Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management & Leadership

Personal Development as a Strategic Manager (7001)

Unite Code 7001

Unit Name Personal Development as a Strategic Manager
Unit Lecturer Parvez Ahmed Khan
Submission 25/09/2009
Date

ASSIGNMENT QUESTION

With reference to your organisation, write a report on Personal

Development as a Strategic Manager. Your report should cover
the following learning outcomes and assessment criteria:-

LO1. Be able to identify personal skills to achieve strategic ambitions

Assessment Criteria
1.1Analyse the strategic direction of the organisation
1.2 Evaluate the strategic skills required of the leader to achieve the strategic
ambitions
1.3 Assess the relationship between existing, required and future skills to
achieve the strategic ambitions

LO2. Be able to manage personal leadership development to support

achievement of strategic ambitions
Assessment Criteria
2.1 Discuss the opportunities to support leadership development
2.2 Construct a personal development plan to direct leadership development
2.3 Devise an implementation process for the development plan

LO3. Be able to evaluate the effectiveness of the leadership

development plan
Assessment Criteria
3.1 Assess the achievement of outcomes of the plan against original objectives
3.2 Evaluate the impact of the achievement of objectives on strategic ambitions
3.3 Review and update the leadership development plan

LO4. Be able to promote a healthy and safe environment that supports

a culture of quality
Assessment Criteria
4.1 Assess the impact of corporate and individual health and safety
responsibilities on the organisation
4.2 Estimate an organisational culture of quality on the achievement of strategic
ambitions
General Instructions

To address the Learning Outcomes/Assessment Criteria you are required to make statements as a
Strategic Manager and Leader which demonstrate that you have fulfilled the Learning
Outcomes/Assessment Criteria.

Your statements in answer to the question need to be prefixed with the relevant
Learning outcomes/Assessment criteria title (please consult your teacher
regarding this). This will help you keep on track and should ensure you address
the details. Work submitted without learning outcomes/assessment criteria prefix
will be returned unmarked.

Your statements should not be just a description of work place activities but
should include what you have learned from your programme of study. In other
words you need to show how you can relate what you have learned to day-to-day
management activities.

In total, it is suggested that your report should not be less than 3000 and not more than 3500
words, although learners may complete a larger , more in-depth piece of work if
this is appropriate. The word count does not include front page,
references/bibliography and appendices.

You should make appropriate use of tables, graphs, diagrams, Gantt charts, flowcharts etc. You
must make sure that you reference any sources you have used to complete this assignment;
listing reference material and web sites used.

You must submit your work as an electronic document (.doc file). Office 2007 users must save
administrator
their work in compatibility mode. Assignments must be submitted to CMI
(cmiadmin@cromwellcollege.co.uk) via email. More details (how to name the file
etc.) will be communicated later. CMI administrator will confirm receipt via email.
You must keep a copy of all your email correspondence and completed
assignment as you may be required to reproduce it at a later stage. Students are
to contact the CMI Course Leader (a.qandeel@cromwellcollege.co.uk) via an
email (with a copy to cmiadmin@cromwellcollege.co.uk) within three days in
case they do not receive their feedback/acknowledgment as per schedule.

Your assignment may be kept by the Institute for quality assurance purposes.
Any assignment not kept for quality assurance will be securely deleted.

You are required to include a title page with all your assignments. A template of
the title page is available in the Academics folder.

Please consult Assignment Submission Policy 2009-2010 to find out assignment submission
schedule.