UMOD63-15-1 Understanding Organisations and People Assessment University of the West of England

Module learning outcomes assessed by this task

1. Identify and understand the range factors that influence the behaviour of individuals between individuals and within organisations 
2. Gain a deeper insight into individual and group level experience through theory and be able to apply this to real life organisations
3. Understand the ways in which organisations are shaped and controlled and how workers experience this 
4. Recognise how contemporary organisational themes are impacting on organisations and the people who work within them 
5. Understand and apply a range of both mainstream and critical approaches to the understanding of people in organisations

Completing your assessment 

What am I required to do on this assessment?

For this assessment you need to analyse and evaluate Arlan Hamilton’s approach to leadership and power and politics. This means you will need to read the case study on Arlan Hamilton provided and apply some of the theory and concepts discussed in the lectures on leadership SU3 and power and politics SU2, to relevant examples from the case. This assessment asks that you both identify the approaches to leadership and power and politics and evaluate these, meaning you must consider the strengths and weaknesses of the approaches. All this needs to be written up in an essay of up to 1500 words which includes an introduction and conclusion. Your essay should argue, based on your analysis, what kind of leader Hamilton is and show he approaches power and politics. 

Where should I start?

Downloading this brief is a great start. Next: 

• Reread your notes and download the lecture slides for SU2 Power and Politics and SU3 Leadership
• Download and read the Arlan Hamilton case study (don’t do any extra research into him outside of this case). 
• Your face-to-face tutorials