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Level 7 Diploma in Business and Organisational Psychology

Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

BOP704 · Leadership and Management Style — Week 13 of 16

CourseBOP704
Week13 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

  1. Unpacking the assignment brief and criteria
  2. Finding and evaluating sources
  3. Planning and referencing
  4. Citing and referencing using the Harvard Style

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Discuss and distinguish the difference between leadership and management by relating your discussions to an organisation.
  • 1.2 Evaluate the traits and personal characteristics associated with leadership in an organisation.
  • 1.3 Evaluate the importance of the skills and competencies, including emotional intelligence for leaders at an organisation.
  • 2.1 Critically discuss situational theories of leadership and the applicability of transactional leadership in an organisation.
  • 2.2 Assess and analyse the significance of transformational leadership at an organisation.
  • 3.1 Assess the variables likely to impact leadership in an organisation context.
  • 3.2 Evaluate the distinctive feature of authentic and servant leadership in an organisation.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Plan the unit assignment against every criterion; source and reference the evidence.

Study materials

Videos

  • Citing and referencing using the Harvard Style · YouTube · UCDLibrary · 7 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Writing for Success, ch. 8.1–8.3: Prewriting, outlining and drafting · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 281–318 · for registered students
  • Harvard Referencing quick guide 2025 (York St John University) · PDF · Other, report · for registered students
  • Evaluating Information: Applying the CRAAP Test · PDF · Other, report · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Distinguishing Leadership and Management
  • Week 2: Trait Theories and Personal Characteristics
  • Week 3: Skills, Competencies, and Emotional Intelligence
  • Week 4: Situational and Contingency Perspectives
  • Week 5: Transactional Leadership in Contemporary Organisations
  • Week 6: Transformational Leadership Theory
  • Week 7: Servant Leadership in Practice
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Authentic Leadership and Ethical Governance
  • Week 10: Contextual and Organisational Variables
  • Week 11: Leadership Adaptability, Crisis, and Change
  • Week 12: Applying Leadership and Management Style in practice: case …
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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