Developing Leadership in Middle Managers
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description: This thesis has been prepared over the past five years of Study as part of a Doctorate in Business Administration programme with the Welsh Public Service cohort; part sponsored by Public Service Management Wales (PSMW) on a University of Glamorgan Business School programme, October 2008 – September 2013. The focus of the research was, originally, the Welsh Public Service but the scope of the research soon widened to view the management of learning in leadership development across both public and private organisations. The focus of the research was a case history on a large engineering company and the journey of four cohorts of middle managers from a wide range of different specialist sections within that international company. The research has been cast as Action Research (McNiff 2013, Easterby-Smith et al 2012, Morton-Cooper 2000) and as such was designed to look into leadership development practice through co-inquiry, critical reflective practice and researcher curiosity. The approach to the research was based on a social constructivism focus whilst relying on a phenomenological methodology of ‘capturing’ themes as they emerged from the group activities and wider learning opportunities created through workshops and tutor/delegate interactions and support. The programmes were run in four cohorts in the Brecon Beacons and were based on a programme model designed to allow the delegates to achieve a qualification in the shape of a Leadership and Management programme at Level 5 on the National Qualification Register, accredited by the Institute of Leadership and Management. This programme allowed for 32 hours of face-to-face contact, an hour of tutorial support and allowed the registered student access to the learning resources with the Institute of Leadership and Management. The research focus was on the experience of the programme, which was designed to take into account the latest (Jenner 2009) programme design, and the collection of data was formulated to take in a…
abstract: This thesis has been prepared over the past five years of Study as part of a Doctorate in Business Administration programme with the Welsh Public Service cohort; part sponsored by Public Service Management Wales (PSMW) on a University of Glamorgan Business School programme, October 2008 – September 2013. The focus of the research was, originally, the Welsh Public Service but the scope of the research soon widened to view the management of learning in leadership development across both public and private organisations. The focus of the research was a case history on a large engineering company and the journey of four cohorts of middle managers from a wide range of different specialist sections within that international company. The research has been cast as Action Research (McNiff 2013, Easterby-Smith et al 2012, Morton-Cooper 2000) and as such was designed to look into leadership development practice through co-inquiry, critical reflective practice and researcher curiosity. The approach to the research was based on a social constructivism focus whilst relying on a phenomenological methodology of ‘capturing’ themes as they emerged from the group activities and wider learning opportunities created through workshops and tutor/delegate interactions and support. The programmes were run in four cohorts in the Brecon Beacons and were based on a programme model designed to allow the delegates to achieve a qualification in the shape of a Leadership and Management programme at Level 5 on the National Qualification Register, accredited by the Institute of Leadership and Management. This programme allowed for 32 hours of face-to-face contact, an hour of tutorial support and allowed the registered student access to the learning resources with the Institute of Leadership and Management. The research focus was on the experience of the programme, which was designed to take into account the latest (Jenner 2009) programme design, and the collection of data was formulated to take in a…
author: Turner, Arthur
language: eng
date published: 2014
date modified: 2026-07-24T04:39:25Z
provider: University of South Wales
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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source organization: University of South Wales