Through a short concentrated period of study you will rapidly delve into a subject area and develop projects to apply directly to your organisation.
Learn the core tools and frameworks needed for developing an effective strategy in your organisation. This Postgraduate Award delivers a practical guide to strategy while enabling you to develop a detailed understanding of the strategic advantage concept and how it can be applied to your organisation.
You will explore the key analytical concepts, frameworks and methods to use in setting a company's short and long-term direction. You will analyse the integrated approach to business to understand how distinct contributions that different functions and teams make support the overall strategic intent. You will also develop an understanding of strategic decision-making within the context of a VUCA world (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous), within which all organisations are now operating.
This Postgraduate Award will run across four days of face-to-face teaching at our London base in The Shard, with a six week window to complete your assignments.
To consolidate your learning, you will complete an analysis of the strategic challenges and opportunities faced by an organisation of your choice, you will apply the tools and frameworks discussed in the module and develop a set of recommendations as to how they can be addressed.
“We live in a world characterised by a high level of uncertainty and increasing complexity. This Postgraduate Award helps you to make sense of the external and internal environments faced by your organisation using relevant strategy tools and frameworks to diagnose the context and to design a plan of how best to take advantage of the opportunities and to meet the challenges.”
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If you’re interested in studying one of our subject-specific Diplomas, this Postgraduate Award is a module on our Executive Diploma in Strategy & Innovation.
Through a short concentrated period of study you will rapidly delve into a subject area and develop projects to apply directly to your organisation.
Successful completion of three Postgraduate Awards will grant you a Postgraduate Certificate.
Successful completion of four Postgraduate Award modules plus an assessed Project Module, will grant you an Executive Diploma in one of our specialist subject areas.
Tailor your qualification by completing any four Postgraduate Award modules from our selection of subject areas, plus the assessed Project Module to gain an Executive Diploma in Advanced Management.