SBUS41760 Strategic Leadership

Academic Year 2023/2024

The first module addresses the participants’ individual roles in the strategy process and introduces participants to some of the main analytical tools used in strategy. It provides an action plan for participants to enhance their contribution in these areas. This session will provide an overview of the entire programme and will provide participants with a framework to enhance their immediate contribution to strategy, innovation and change in their organisations. Moreover, each participant will develop and present their own agenda to bring the lessons learned on the programme back to their own organisations.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

The learning outcomes from this module include:• Enhanced self-awareness and critical assessment of key strengths and development needs as strategic leaders;• Enhanced insight into the role of Mission, Vision and Values in strategy development;• The ability to to assess the design of strategy development processes;• Practice in the application of a variety of strategy tools;• Insight into building organisational resilience through creation of a shared vision and a unified understanding of strategy;• Deeper knowledge into creating and developing a strategy with enhanced strategic thinking skills and a disciplined process for strategy creation.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

16
Specified Learning Activities

60
Autonomous Student Learning

40
Total

116
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
The module has a detailed study guide. Students are required to complete the module pre-reading or pre-work prior to attending the seminar sessions. The sessions themselves will be a combination of lectures, group discussion, in-class presentations, case study discussions and classroom exercises. A heavy emphasis in the seminars is on teasing out the implications of theory for practical application in a workplace context. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Continuous Assessment: Participation in Class Unspecified n/a Graded No

25
Continuous Assessment: Post-module assignment Unspecified n/a Graded No

75

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Feedback will be provided within 20 days of the assignment deadline

Name Role
Professor Patrick Gibbons Tutor
Assoc Professor Ciaran Heavey Tutor
Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 

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