The BTEC Level 7 Extended Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership is designed for those working in business management or other sectors with a responsibility for management and leadership. EDEXCEL BTEC LEVEL7 – FULL COURSE DETAILS

You will develop a range of skills and techniques, personal qualities and attitudes essential for successful performance in the management sector.

• Provides a broad work-related and is particularly useful for learners who wish to progress to an MBA or other Masters Degree programmer
• Develop a range of skills, techniques and attributes essential for successful performance
• Achieve a nationally recognized Level 7 vocationally-related qualification
• Progress to employment in a particular vocational sector
• Progress to related general and/or vocational qualifications

• BA in any discipline or overseas equivalent or HND
• Candidates without academic requirements but have 5 years work experience in a strategic management position are also invited to submit an application
• English level to IELTS 6.5

The Edexcel BTEC Level 7 Extended Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership is a 120-credit qualification that consists of three mandatory units plus optional units that provide for a combined total of 120 credits (where at least 115
Credits must be at Level 7 or above).

• Relationship between strategic management and leadership
• Theories of management and leadership
• Leadership requirements
• Development of leadership skills

• Personal skills required to achieve strategic goals
• Skills audit
• Constructing a personal development plan

• Models of strategic change
• Factors driving the need for strategic change
• Role of stakeholders in planning for change
• Models for ensuring ongoing change

• Understand how the characteristics of corporate culture affect the achievement of objectives
• Propose organisational values influencing corporate climate
• Develop multi-cultural stakeholder communication strategies

• Principles of strategic marketing management
• Tools used to develop a strategic marketing strategy
• Strategic marketing techniques
• Changes in the marketing environment

• How strategic management of human resources contributes to organisational objectives
• Developing human resource plans
• Human resource plans
• Human resources management

• Developing a project specification
• Planning for implementation of a project to implement a new product, service or process
• Analysing project outcomes

• Applying cost concepts to the decision-making process
• Forecasting techniques to obtain decision-making information
• Budgetary process in an organisation
• Cost reduction & management processes
• Financial appraisal techniques for strategic investment decisions
• Interpreting financial statements

• Understand the relationship between supply chain management (SCM) & organisational business objectives
• Be able to use information technology to optimise supplier relationships in an organisation
• Understand the role of information technology in supply chain management

• Creative & innovative management processes
• Influencing others to effect organisations’ change
• Overcoming barriers to implementation of creative & innovative management ideas

• Understand the importance of corporate communication
• Be able to conduct an external corporate communications audit
• Be able to plan the development of a corporate communication strategy

• Understand how to select a research question
• Be able to conduct a literature Review
• Understand techniques used to interpret data in a research proposal
• Be able to choose the appropriate methodology to research the question
• Be able to present the findings of a research proposal

• External factors affecting an organisation
• Review existing business plans and strategies
• Developing options for strategic planning
• Construct a strategy plan

Universities of Worcester and Wales: Students successfully completing the extended diploma will be able to progress to the University of Worcester and University of Wales, on completion of a one year top-up course, receive an MSc Management or an MBA

Course Starts: October 2012, February 2013, May 2013, September 2013
Course Fees: International – €5,000/ International Living in Ireland – €4,000/ EU and Non-Visa Countries – €4,000

• Copy of your relevant certificates and/or transcripts
• Suitable work reference
• Copy of your CV detailing work history, covering the past 5 years
• If English is not your first language; Proof of English Language ability, IELTS or TOEFL