Strategic and Leadership Management

The strategic and leadership concentration prepares you to step into strategic management and organizational leadership positions and is particularly helpful when paired with a functional discipline like finance, marketing and supply chain.

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    • Assessment: Assessment is done through written assignments & / or dissertation project.

Overview

This is the ideal programme for individuals in the private and public sector, who are seeking greater understanding about utilizing leadership to drive greater results. The programme gives you a variety of strategies in order to co-ordinate, develop and manage in a diverse and competitive environment.

The programme will help organizations to retain and develop talent, build management and leadership capability and bring an extra dimension to existing professional development within their organization.

This programme is specially designed for experienced managers seeking to develop practical skills whilst working towards an academy award. In providing a general management qualification, the programme is suitable for managers from all functions and all industry sectors.

Program Aims

  • Develop individual skills and prepare participants for leadership career progression in their chosen industry sector, mainly through development of their technical knowledge and skills, and their conceptual and analytical abilities.
  • Prepare participants for leadership roles in which they will be expected to contribute towards the functional and strategic management of their organization.
  • Enable participants to see ways in which theory can be applied in practice to complex issues with the aim of improving business and management practice.
  • Provide a relevant, practical and constantly updated programme through close links with business organizations.

Graduate Qualifications

  • Graduate Certificate in Strategic and Leadership Management
  • Graduate Diploma in Strategic and Leadership Management

Designation Qualifications

  • Certified Strategic and Leadership Professional (CSLP)
  • Certified Strategic and Leadership Manager (CSLM)
  • Certified Strategic and Leadership Director (CSLD)

Awards are conferred in accordance with the GABM General and Academic Regulations for Students and the GABM Postgraduate Programme Assessment, Progression and Award Regulations.

Graduate Certificate in
Strategic and Leadership Management

Indian Rupees

Indian Nationals

12,999/-

US Dollars

International
Students

200$

Complete Learning Pack

4-6 Months Access

Graduate Diploma in
Strategic and Leadership Management

Indian Rupees

Indian Nationals

14,999/-

US Dollars

International
Students

250$

Complete Learning Pack

4-6 Months Access

Certified Professional in
Strategic and Leadership Management

Indian Rupees

Indian Nationals

14,999/-

US Dollars

International
Students

250$

Complete Learning Pack

4-6 Months Access

Certified Manager in
Strategic and Leadership Management

Indian Rupees

Indian Nationals

18,999/-

US Dollars

International
Students

300$

Complete Learning Pack

4-6 Months Access

Certified Director in
Strategic and Leadership Management

Indian Rupees

Indian Nationals

24,999/-

US Dollars

International
Students

350$

Complete Learning Pack

4-6 Months Access

Entry Requirements

Entrants to this programme are normally required to have attained the following.

  • Applicants should either have at least Secondary school or entry to bachelor degree for
    Graduate certificate
  • Students who have completed bachelor degree / fresher or final year students can apply for
    Graduate diploma.
  • Students who have completed bachelor degree / fresher or final year students can apply for
    professional certificate.
  • Bachelor degree with 2 years’ experience for Managerial certificate.
  • Bachelor degree with 2 years’ experience for Managerial certificate.
  • Bachelor degree with 5 years’ experience for Director Certificate.
  • A good honors degree or equivalent in a relevant subject or and work experience in relevant
    management or other related field.

Career Prospect

Afterwards, you‘ll be ready for a successful management career in profit and non-profit organizations anywhere in the world. Most of them work as consultants or managers at large corporate or consultancy firms in financial services or in the food and beverage industry.

Who Should Attend

  • Virtually all aspects of this programme have an international flavor. The course content, and ultimately your career prospects upon graduation.
  • If you thought this- and the prospect of an international career in strategic and leadership management – excites you, then this programme is right for you

Learning and Training Methods

The Strategic and Leadership management programme uses a number of different assessment techniques that will allow you to demonstrate your understanding of concepts and issues covered. These may be broadly categorized as ‘coursework’ which may be in the form of individual or group assignments, practical problem-solving exercises and presentations.

It should be emphasized that the purpose of assessment is not only grade you, and provide information to facilitate management of the course, but also to provide feedback to you. In this manage it accordingly. You should keep all the returned assessment work in a file as you may have to submit this at the end of the programme for the academy to assess.

Individual model leaders will distribute information on the methods of assessment used, and their weighing at the start of each module.

Programme Curriculam MAP

Module / Description

Graduate Certificate

Graduate Diploma

Certified Strategic and Leadership Professional

Certified Strategic and Leadership Manager

Certified Strategic and Leadership Director

Essentials of Leadership and management
The Organizational Setting
Influence and relationships
Developing a high performance culture
Leadership theories and Models
Basic Concepts of Strategic management
Corporate Governance
Social Responsibilities and ethics in strategic management
Business Strategy
Corporate Strategy
Strategy implementation: Organizing for action
Strategy Implementation: Staffing and Directing
Evaluation and Control
Assignments
Project Report-100 Points
Credit Points

200

240

340

360

360

Modules


  • What is relationship between management and leadership?
  • The eight roles of the managerial leader
  • Applying the framework at different management levels
  • The managerial leader
  • Developing as a leader
  • What is self-awareness
  • The power of reflection
  • Learning through reflection
  • Models of leadership
  • Being a leader
  • The right style for the right situation
  • Leadership and relationship


  • Organizational structure and culture in balance
  • The formal organization
  • The informal organization
  • Structure and culture in balance
  • Organizational structures from hierarchies to network organizations
  • Functional organizations: enhancing operational efficiency
  • Divisional structures: Providing focus
  • Matrix Structures: Providing a dual focus
  • Network structures : the key to flexibility
  • Choosing the right structure
  • What kind of organizational culture do you have?
  • Artifacts are visible
  • Values bind people together
  • Underlying assumptions
  • Influencing culture
  • Managing subcultures
  • Working across cultural / boundaries


  • Introduction
  • Power of influence
  • Influencing tactics
  • Building your power base
  • Network power
  • Emotionally intelligent leadership
  • Coleman’s model of emotional intelligence
  • Belief and behaviors
  • Where do belief’s come from
  • Belief’s and assumptions


  • The conditions for empowerment
  • The empowered mindset
  • Crafting vision and meaning
  • Vision and stakeholders
  • Vision and creativity
  • Connecting people to the vision
  • How participative is your leadership style
  • When should I involve others in decision making
  • Who should participate
  • How participative should decision making be
  • Empowerment and delegation
  • Five steps to delegation
  • Coaching questioning and feedback
  • What is coaching
  • The coaching cycle
  • Questioning and challenging
  • Towards a coaching culture


  • Introduction
  • Leadership Vs. Management
  • Leadership theories and Models
  • Examples of trait theories of leadership
  • Example of behavioral leadership theories
  • Example of contingency leadership theories
  • Example of Integrate leadership theories
  • Example leadership


  • The study of strategic management
  • Phrases of strategic management
  • Benefits of Strategic Management
  • Globalization and Environment sustainability
  • Challenges to strategic management impact of globalization
  • Impact of environment sustainability no need
  • Theories of organizational adaption
  • Creating a learning organization
  • Basic model of strategic management
  • Environmental scanning
  • Strategic formulation
  • Strategy implementation
  • Evaluation and control
  • Initiation strategy: Trigerring events
  • Strategic Decision making
  • What makes a decision strategic
  • Mintzberg’s modes of strategic decision making
  • Aid to better decision
  • The strategic audit: Aid to Strategic decision making


  • Role of the board of directors
  • Responsibilities of the board
  • Members of the board of directors
  • Nomination and election of board members
  • Organization of the board
  • Trends in corporate governance
  • The role of top management


  • Social responsibilities of a strategic decision makers
  • Responsibilities of a business firm
  • Sustainability ; more than environment
  • Corporate stakeholders
  • Ethical decision making
  • Some reasons for unethical behavior
  • Encouraging ethical behavior


  • Situational Analysis: SWOT Analysis
  • Generating a strategic factors analysis summary (SFAS) Matrix
  • Finding a propitious niche
  • Review of mission and objectives
  • Generating alternative strategies by using a TOWS matrix
  • Cooperative strategies
  • Collusion
  • Strategic alliances


  • Corporate Strategy
  • Directional strategy
  • Growth Strategies
  • Concentration
  • Diversification strategies
  • Controversies in directional growth strategies
  • Stability strategies
  • Retrenchment strategies


  • Strategy implementation
  • Who implements strategy
  • What must be done
  • Developing programs, budgets and procedures
  • Achieving synergy
  • Stages of corporate development
  • Organizational life cycle
  • Advanced types of organizational structures
  • Reengineering and strategy implementation
  • Six sigma
  • International issues in strategy implementation
  • International strategic alliances
  • Centralization vs. decentralization
  • Stages of international development


  • Staffing
  • Staffing follows strategy
  • Matching the manager to the strategy
  • Selection and management development
  • Identifying abilities and potential
  • Problems in retrenchment
  • International issues in strategy
  • Leading
  • Managing corporate culture
  • Assessing strategy-culture compatibility
  • Managing culture change through communication
  • Management by objectives
  • Total quality management
  • International consideration in leading


  • Evaluation and control in strategic management
  • Measuring performance
  • Appropriate measures
  • Types of controls
  • Activity based costing
  • Enterprise risk management
  • Primary measures of corporate performance
  • Traditional financial measures
  • Stakeholder measures
  • Shareholder value
  • Balanced scorecard approach: using key performance measures
  • Evaluating top management and the board of directors
  • International measurement issues

Program Structure

Module Code Module Core/Elective Credit Points
SLM-101 Essentials of Leadership and management Core 20
SLM-102 The Organizational Setting Elective 20
SLM-103 Influence and relationships Elective 20
SLM-104 Developing a high performance culture Elective 20
SLM-105 Leadership theories and Models Core 20
SLM-106 Basic Concepts of Strategic management Core 20
SLM-107 Corporate Governance Core 20
SLM-108 Social Responsibilities and ethics in strategic management Core 20
SLM-109 Business Strategy Core 20
SLM-110 Corporate Strategy Core 20
SLM-111 Strategy implementation : Organizing for action Core 20
SLM-112 Strategy Implementation: Staffing and Directing Elective 20
SLM-113 Evaluation and Control Elective 20
Distinctive features of the Programme
  • The Induction Module.
  • The flexibility to choose the start date
  • Syllabus maps fully to the Global Academy Qualifications Framework.
  • The flexibility for students to choose the pace of their study.
  • The ability to interact with students from different Programmes and in varied
    geographical locations locally and internationally via the Mygabm.
  • International professional, personal and academic networking opportunities.
  • The programme and its syllabus is internationally recognized.
  • Availability of interim awards either Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma.
  • Availability of Designation Qualifications in Strategic and Leadership Management.

Assessment Pattern

The GABM global academy consists of variety of assessment modes.

  • Assessed assignments ( in essay , report, problem, case studies or short question format)
  • Written examination papers.
  • Project report submission.

The exact combination of assessment varies from programme to programme and from module to module.

Programme Assessment pattern Credit Points
Graduate certificate in Strategic
and Leadership Management
1 Assignment 200
Graduate Diploma in Strategic
and Leadership Management
2 Assignment 240
Certified Strategic and Leadership
Professional(CSLP)
3 Assignment 340
Certified Strategic and Leadership
Manager(CSLM)
3 Assignments with project report 360
Certified Strategic and Leadership
Director(CSLD)
3 Assignments with project report 360

Note: Assignments and patterns are subject to change without notice; candidates are required to contact office of executive education and professional certification of the academy for respective programme before start of the course.