Purpose of this assignment

This assignment will provide you with an understanding of the links between strategic management, leadership and organisational direction and the skills to apply this understanding to a selected organisation.

This assignment must be answered in relation to the organisation you currently work in or an organisation that you have knowledge of$.$

Scenario

You are a management consultant who has been commissioned by an organisation to produce a report that investigates management and leadership needs to support the organisation$$s business strategy. The organisation has recently identified extensive changes in technology and business dynamics in the markets it serves. There is a need to plan for and manage this situation.

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The senior management team wants you to assess its current and future leadership requirements and produce a realistic leadership strategy and development plan for future leaders of the organisation.

The strategy will be based on your review of the organisation$$s management and leadership needs and must be supported by your findings from research of relevant theories and models.

Task $1$

Consider the differences between management and leadership in the selected organisation. Evaluate how management and leadership styles are adapted to different situations within the organisation and analyse the impact of these styles on the organisation$$s strategic decision making.

You must reference your findings to relevant management and leadership theories.

Task $2$

Create a leadership strategy, using selected theories and methods of management and leadership, to support the organisation$$s future direction.

Task $3$

Use appropriate methods to review the current leadership and management within the organisation in relation to the skills that they may require for future situations or challenges that the organisation could face.

Task $4$

Plan how to develop leadership skills to deal with potential situations or challenges and report on the likely usefulness of the development methods to be used.

Task $5$

Prepare a basic $5$ year strategic plan for the organization under the following key Strategic aims:

$$ Customer Services

$$ Business Processes

$$ Regulatory Compliance

$$ Human Resources

$$ Technology Driven Organization $/$Becoming a business leader

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