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Unit 5 Perso nal Development for Leadership and Strategic Management Assignment v1.0 13/02/22 For: ATHE Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management ATHE Level 7 Extended Diploma in Strategic Management Unit 5 Personal Development for Leadership and Strategic Management Assignment Assignment Scenario You have been a senior manager f or several years and have decided that your next career move should be to take responsibility f or an aspect of strategic management in an organisation . Some interesting posts have been advertised recently and you have regist ered with a recruitment agency , Harris Hall , which specialises in senior positions. Task 1 Harris Hall has sent you a guidance pack titled ‘Preparation f or Application and Interviews ’ which includes some tasks f or you to complete . This will provide the f oundations for the applications you will make . You are required to produce a f ile of information . In section 1 of your f ile, you must: • Analyse the knowledge and skills in leadership an d strategic management which are required to support the creation and achievement of organisational vision and strategy Extension activities To achieve a Merit , you should also include an a ssess ment of how strategic leadership knowledge and skills support achievement of organisational vision and strategy . To achieve a Distinction , you must add content which evaluate s the leadership and management knowledge and skills required f or the successful achievement of organisational operations versus the creation and achievement of organisational strategy . Learning outcomes and assessment criteria LO1 AC 1.1, 1M1, 1D1 Task 2 Harris Hall has sent you an email about an interesting post which is advertised in Management Today and you have decided to apply. As part of the application, the organisation wants you to send a CV and a paper titled ‘Developing and Communicating Organisational Vision’. The employer will use this inf ormation in the shortlisting of applicants f or interview. Prepare a paper whi ch: • Analyses the f actors which impact on the creation of organisational vision • Assesses the dif f erent approaches to developing vision Unit 5 Perso nal Development for Leadership and Strategic Management Assignment v1.0 13/02/22 • Evaluates the key f actors which impact on the communication of vision to external stakeholders Extension activities To achieve a Merit , you must include an additional section in the paper which evaluates the key f actors needed to gain the commitment of internal stakeholders when communicating vision . Learning outcomes and assessment criteria LO 2 AC 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2M1 Task 3 The f inal part of the inf ormation f ile enables you to manage the development of your own personal knowledge and skills in leadership and strategic management. This will support achievement of personal and organisational vision and strategy. This assessment must be done in the context of an organisation where you are employed , where you work in a voluntary capacity , where you wish to gain employment or where you are studying. You must: • Assess the benef its of different self -evaluation techniques that can be used in the achievement of personal and organisational strategy • Assess your own leadership and management knowledge and sk ills . The knowledge and skills identif ied must f acilitate the creation and achievement of organisational vision and strategy • Devise objectives to meet your personal development needs to support the achievement of personal and organisational vision and stra tegy • Prepare a personal development plan to develop own leadership and management skills to meet personal objectives aligned to the creation of organisational vis ion and strategy Extension activities To achieve a Merit , justif y how the objectives and the plan prepared f or personal development support achievement of organisational vision and strategy . To achieve a Distinction , you must : • Implement personal development activities to develop knowledge and skills identif ied in the personal development plan • Review your progress and outcomes in relation to the objectives of your personal development plan Learning outcomes and assessment criteria LO3 AC 3. 1, 3.2, 3. 3, 3M1, 3D1 LO 4 4.1 , 4D1 Note: When citing sources of information that you have used, provide a ref erence using an appropriate f ormat, e.g., Harvard. Unit 5 Perso nal Development for Leadership and Strategic Management Assignment v1.0 13/02/23 Gu idelines for assessors The assignments submitted by learners must achieve the learning outcomes and meet the standards specif ied by the ass essment criteria f or the unit. To achieve a merit or distinction grade, the learners must demonstrate that they have achieved all the c riteria set f or these grades. Where work f or the pass standard is marginal, assessors can take account of any extension work completed by the lea rners. The suggested evidence listed below is how learners can demonstrate that they hav e met the required standards. The command verbs contained within the AC are highlighted in bold in the suggested evidence boxes. Task number LOs and AC Suggested evidence PASS Suggested additional evidence MERIT Suggested additional evidence DISTINCT ION 1. LO1 AC 1.1 1M1,1D1 AC1.1 The learner must produce a clear and detailed analysis of the knowledge and skills in leadership and strategic management wh ich are needed to support the creation and achievement of organisational vision and strategy. The assessment of other f actors that support achievement of organisational vision and strategy should consider each f actor in turn and lead to judgements . The learner must produce a detailed review of a ra nge of leadership and management theories linking them to their own personal development and making judgements on the relevance. 1M1 The learner mu st assess how knowledge and skills support the creation and achievement of organisational vision and strateg y. This must be applied to the knowledge and skills required to successf ully create and achieve organisation strategy . The judgements made must be explained and justif ied. 1D1 The learner should produce a balanced evaluat ion of the leadership and management knowledge and skills required f or the successf ul achievement of organisational operations versus the creation and achievement of organisational strategy . The learner should consider arguments f or and against and judge the evidence from the dif f e rent perspectives. This should lead to valid conclusions. 2. LO2 AC 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 2M1 AC2.1 The dif f erent f actors impacting on the creation of vision should be described and analysed in detail. AC2.2 The assessment of the different approaches should be clearly presented and lead to judgements. In the assessment , ref erence to actual examples 2M1 The evaluation of the key f actors needed to gain the commitment of internal stakeholders when communicating the vision must consider the points f rom dif f erent perspectives.

The learner should provide Unit 5 Perso nal Development for Leadership and Strategic Management Assignment v1.0 13/02/23 f rom organisations would assist the learner in supporting the points which are made. AC2.3 The evaluation of key factors impa cting on the communication of the vision to internal and external stakeholders should clarif y who the stakeholders might be and how the message might be dif f erentiated f or dif ferent stakeholders . The evaluation should consider the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches and lead to judgements. reasoned judgements. 3. LO3 AC 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 3M1, 3D1 LO 4 4.1, 4D1 AC3.1 The assessment of learner’s own personal leadership and management knowledge and skills should be objective and f actual. It is not suf f icient to base this purely on personal ref lection. The audit needs to be related to the analysis produced f or AC 1.1. AC3.2 The objec tives devised must be presented clearly, directly related to the personal audit and organisational strategic needs. The objectives should be SMART. AC3.3 The personal development plan prepared should be in a clear f ormat with stated specif ic objectives, timescales and monitoring points. The plan must be detailed and might include a range of activities such as f ormal learning or training, as well as inf ormal learning. 3M1 The learner must give a comprehensive explanation to justify how the plan and the stated objectives support achievement of organisational vision and strategy. 3D1 There should be evidence of the implementation of the personal development activit ies. This may take the f orm of a log and include witness statements, agendas of meetings, programmes of training events etc. The evidence must link to the knowledge and skills identif ied in the personal development plan. 4D1 The review should accurately identif y and explain the progress made in achieving the objectives set in the personal development plan. The review must be honest, f actual and based on the activities which have been Unit 5 Perso nal Development for Leadership and Strategic Management Assignment v1.0 13/02/23 AC4.1 The assessment should be objective and lead to judgements. This should be accompan ied by a f ull explanation of when the review tools can be used to support achievement of personal and organisational strategy. The learner may wish to ref er to examples of review used in dif f erent organisations to support individual and organisational prog ress. completed, identif ying where objectives have been met and where any shor tf alls exist.