LDR503 Strategic Thinking
In a fast-paced environment organizations must be able to respond quickly to emerging challenges. Planning processes must keep pace with the changing realities. The ability to think with strategic flexibility in producing effective approaches to fleeting opportunities and imminent crises places a leader in a position to be of great service. This course engages students in applying strategic theory, change theory, and implementation disciplines to real challenges within their organizations.
Credits: 3
Student learning outcomes
- Interact with current theories of strategic planning and change management applying strategic thinking to project management and organizational leadership.
- Identify explicit and implicit organizational mission, core principles and boundaries and interact with them with full understanding of their implications.
- Articulate vision that is aggressive enough to elicit energy yet accessible enough to maintain focus.
- Conduct solid assessment of the existing situation compared to the desired reality, displaying facility with a variety of evaluation approaches.
- Establish clear objectives detailing the changes necessary to move from the existing reality to the realization of the vision.
- Develop effective strategies for reaching stated objectives.
- Create implementation plans pertinent to all aspects of the strategy, including finances, personnel, quality assessment, and contingency management.