: theory and practice [electronic resource]. London, Routledge Falmer.

Moon, J.A. (2010) Using story: in higher education and professional development [electronic resource]. 1st ed. [Online]. New York, Routledge. Available from: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uclan-ebooks/detail.action?docID=547367.

Pavlina, S. (2008) Personal development for smart people: the conscious pursuit of personal growth. London, Hay House.

Pedler, M. (2013a) A manager’s guide to self-development. 6th edition. Tom Boydell & John Burgoyne (eds.). New York, McGraw-Hill.

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Siddons, S. (2001) Developing your people: pain-free solutions for busy managers. London, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Tobin, D.R. (2008a) The AMA guide to management development. Margaret S. Pettingell (ed.). New York, AMACOM/American Management Association.

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Webpages

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Management development helps organisations build confident and effective managers. This module will help students to better understand their own knowledge skills and recognise behaviours and accomplishments in the workplace. Once you understand the core principles of management development, you can implement a customised plan that works for yourself, your employees and your specific company's needs.