Module Descriptors
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 2
MECH50202
Key Facts
Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Sciences
Level 5
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Peter Barnes
Email: P.Barnes@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 36
Independent Study Hours: 114
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- PORTFOLIO weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Texts
Hunsaker P, (2001), Training in Management Skills, New Jersey: Prentince Hall, ISBN: 0-13-955014-3
Pedler M, Burgoyne J and Boydell T, (2006) A Manager's Guide to Self Development, 5th Edition, London: McGraw-Hill, ISBN: 9780077114701
Rees W and Porter C, (2008), Skills of Management, 6th Edition, Cengage Learning, ISBN: 1844806456
Pedler M, Burgoyne J and Boydell T, (2006) A Manager's Guide to Self Development, 5th Edition, London: McGraw-Hill, ISBN: 9780077114701
Rees W and Porter C, (2008), Skills of Management, 6th Edition, Cengage Learning, ISBN: 1844806456
Module Special Admissions Requirements
Students must have studied or be studying CE00724-1 Personal Development 1.
Module Resources
Personal development student pack.
LRC including library, learning materials, computers, Internet and Intranet.
LRC including library, learning materials, computers, Internet and Intranet.
Module Learning Strategies
The learning strategy for this module requires students to commit 150 learning hours (including assessment). Of this, there will be 36 hours of class support (24 hours of formal lectures/large group activity, 12 hours of tutorials) and 114 of independent and self directed study.
Self tuition through study pack and access to tutor and work based guidance. It is expected that in-house mentoring will facilitate the learning environment. Additionally you can expect to utilise web based learning, as part of your independent learning.
This module may be delivered full-time on a block delivery basis by West Cheshire College.
Self tuition through study pack and access to tutor and work based guidance. It is expected that in-house mentoring will facilitate the learning environment. Additionally you can expect to utilise web based learning, as part of your independent learning.
This module may be delivered full-time on a block delivery basis by West Cheshire College.
Module Indicative Content
The module covers:-
- Delegation skills
- Assertiveness and anger management
- Managing stress in others
- Interviewing skills, selection, grievance handling, discipline, termination
- Counselling skills in the workplace
- Coaching and mentoring skills, buildling confidence in others
- Dealing with the media
- Motivation, individuals and groups
- Delegation skills
- Assertiveness and anger management
- Managing stress in others
- Interviewing skills, selection, grievance handling, discipline, termination
- Counselling skills in the workplace
- Coaching and mentoring skills, buildling confidence in others
- Dealing with the media
- Motivation, individuals and groups
Module Additional Assessment Details
A Learning Portfolio which will be based on, and extend the Learning Portfolio of the Personal Development 1 module. Clear evidence of development on all the learning outcomes will be required. Evidence of linkage to knowledge gained in People Management 2 will also be sought. 100%
In order to pass the assessment students will have to evidence their personal development, and their reflection on it, through a portfolio that indicates a basic understanding and master of the subject skills. That portfolio will have to communicate that evidence by an appropriate structure that identifies and focuses on the tasks and key issues relating to the module's material.
In order to pass the assessment students will have to evidence their personal development, and their reflection on it, through a portfolio that indicates a basic understanding and master of the subject skills. That portfolio will have to communicate that evidence by an appropriate structure that identifies and focuses on the tasks and key issues relating to the module's material.