Strategic leadership

This unit will critically evaluate the dynamic nature of strategy making and strategic leadership. You will become familiar with key strategic concepts and frameworks to analyse organisational strategy, and understand the importance of strategic thinking in leadership development. You will learn the principles of analysing industry dynamics and strategic responses to competitive challenges in order to improve organisational performance. Using the understanding of strategy and leadership principles you will learn to develop strategic leader competence while assessing the impact of culture and gender on leadership style and advancement. You will also appreciate that strategy making and organisational leadership are not top down processes, they are both top down and bottom up.