Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations: Online Course from OpenLearn

This free course, Developing leadership practice in voluntary organisations, provides an opportunity for people who work within voluntary organisations, as paid employees or staff, to develop ...

Syllabus

- Introduction and guidance
- 1 Our leadership, this course
- 2 Take control of your own development: join in with our development community
- 3 Your learning journal and discussion forum
- 4 Who we are
- Acknowledgements
- Week1Week 1: Thinking leadership
- Introduction
- 1 Slippery leadership, significant leadership
- 2 Leadership and management: what's the difference?
- 3 Leadership and management in practice
- 4 Why is leadership relevant for the voluntary sector?
- 5 A definition of leadership
- 6 Key practice: observation
- 7 Summary of Week 1
- References
- Acknowledgements
- Week2Week 2: Leadership as person: traits leadership
- Introduction
- 1 Leadership as traits
- 2 Camila Batmanghelidjh and Kids Company
- 3 Leadership as traits theory: the basics
- 4 Leadership traits: the critique
- 5 Leadership traits and Camila: a critique
- 6 Thinking critically about your work
- 7 Key practice: critical engagement
- 8 Summary of Week 2
- References
- Acknowledgements
- Week3Week 3: Transformational leadership and power
- Introduction
- 1 Transformational leadership: origins and main features
- 1.1 Camila Batmanghelidjh and transformational leadership
- 1.2 Benefits and problems with transformational leadership
- 2 Sacred leadership?
- 2.1 Keeping your organisation real
- 3 Narcissism: the root of the leader-centred problem?
- 3.1 Surviving narcissism
- 4 Re-imagining our leaders
- 5 Key practice: constructing
- 6 Summary of Week 3
- References
- Acknowledgements
- Week4Week 4: Leadership as ethics
- Introduction
- 1 What does ethics mean?
- 2 Leadership as purpose
- 2.1 The forces driving purpose
- 3 Leadership and ethical dilemmas
- 4 Three approaches to reading an ethical dilemma
- 5 Engaged leadership ‘within’ ethical dilemmas
- 6 Leading through tragedy
- 7 Key practice: ethical reflection
- 8 Summary of Week 4
- References
- Acknowledgements
- Week5Week 5: Leadership as practice
- Introduction
- 1 Defining leadership practice
- 2 Performances of leadership
- 2.1 Critical reflection
- 2.2 Constructive debate
- 2.3 Asking awkward questions
- 2.4 Telling powerful stories
- 3 Aesthetic spaces of leadership
- 4 Technologies of leadership
- 5 Key practice: aesthetic awareness
- 6 Summary of Week 5
- Course reflection and conclusion
- References
- Acknowledgements

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