Strategic Management and Leadership

Strategic Management and Leadership SM0374

Your Undergraduate Programme Learning Goals

At the end of your programme of study you will be:

1. Knowledgeable about the theory and practice of international business and management

2. Skilful in the use of personal, professional and managerial techniques and processes

3. Employable as graduates

4. Aware of ethical issues impacting on business and professional practice

All of the learning that takes place within modules is designed to enable you to achieve the above goals and your assessment tasks are mapped directly to these goals as outlined in each assessment brief.

The aim of the module is to integrate learning that has taken place in previous years about the organisation and its environment and to encourage students to think strategically about the future development of organisations. The module will also show how leadership at all levels is important throughout this process and offer the opportunity for students to develop their own leadership, intellectual and creative skills.

At the end of the module the student will be able to:

1. Critically evaluate organisations in order to identify the strategic problems they face:

2. Think critically and creatively to propose viable strategies for the future development of organisations, develop plans to put the strategies into place and reflect upon their own leadership skills.

The lectures and directed reading will be used to introduce concepts and frameworks and illustrate how these can be applied to business organisations. Lectures will be delivered twice a week with