Learning Outcomes:
On completion students will be able to:
1. Recognise and understand the role of mission, vision and values in strategy development;
2. Acquire, develop and enhance their strategic sensing and strategic dialogue capabilties and critically assess their key strengths and development needs as strategic leaders;
3. Increase their strategic leadership skills by applying strategic planning and scenario thinking in the design, development and implementation of strategy;
4. Gain insight into building organisational strategy and sustainable competitive advantage through the creation of a shared vision and a unified understanding of purpose, capacities and business models;
5. Utilise strategy development processes and tools and develop analytical skills in making strategic decisions.
Indicative Module Content:
Classic and contemporary readings on strategy, and strategic leadership and management from journals such as the Harvard Business Review.
The concepts of strategic capacity, alignment and engagement.
Adaptive leadership, systems blindness and sight, the importance of context, key organisational dynamics and creating and recognising public value.
The business model and value proposition canvases.