Welcome on this learning programme!

This comprehensive online course offers practical insights into effective leadership. It covers foundational theories, ethical principles, motivation, communication, and team leadership. Learners explore challenges in leading diverse groups and the leader's influence on followers. Additionally, the course delves into strategic planning, organisational culture, and change management.

What you will learn:

At the end of this course, the learner should be able to:

• Discuss leadership concepts, theories, and adaptability in contemporary business.
• Evaluate leadership theories, styles, and relationships.
• Understand leader characteristics, values, and roles.
• Explore emotional and social intelligence, and integrative thinking in leadership.
• Justify ethics' importance in leadership and business.
• Define and apply followership models.
• Explain motivation theories relevant to leaders.
• Analyse organisational communication models and factors.
• Identify team types and leaders' roles in team dynamics.
• Discuss diversity management's importance.
• Understand power dynamics and influence tactics.
• Describe strategic planning principles and processes.
• Examine leadership's influence on organisational culture.
• Define organisational development and change models.

Course Content:

Unit 1: Introduction to leadership

Unit 2: Leadership components, styles, relationships and theories

Unit 3: Introduction to leadership theory

Unit 4: The leader as an individual

Unit 5: The mind and heart of leadership

Unit 6: Ethical leadership

Unit 7: Followership

Unit 8: Motivation

Unit 9: Communication

Unit 10: Leading teams

Unit 11: Diversity

Unit 12: Leadership power and influence

Unit 13: Creating vision and strategic direction

Unit 14: Shaping culture and values

Unit 15: Organisational development

Note: The e-course book for this course is “Leadership” published by Edge Learning Media, ISBN 978-1-77612-149-6.

Who Should Attend:

• Business owners and managers.
• Any individual that wants to work in a business management environment.

Entry Requirements:

There are no entry requirements for this course.

Course Structure:

This course is only available in an online learning format. The course includes learning activities, videos and quizzes.

Assessments:

Learners will need to complete the online quiz for this course.

Accreditation:

This course is not accredited.

Certification:

 A Certificate of Successful Completion will be issued upon completion of the course.

Duration:

1 week per learning unit / 15 weeks in total (3-4 months)