ATHE Level 7 Unit 5 : You Have Been A Senior Manager For Several Years And Have Decided That Your Next Career Move Should Be To Take Responsibility: Personal Development for Leadership and Strategic Management Assignment, UK

Assignment Scenario

You have been a senior manager for several years and have decided that your next career move should be to take responsibility for an aspect of strategic management in an organisation. Some interesting posts have been advertised recently and you have registered with a recruitment agency, Harris Hall, which specialises in senior positions.

Task 1

Harris Hall has sent you a guidance pack titled ‘Preparation for Application and Interviews’ which includes some tasks for you to complete. This will provide the foundations for the applications you will make. You are required to produce a file of information. In

section 1 of your file, you must:

• Analyse the knowledge and skills in leadership and strategic management which are required to support the creation and achievement of organisational vision and
  strategy

Extension activities

To achieve a Merit, you should also include an assessment of how strategic leadership knowledge and skills support achievement of organisational vision and strategy.

To achieve a Distinction, you must add content which evaluates the leadership and management knowledge and skills required for the successful achievement of organisational operations versus the creation and achievement of organisational strategy.

Task 2

Harris Hall has sent you an email about an interesting post which is advertised in Management Today and you have decided to apply. As part of the application, the organisation wants you to send a CV and a paper titled ‘Developing and Communicating Organisational Vision’. The employer will use this information in the shortlisting of applicants for interview.

Prepare a paper which:

• Analyses the factors which impact on the creation of organisational vision
•  Assesses the different approaches to developing vision
• Evaluates the key factors which impact on the communication of vision to external stakeholders

Task 3

The final part of the information file enables you to manage the development of your own personal knowledge and skills in leadership and strategic management. This will support achievement of personal and organisational vision and strategy. This assessment must be done in the context of an organisation where you are employed, where you work in a voluntary capacity, where you wish to gain employment or where you are studying. You must:

• Assess the benefits of different self-evaluation techniques that can be used in the achievement of personal and organisational strategy
• Assess your own leadership and management knowledge and skills. The knowledge and skills identified must facilitate the creation and achievement of organisational vision and strategy
• Devise objectives to meet your personal development needs to support the achievement of personal and organisational vision and strategy 
•  Prepare a personal development plan to develop own leadership and management skills to meet personal objectives aligned to the creation of organisational vision and strategy