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Module Description

This unit is about the links between strategic management and leadership, key leadership principles, theory and organisational strategy.

At the end of the unit the following competences will have been achieved and the learner will be able to:

• Analyse the concept of managers as effective leaders
• Analyse the concept of leaders as effective managers
• Analyse the balance needed between the demands of strategic management and the demands of strategic leadership
• Evaluate the role of the strategic leader in the creation of the organisation’s vision, mission and values, and in the communication of these to others
• Analyse how personal energy, self-belief and commitment impact leadership styles and their application in the strategic environment
• Discuss how ethical leadership engenders empowerment and trust, and identify its impact on organisational practice
• Evaluate transformational leadership and identify its impact on organisational strategy
• Evaluate transactional leadership and identify its impact on organisational strategy
• Evaluate situational leadership and identify its impact on organisational strategy

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