Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership
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- SALE Savings End Midnight Friday 9th June
Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership
This Course at a Glance
- Complete two-thirds of an MBA/Master's degree at home
- Advance your career easily around existing commitments
- FREE student membership to the Institute of Directors (IoD)
- Includes 1-on-1 tutor support via Zoom
- Try a module for free before you buy!
- Delivered by The Online Business School
About Your Course
If you’re looking to climb to the top of the career ladder but can’t commit to studying for a Master’s at university full-time, this is the perfect online alternative! This Level 7 Diploma In Strategic Management and Leadership allows you to complete two-thirds of an MBA from home, and enrol on an MBA top-up course at university for the final stage.
This is perfect for anyone who is juggling existing responsibilities with their studies, be it your current job, childcare or otherwise. By studying your modules online, you can go at your pace and move on to the university element (which can often be completed online as well) when you’re ready.
Throughout this course, you will learn how to critically evaluate, challenge, and blend a wide range of current management tools, techniques and models. All of your learning is relevant to the 21st-century business environment and context, and it extends much further than the typical examination of Anglo-American management models.
All of the 30 modules included will enable you to apply the principles of strategic leadership in a business environment, the principles of business management within the industry, and analyse problem-solving techniques specific to business and industry.
As a result, you will come away with crucial cognitive skills like analysis, critical thinking, evaluation, and writing, as well as confidence in numbers and presenting. All of this and more is essential for you to become a successful leader in business.
The Fast Track To An MBA
Remove the restraints of classroom-based learning and progress to the final stage of your MBA when you’re ready.
Try Before You Buy
To make sure this is the study programme for you, we are offering you the opportunity to try out one module from the course for free before you commit to purchase!
*Please note, once you enrol on the course, your learner login details will be sent to you within one working day.
Getting Started
learndirect is the leading UK online course provider, putting learners in the driving seat of their education. This Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership is an Ofqual regulated qualification that is delivered by The Online Business School and awarded by Qualifi.
The Online Business School provides online university pathway programmes, at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, to learners all over the world. This enables learners to fast-track their way through university-level study and reach their end goal much faster.
This course is delivered online, through a combination of online learning materials. Not only does this provide a more engaging learning experience, but it also allows you to learn what you want when you want, and how you want.
You will also benefit from a 24/7 student networking platform, personal dashboards, 1-2-1 online tutorials, group webinars, and a bank of pre-recorded group webcasts.
Modules
This course is made up of 30 interactive modules and 8 written assignments. Each module has approximately 40 guided learning hours, and all modules have an additional 30-50 learning hours of optional materials that include recommended exercises, recommended readings, internet resources, and self-testing exercises.
The units within the Level 7 Diploma are:
Unit 1: Qualities of Effective Leadership
Learners will explore the making and developing of powerful leaders.
Unit 2: Developing Interpersonal Skills
Connecting and bonding with people within the commercial sectors is extremely important for good business. This module trains learners in skills to improve and enhance communication techniques to create strong bonds.
Unit 3: Motivating and Influencing People
Inspiring people to create a unity of direction within the business.
Unit 4: Making Decisions
Doing the right things in the right way at the right time. Learners will look at the process of making a good decision.
Unit 5: Creativity and Problem-Solving
Do problems pose a threat or are they an opportunity to improve? Here, learners will figure out how to turn a problem into an advantage.
Unit 6: Studying and Using Management Theories
There are many theories concerned with management and the various models developed from these theories. This module looks over these theories with real-life examples.
Unit 7: The External Operating Environment of Business
Planning for influences on the business outside your control.
Unit 8: Culture and Ethics
The culture and ethics involved in the business world today.
Unit 9: Governance and Directorships
Structuring and controlling a business the professional way.
Unit 10: Analysing the Competition
What are my competitors doing, how are they doing it, and why are they doing it? Reviewing and analysing competitor actions to enhance managerial roles.
Unit 11: Marketing Strategy
Creating an effective and successful market presence. Looking at the development of marketing strategies to create successful marketing campaigns.
Unit 12: High-Performance Sales
Learners will grasp the key elements of successful selling.
Unit 13: E-Marketing Communication
Understanding and using effective electronic messages to the market.
Unit 14: Customers and their Needs
Ensuring that your customers are recognised and valued.
Unit 15: Strategic Human Resource Management
Human Resource Management must play a central role in the strategy of any organisation. It is concerned with people as an asset of the business.
Unit 16: Recruiting and CPD
Getting the best people. Developing the best people. Keeping the best people.
Unit 17: Measuring and Rewarding Performance
Knowing and measuring how your people are performing.
Unit 18: Interpreting Business Accounts
Using and understanding the litmus tests of business health.
Unit 19: Tools of Financial Analysis
Resources, tools and techniques to keep a finger on the pulse of the business.
Unit 20: Managing Cash and Working Capital
Cash, cash flow and working capital. The lifeblood of business.
Unit 21: Exercises in Quantitative Techniques
How to use and understand key figures.
Unit 22: Impact of Technology on Business
Analyse and exploit the role of e-business within a business sector.
Unit 23: Innovation and R&D
Creating commercial advantage from innovation and research.
Unit 24: Implementing and Managing Quality Systems
Right first time, right every time. The place of quality in business strategy.
Unit 25: Strategic Planning Tools
Resources, tools and ideas to help create an effective business strategy.
Unit 26: Strategic and Systems Management
Options for strategic direction. Making the right choices for your business.
Unit 27: The Business Plan
Creating a plan that targets the stated aims and objectives of a business.
Unit 28: Developing High-Performance Teams
Cohesion and teamwork that enhances business performance.
Unit 29: Managing Projects
Getting things done. Using the right tools to run projects.
Unit 30: Strategies for Growth
This module explores the different ideas of growth and the various tools, measures and controls at a manager's disposal in planning for growth.
Entry Requirements
To enrol on this Level 7 Diploma, you must be either
a) a university graduate who is at least 22 years old, or
b) a non-university graduate who is 24 years old or above, with at least five years of experience as a Manager
Minimum Age Restrictions
You must be at least 22 years old to enrol on this course.
Average Completion Timeframe
You will have access to the course for 24 months, but as it can be completed at your pace, you can finish it as soon as you’re ready.
Assessment Requirements
The course assesses your knowledge through 8 written assignments that are approximately 2,000-3,000 words each.
Is Membership Required?
This course includes student membership to the Institute of Directors (IOD).
Course Fees
All course fees, inclusive of all payment plans including our Premium Credit Limited option, must be settled before certification can be ordered.
*You will have access to the course for 24 months.
The Qualifi Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership assesses your knowledge through 8 written assignments that are approximately 2,000-3,000 words each.
The assignment unit titles for the Level 7 Diploma are:
- Manage team performance to support strategy
- Information management and strategic decision making
- Leading a strategic management project
- Strategic direction
- Strategic planning
- Development as a strategic manager
- Finance for managers
- Strategic marketing
Qualifi
Upon successful completion of this online course, you will have achieved a globally recognised Qualifi qualification:
- Qualifi Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership – Qualification Number: 601/5335/0
Qualifi is a leading 21st-century Awarding Organisation founded to meet the developing education and training needs of learners and employers from the UK and around the globe. They identified a growing demand for consistent and credible academic qualifications and awards as the economy became more competitive and global in nature – especially in many fast-paced industry sectors.
Qualifi works with a growing number of sector skills councils, professional associations and employers to identify mission-critical learning requirements and assess outcomes of programmes to achieve consistent and recognised professional and academic standards.
This online Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership provides learners with 120 credits of the 180 credits required to achieve a complete MBA. Once you have successfully achieved this diploma, you can apply for an MBA top-up course to get the full qualification.
During the top-up portion of the course, you will acquire your final 60 credits through the completion of a dissertation or a dissertation and one module.
You can complete the rest of your MBA programme in a range of UK universities, with many offering both online or on-campus options.
These universities include:
University of Gloucestershire
MBA Business Administration
Anglia Ruskin University
MBA (Top-Up)
University of Bolton
MBA Business Administration
University of Sunderland
MBA Business Administration (on campus)
Westcliff University
Master of Business Administration (online and on campus options)
Northampton University
Executive MBA
MA in Human Resource Management
MSc in Accounting and Finance
Executive Master of Business Administration
University of Derby
Top up to MBA – (partial exemption)
Once you have completed this final stage and obtained your MBA, you will be qualified to execute a professional managerial role in accounting, business consultancy, marketing, and more.
- SALE Savings End Midnight Friday 9th June
- SALE Savings End Midnight Friday 9th June
Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership
This Course at a Glance
- Complete two-thirds of an MBA/Master's degree at home
- Advance your career easily around existing commitments
- FREE student membership to the Institute of Directors (IoD)
- Includes 1-on-1 tutor support via Zoom
- Try a module for free before you buy!
- Delivered by The Online Business School
About Your Course
If you’re looking to climb to the top of the career ladder but can’t commit to studying for a Master’s at university full-time, this is the perfect online alternative! This Level 7 Diploma In Strategic Management and Leadership allows you to complete two-thirds of an MBA from home, and enrol on an MBA top-up course at university for the final stage.
This is perfect for anyone who is juggling existing responsibilities with their studies, be it your current job, childcare or otherwise. By studying your modules online, you can go at your pace and move on to the university element (which can often be completed online as well) when you’re ready.
Throughout this course, you will learn how to critically evaluate, challenge, and blend a wide range of current management tools, techniques and models. All of your learning is relevant to the 21st-century business environment and context, and it extends much further than the typical examination of Anglo-American management models.
All of the 30 modules included will enable you to apply the principles of strategic leadership in a business environment, the principles of business management within the industry, and analyse problem-solving techniques specific to business and industry.
As a result, you will come away with crucial cognitive skills like analysis, critical thinking, evaluation, and writing, as well as confidence in numbers and presenting. All of this and more is essential for you to become a successful leader in business.
The Fast Track To An MBA
Remove the restraints of classroom-based learning and progress to the final stage of your MBA when you’re ready.
Try Before You Buy
To make sure this is the study programme for you, we are offering you the opportunity to try out one module from the course for free before you commit to purchase!
*Please note, once you enrol on the course, your learner login details will be sent to you within one working day.
Getting Started
learndirect is the leading UK online course provider, putting learners in the driving seat of their education. This Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership is an Ofqual regulated qualification that is delivered by The Online Business School and awarded by Qualifi.
The Online Business School provides online university pathway programmes, at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, to learners all over the world. This enables learners to fast-track their way through university-level study and reach their end goal much faster.
This course is delivered online, through a combination of online learning materials. Not only does this provide a more engaging learning experience, but it also allows you to learn what you want when you want, and how you want.
You will also benefit from a 24/7 student networking platform, personal dashboards, 1-2-1 online tutorials, group webinars, and a bank of pre-recorded group webcasts.
Modules
This course is made up of 30 interactive modules and 8 written assignments. Each module has approximately 40 guided learning hours, and all modules have an additional 30-50 learning hours of optional materials that include recommended exercises, recommended readings, internet resources, and self-testing exercises.
The units within the Level 7 Diploma are:
Unit 1: Qualities of Effective Leadership
Learners will explore the making and developing of powerful leaders.
Unit 2: Developing Interpersonal Skills
Connecting and bonding with people within the commercial sectors is extremely important for good business. This module trains learners in skills to improve and enhance communication techniques to create strong bonds.
Unit 3: Motivating and Influencing People
Inspiring people to create a unity of direction within the business.
Unit 4: Making Decisions
Doing the right things in the right way at the right time. Learners will look at the process of making a good decision.
Unit 5: Creativity and Problem-Solving
Do problems pose a threat or are they an opportunity to improve? Here, learners will figure out how to turn a problem into an advantage.
Unit 6: Studying and Using Management Theories
There are many theories concerned with management and the various models developed from these theories. This module looks over these theories with real-life examples.
Unit 7: The External Operating Environment of Business
Planning for influences on the business outside your control.
Unit 8: Culture and Ethics
The culture and ethics involved in the business world today.
Unit 9: Governance and Directorships
Structuring and controlling a business the professional way.
Unit 10: Analysing the Competition
What are my competitors doing, how are they doing it, and why are they doing it? Reviewing and analysing competitor actions to enhance managerial roles.
Unit 11: Marketing Strategy
Creating an effective and successful market presence. Looking at the development of marketing strategies to create successful marketing campaigns.
Unit 12: High-Performance Sales
Learners will grasp the key elements of successful selling.
Unit 13: E-Marketing Communication
Understanding and using effective electronic messages to the market.
Unit 14: Customers and their Needs
Ensuring that your customers are recognised and valued.
Unit 15: Strategic Human Resource Management
Human Resource Management must play a central role in the strategy of any organisation. It is concerned with people as an asset of the business.
Unit 16: Recruiting and CPD
Getting the best people. Developing the best people. Keeping the best people.
Unit 17: Measuring and Rewarding Performance
Knowing and measuring how your people are performing.
Unit 18: Interpreting Business Accounts
Using and understanding the litmus tests of business health.
Unit 19: Tools of Financial Analysis
Resources, tools and techniques to keep a finger on the pulse of the business.
Unit 20: Managing Cash and Working Capital
Cash, cash flow and working capital. The lifeblood of business.
Unit 21: Exercises in Quantitative Techniques
How to use and understand key figures.
Unit 22: Impact of Technology on Business
Analyse and exploit the role of e-business within a business sector.
Unit 23: Innovation and R&D
Creating commercial advantage from innovation and research.
Unit 24: Implementing and Managing Quality Systems
Right first time, right every time. The place of quality in business strategy.
Unit 25: Strategic Planning Tools
Resources, tools and ideas to help create an effective business strategy.
Unit 26: Strategic and Systems Management
Options for strategic direction. Making the right choices for your business.
Unit 27: The Business Plan
Creating a plan that targets the stated aims and objectives of a business.
Unit 28: Developing High-Performance Teams
Cohesion and teamwork that enhances business performance.
Unit 29: Managing Projects
Getting things done. Using the right tools to run projects.
Unit 30: Strategies for Growth
This module explores the different ideas of growth and the various tools, measures and controls at a manager's disposal in planning for growth.
Entry Requirements
To enrol on this Level 7 Diploma, you must be either
a) a university graduate who is at least 22 years old, or
b) a non-university graduate who is 24 years old or above, with at least five years of experience as a Manager
Minimum Age Restrictions
You must be at least 22 years old to enrol on this course.
Average Completion Timeframe
You will have access to the course for 24 months, but as it can be completed at your pace, you can finish it as soon as you’re ready.
Assessment Requirements
The course assesses your knowledge through 8 written assignments that are approximately 2,000-3,000 words each.
Is Membership Required?
This course includes student membership to the Institute of Directors (IOD).
Course Fees
All course fees, inclusive of all payment plans including our Premium Credit Limited option, must be settled before certification can be ordered.
*You will have access to the course for 24 months.
Assessment
The Qualifi Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership assesses your knowledge through 8 written assignments that are approximately 2,000-3,000 words each.
The assignment unit titles for the Level 7 Diploma are:
- Manage team performance to support strategy
- Information management and strategic decision making
- Leading a strategic management project
- Strategic direction
- Strategic planning
- Development as a strategic manager
- Finance for managers
- Strategic marketing
Qualifications
Qualifi
Upon successful completion of this online course, you will have achieved a globally recognised Qualifi qualification:
- Qualifi Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership – Qualification Number: 601/5335/0
Qualifi is a leading 21st-century Awarding Organisation founded to meet the developing education and training needs of learners and employers from the UK and around the globe. They identified a growing demand for consistent and credible academic qualifications and awards as the economy became more competitive and global in nature – especially in many fast-paced industry sectors.
Qualifi works with a growing number of sector skills councils, professional associations and employers to identify mission-critical learning requirements and assess outcomes of programmes to achieve consistent and recognised professional and academic standards.
This online Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership provides learners with 120 credits of the 180 credits required to achieve a complete MBA. Once you have successfully achieved this diploma, you can apply for an MBA top-up course to get the full qualification.
During the top-up portion of the course, you will acquire your final 60 credits through the completion of a dissertation or a dissertation and one module.
You can complete the rest of your MBA programme in a range of UK universities, with many offering both online or on-campus options.
These universities include:
University of Gloucestershire
MBA Business Administration
Anglia Ruskin University
MBA (Top-Up)
University of Bolton
MBA Business Administration
University of Sunderland
MBA Business Administration (on campus)
Westcliff University
Master of Business Administration (online and on campus options)
Northampton University
Executive MBA
MA in Human Resource Management
MSc in Accounting and Finance
Executive Master of Business Administration
University of Derby
Top up to MBA – (partial exemption)
Once you have completed this final stage and obtained your MBA, you will be qualified to execute a professional managerial role in accounting, business consultancy, marketing, and more.
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