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The module aims to examine best practice in Collaborative Working, specifically in the context of projects, programmes and portfolios (P3M). The impact of effective Leadership, Teamworking, Communication, Stakeholder Engagement and Intelligence will all be explored. Participants will be encouraged to reflect on their own style of leadership and interaction in order to facilitate their personal and professional development.
Learning outcomes
The emphasis on learning is focused on working in, and leading teams to leverage organisational collaboration. There will also be some consideration of cross-organisational collaboration mechanisms and issues. On completion of the module, participants should be able to:
• Critically evaluate and apply appropriate techniques to the management and engagement of stakeholders, drawing on individual characteristics of personality, motivation and emotional intelligence.
• Critically apply appropriate strategies, tools and techniques for enhancing collaboration and dealing with conflict at the interpersonal, intra and inter-organisational level.
• Demonstrate knowledge of key contemporary approaches to leadership and management - including agile - and understand their relevance to fostering collaboration in P3M.
• Critically analyse the challenges of leading and managing in a collaborative context and demonstrate familiarity with a range of tools and techniques which can be used to support collaborative working.
Duration
4 weeks.
This new exciting module involves a number of activities related to research methods and research ethics with particular focus on cyber security. This is arguably the most important module for successfully completing your final project!
You will learn how to undertake an independent piece of cyber security research using appropriate methodological and analytical techniques. We will also cover requirements of ethical approval process and project specification to set you up for success. As such, the module is well-aligned with the student learning journey, ensuring students readiness for applying for ethical approval and working with their supervisors moving forward.
WM9P1 will be delivered in three weekly blocks taking place in October, December and March following a workshop format to maximise the learning experience. Some flexibility in the delivery of the module should be expected to ensure there is constant support to you both for your formative and summative achievement.
Each session is designed to facilitate the learning needs of individuals in a way that is most applicable. You will be encouraged to experiment with relevant challenges posed by the tutor in order that the requisite knowledge and skills are developed.
Module Learning Outcomes
- Develop a research proposal within the field of cyber security, aligning the problem, research objectives, research questions, and research design.
- Critically investigate and analyse sources of information appropriate to a given research problem.
- Identify and evaluate specific issues and challenges for doing research in the cyber security domain and propose suitable mitigations/controls to conduct research safely and effectively.
- Report findings with clarity and an appropriate degree of confidence, referring to both wider scholarship and own proposed investigations.
- Critically understand key aspects of research methods and ethics in cyber security for generating impactful knowledge, validating theories, adding critical rigour, and promoting moral and social values.
Module Plan*
| Block | Week commencing | Lesson | Activities |
| 1 October | 7 October 2024 | Research process | PMA release |
| 2 December | 9 December 2024 | Research methods |
PMA Q&A Project specification |
| 3 March | 31 March 2025 | Research ethics | Applying for ethical approval |
*Please note the above plan is indicative.