Leading and Managing Teams_Assignment Brief

LEADING AND MANAGING TEAMS Unit Reference Number Unit Title Unit Level Number of Credits Total Qualification Time (TQT) Guided Learning Hours (GLH) Mandatory / Optional Task Grading Type Unit Aims T/650/1148 Leading and Managing Teams 4 20 200 hours 100 hours Mandatory Pass / Refer Having hard management and soft leadership skills is often stated by employers as being key to the success of a business but few people have sufficient quantities of both to make a significant impact on business operations and strategy. The aim of this unit, therefore, is to support a learner’s understanding of leadership as a role and management as a function so that they are able to develop the knowledge, skills and traits to make a meaningful contribution to a business’s success. Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria Learning Outcome — The leamer will: 1. Know about leadership and management. 2. Know how teams are developed. 3. Understand how to improve individual and team performance. 4. Be able to determine own capacity to be an effective leader and manager. ASSIGNMENT BRIEFS | FEBRUARY 2022 Assessment Criterion — The leamer can: 1.1 Differentiate between leadership and management. 1.2 Explain key leadership theories. 1.3 Explain key management theories. 2.1 Explain what is meant by the term ‘team development.’ 2.2 Explain what is meant by the term ‘high performance team.’ 2.3 Compare different team development models. 3.1 Explain techniques used to improve individual and team performance. 3.2 Explain the importance to an individual of improving own performance. 3.3 Explain the importance to a business of effective individual and team performance. 3.4 Discuss the role of motivation theories in improving individual and team performance. 4.1 Apply techniques to determine own capacity to be an effective leader and manager. 4.2 Assess own ability to improve knowledge and skills to be an effective leader and manager.

Unit Title Leading and Managing Teams Task 1 of 4 Unit Learning Outcome : Assessment Criteria LO 1 Know about leadership and management. 14,12, 13 Assignment Brief and Guidance One day you hope to be in a role where you are both a leader and a manager of people. You understand that to be an effective leader and manager it is important to develop sufficient and appropriate leadership and management skills. Write an essay in which you consider the following. « the differences between hard management and soft leadership skills. « four key leadership theories-giving examples of how they apply in different situations. « four key management theories-giving examples of how they apply in different situations. Delivery and Submission The submission should be in the form of an essay written in Word format. The recommended word limit is 750 words excluding diagrams, references, and appendices Referencing You are expected to use relevant academic and reliable sources, and clearly reference these in your work. References should be added to the text and placed at the end in a references list, using Harvard Referencing style. You should complete a bibliography to support all evidence. ASSIGNMENT BRIEFS | FEBRUARY 2022 27

Unit Title Leading and Managing Teams Task 3 of 4 ‘ 7Unit Learning Outcome VAssessment Criteria LO 3 Understand how to improve individual and team performance. 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 Assignment Brief and Guidance Using an organisation you are familiar with, write a report about how to improve individual and team performance. You should include the following in your report: « the techniques used by the business to improve individual and team performance. * why it is important to an individual of that business to improve his or her performance. « the importance of effective teams and individuals to the business. Having considered this key aspect of leadership and management, you are to use three different motivation theories to demonstrate how the business could improve the performance of its workforce as individuals and as teams. | Delivery and Submission } The submission should be in the form of a report written in Word format. The recommended word limit is 1250 words excluding diagrams, references, and appendices ‘ Referencing | You are expected to use relevant academic and reliable sources, and clearly reference these in your work. References should be added to the text and placed at the end in a references list, using Harvard Referencing style. You should complete a bibliography to support all evidence. ASSIGNMENT BRIEFS | FEBRUARY 2022 29

Unit Title Leading and Managing Teams | Task 4 of 4 | 7Unit Learning Outcome VAssessment Criteria LO 4 Be able to determine own capacity to be an effective leader 4142 ~and manager. B i Assignment Brief and Guidance | | \ | | | This tasks focuses on you and your ability to be an effective leader and/or manager. | Prepare a personal reflective log in which you determine your own capacity to be an effective ‘ leader and manager. Your reflective log should include: ‘ e an analysis of own personal strengths, qualities, weaknesses and areas of development which focus on relevant leadership and management skills. « anassessment of own ability to improve knowledge and skills to be an effective leader and/or manager. Delivery and Submission The submission should be in the form of a reflective log written in Word format. The recommended word limit is 500 words excluding diagrams, references, and appendices Referencing Not applicable. ASSIGNMENT BRIEFS | FEBRUARY 2022 30