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This module covers the skills and knowledge needed to manage people within a setting and is linked to the management standards.

• People management, training and supervision;
• Appraisals, disciplinary and grievance procedures;
• Managing young adults; including young people in management processes;
• Quality assurance and performance monitoring;
• Equal opportunity in employment situations
• Personnel issues and basic knowledge of employment law
• Volunteers – recruitment, induction, involvement and training

i Knowledge and Understanding
By the end of the module students should be able to:
a) Justify organisational structures in the context of organisational goals including the level of involvement of young people;
b) Critically evaluate models of team structure and team leadership;
c) Critically analyse methods of recruiting, selecting, inducting, supervising, appraising, disciplining and training staff and volunteers including the participation of young people;
d) Apply employment law including that of equality of opportunity dismissal and redundancy;
e) Compare and contrast different models of work allocation and work load management;f) Monitor performance and quality assure practice against standards;

ii. Skills
On successful completion of the module the students should be able to:
a) Manage own resources and development;
b) Develop productive relationships with stakeholders and colleagues;
c) Supervise and train others.

Staff/student contact: 20% (workshops and group tutorials)
Student directed learning: 80% (practice based learning experiences, learning sets, student directed learning, assignment preparation)

The Library Catalogue contains full details of the current reading list for this module. Further details may also be found in the Module Guide.