Syllabus – Level 7 Strategic Management & Leadership Units

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The following are the skills that each Unit is designed to achieve:

Developing Strategic Leadership & Management Skills

Understand the relationship between strategic management and leaders. Be able to apply management and leadership theory to support organisational direction, assess leadership requirements and plan the development of leadership skills.

Strategic Change Management

Understand the background to organisational strategic change, issues relating to strategic change, be able to lead stakeholders in developing a strategy for change and consider models for ensuring ongoing change.

Professional Development for Strategic Managers

Be able to assess personal and professional skills required to achieve strategic goals, conduct a skills audit to identify learning style and implement a personal development plan.

Strategic Planning

Understand the external environment affecting an organisation and be able to review existing business plans and strategies, develop options for strategic planning and construct a strategy plan.

Strategic Marketing Management

Understand the principles of strategic marketing management, the tools used to develop a strategic marketing strategy, use strategic marketing techniques and be able to respond to changes in the marketing environment.

Strategic Human Resource Management

Understand how the strategic management of human resources contributes to the achievement of organisational objectives. Be able to develop human resource plans, understand human resources policy requirements and examine human resources management in an organisation.

Managing Financial Principles & Techniques

Be able to apply cost concepts to the decision-making process, apply forecasting techniques, participate in the budgetary process of an organisation, recommend cost reduction and management processes, use financial appraisal techniques and interpret financial statements for planning and decision making.

Project 1 - Research Methods

Understand how to select a research question, be able to conduct a literature review, understand techniques used to interpret data in a research proposal and choose the appropriate research methodology.

Project 2 - Development & Implementation

Be able to develop a project specification, plan for the implementation of a project, implement a project, evaluate and present the outcomes of a project.

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