Extended Diploma in Strategic Management & Leadership
Choose a Hong Kong or Chinese company -
Developing Strategic Management & Leadership Skills
Assessment
Assignment Brief
As part of the formal assessment for the programme you are required to submit an assignment for each module. Please refer to your Student Handbook for full details of the programme assessment scheme and general information on preparing and submitting assignments.
After completing the module you should be able to:
LO1- Understand the relationship between strategic management and strategic leadership.
LO2- Be able to apply management and leadership theory to support organizational direction.
LO3- Be able to assess leadership requirements.
LO4- Be able to plan the development of leadership skills.
The purpose of this assignment is to:
Demonstrate the learner's understanding of the links between strategic management, leadership and organisational direction, and the skills to be able to apply this understanding.
Assignment Task
(Using an organisation you are familiar with answer the following. The organisation could be your current employer, former employer or one that you can researchas an example to underpin your arguments and evaluation.)
Introduction
Write the background and the overview of the chosen company briefly in your case studyso that the purpose of the assignment will follow naturally after this section
Task 1
LO1: Understand the relationship between strategic management and leadership
1a. Explain how the leadership supports the strategic management of the chosen organizational and discuss the different roles between management and leadership. Analyse the impact of management and leadership styles on strategic decisions.
1b. Evaluate the appropriate leadership styles required to adapt the situations of economic recession and management succession of new leader
Task 2
LO2: Be able to apply management and leadership theory to support organisational direction
2a. Evaluate the impact of leadership on strategy in the chosen organization with the Contingency Theory or Transformational Leadership theory of management and leadership.
2b. Suggest a new leadership strategy should be adopted with justifications if you are the CEO of the chosen organizationin order to support the organizational direction.
Task 3
LO3: Be able to assess leadership requirements
3a.Explain the requirements of current leadership with external environmental influences for the success of the chosen organization.
3b. Identify and plan the leadership required to deal with the differentemerging situations.
Task 4
LO4: Be able to plan the development of leadership skills
4a. Propose a development plan of leadership skills to address the needs of technological challenges in Twenty-First Century for the chosen organization.
4b. Review and justify the methods used in the development plan of leadership skills for the chosen organisation.