Leading and Managing People/PMAN102/Activities and learning challenges

This micro course is skills-based and uses a "learn by doing" model. It is structured according to a number of learning pathways (see the learning pathways menu option above). Each learning pathway will include a number of activities and learning challenges.

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Types of learning activities

The following table summarises the types of activity:

Type	Description
Learning activities	Learning activities are embedded in the learning pathways, including for example, invitations to: Watch a video Read an article Annotate a reading Share a comment in the WEnotes course feed Participate in a forum discussion etc. Complete a poll
Mini learning challenges	Some courses include mini challenges which are the building blocks for achieving the course learning outcomes. They are published on a single page within the learning pathways and will include the purpose, resource links, and tasks your should carry out.
Learning challenges	Learning challenges are more substantive activities requiring between 1 to 2 hours of effort. They typically require you to publish the outputs of your learning on your personal course blog. They are subdivided into three pages: Start page which provides a summary of the challenge, the purpose and corresponding stimulus resources; Tasks page which lists the steps you must complete for the challenge; and Outputs page which details the learning outcome actions and products of the challenge.

Here is a list of the mini and major learning challenges for each learning pathway in the PMAN 102 mini-course:

Session	Title
Session 0	Declare yourself learning challenge
Session 1	Managing versus leading learning challenge
Session 2	The happy workforce learning challenge
Session 3	Conflict resolution learning challenge
Session 4	Strategic human resources learning challenge

Orientation

Title	Type
Declare yourself	Mini learning challenge

Managing versus leading

Title	Type
Managing versus leading (Blog)	Learning challenge
Managing versus leading (WENotes comment)	Learning challenge
Managing versus leading quiz	Quiz

The happy workforce

Title	Type
The happy workforce (Blog)	Learning challenge
The happy workforce (WENotes comment)	Learning challenge
The happy workforce quiz	Quiz

Conflict management

Title	Type
Conflict management (Blog)	Learning challenge
Conflict management (WENotes comment)	Learning challenge
Conflict management quiz	Quiz

Strategic human resources management

Title	Type
Strategic human resources management (Blog)	Learning challenge
Strategic human resources management (WENotes comment)	Learning challenge
Changing role of human resources management quiz	Quiz