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Unit content:This unit approaches leadership from a different perspective. MBS687 locates Leadership within the strategy process and distinguishes leadership from management. Traditional theories of leadership (Great Person, trait, contingency etc) are introduced but are not focussed upon. Instead we delve deeply into leadership as a capability that an organisation needs to develop. It relies heavily on the Sloan Distributed Leadership Model and draws on Ronald Heifetz's work on Adaptive Leadership. This unit proposes that leadership arises when facing adaptive challenges. Along the way, you will be exposed to a variety of activities that allow you to gain some understanding of yourself. This leads to the second major objective of MBS687 which is the development of self-awareness. Though there are many definitions of wisdom the literature seems to converge on one necessary condition for the development of wisdom: self-awareness. MBS687 will give you some tools you will need to develop wisdom. If you develop expertise in applying these tools, you will gain insight to yourself. This knowledge will enable you to be aware of your own, and others. This knowledge will help you balance competing interests, which is a fundamental aspect of wisdom and a key ingredient in practising effective leadership.