Learners are required to complete a series of activities aimed at evaluating own leadership capability and competence: Effective leadership, Assignment 2, HU, Ireland

Learners are required to complete a series of activities aimed at evaluating own leadership capability and competence. Learners will identify areas for development and create a personal development plan.   

• Your assignments should be adequately referenced. Refer to the Harvard Referencing Guidelines at the beginning of your Course Notes or in your Learner Support Module for more information on how to correctly use intext citations and compiling a bibliography.
• Each assignment will need to be presented with a cover page, signed authorship statement, table of content, main body of work and one bibliography at the end of your assignment.
• You can use either Times New Roman or Ariel Font (size 12) with 1.5 line spacing.
• The word count for this assignment is 2500 words.
• You can use the questions in your assignment brief as headings in your assignment. This will keep you grounded and provide structure to your assignment.
• The Learning Outcomes met as part of this assignment are MIMLO and MIMLO

Section 1 – (10 marks)

Evaluate the case study provided.

• What was the cause of this conflict and provide your opinion (3 marks).
• Recommend a method that you think will resolve this situation (3 marks).
• Identify and justify the conflict management style chosen (4 marks).

Section 2 – (20 marks)

• Describe the benefits of motivating team members, providing two theories of motivation to support your answer (5 marks)

How would you support your team that were lacking in motivation

• Setting objectives (3 marks)
• Planning (3 marks)
• Decision making (3 marks)
• Delegating (3 marks)
• Monitoring and supervising (3 marks)

Section 3 – (30marks)

• Examine the importance of parental involvement within an early years setting (5 marks).
• It is near the end of term, and you are preparing a graduation day for the children. Devise a plan of action to delegate tasks to your team, the parents/guardians (25 marks).

Your plan will need to take the following format;

• Provide a detailed account of how you would allocate tasks and delegate these to team members (link to theories) (5 marks).
• A plan of action including SMART objectives (5 marks).
• What methods would be used to monitor completion of the tasks and providing feedback (5 marks).
• Provide a reflection of how you carried out a leadership role and demonstrate your abilities to planning an event (this can be any event that you would have organised in the past). Include 3 areas of what were your strengths and 3 areas for further skill development. Refer to a reflective cycle (Gibbs, Kolb, Schon) (10 marks).

Case study

Mrs. Jones is a lead educator in an early years setting, and she has recently noticed a conflict between two of her team members, Ms. Smith and Ms. Doyle. The conflict has intensified over a few weeks, and this is beginning to affect the children in the setting.

Ms. Smith and Ms. Doyle have different ideas about how the classroom is to be run. Ms. Smith likes to maintain structure over the day with set routines and activities, while Ms. Doyle prefers a more relaxed approach, allowing the children to lead the day’s activities.

The conflict has become more pronounced in recent days, with Ms. Smith and Ms. Doyle openly disagreeing with each other in front of the children. Mrs. Jones is concerned about the impact this conflict is having on the children’s learning and well-being and wants to find a way to resolve the situation.