ILM Level 7 Diploma Strategic Leadership And Management in Des Moines

ILM Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Leadership and Management Training Course Outline

Total Credit Value – 46

Total Guided Learning Hours - 92

Unit 8618-601: Developing Personal Effectiveness and Impact

Credit Value: 6

Guided Learning Hours: 14

Module 1: Apply the Meta Skills Required for an Effective Manager

• Communication Skills and Their Use within the Management Role
• Introduction to Meta Skills
• Communications Skills in Management Role
• Effective Use of Communication Skills at Internal and External Level
• Assess Own Skills in Critical Thinking and Its Relevance to Problem Solving
• Critical thinking to analyse all available facts, evidence, observations and arguments
• Theories of critical thinking Like bounded rationality
• Different Critical thinking skills 
• 3C’s of Complex Problem Solving
• Compare and Creative Thinking Tools/Techniques
• Creative Thinking Models
• Creative Tools/Techniques
• Produce an Action Plan
• Peer Learning
• Action Sets
• Reflective Practice
• Research
• Webinars

Module 2: Leader Behaviours within an Organisation

• Evaluate Models of Continuous Development and Their Importance
• Introduction to Continuous Development
• Continuous Development Models: Peer, Collaborative, and Experiential
• Importance of Continuous Learning at Management Level
• Analyse the Characteristics of a Self-Aware Leader 
• Characteristics of Self-Aware Leader
• Ability to be Self-Aware and Understand Impact of Own Behaviours
• How They Apply to Own Behaviours?
• Evaluate Theories of Behaviours which Support Impression Management
• Introduction to Impression Management
• Models of Behaviours: Folkman’s, Lewin, and Goffman

Module 3: Apply Their Understanding of Crisis Management, Agility and Resilience

• Importance of Crisis Management
• Stages of Crisis Management
• Prevent Damage to Organisations Reputation
• Understand Factors That Led to Crisis
• Restore Calm and Stability
• Develop Adaptive Coping Strategies for Future Situations
• Critique Organisational Agility and Resilience
• Organisational Agility
• Organisational Resilience
• Personal Effectiveness and Preparedness
• Assessment of Personal Effectiveness and Preparedness for Crisis Management, Agility, and Resilience
• Produce an Action Plan to Develop Personal Effectiveness and Preparedness
• Setting SMART Action Plan

Unit 8618-608: Delivering a commercially focused strategy

Credit Value: 8

Guided Learning Hours: 17

Module 4: Promoting Creative Culture and Team Performance

• Reflect on Leadership Suitability in a Creative Culture
• Evaluate Creative Culture Components for Strategy
• Analyse High-Performance Team Factors

Module 5: Strategic Commercial Review

• Evaluate Organisational Strategy
• Analyse Organisational Capacity for Strategy Revision
• Analyse Markets for Strategic Opportunities
• Revise Commercial Strategy

Module 6: Strategy Delivery to Stakeholders

• Develop Strategy Pitch for Stakeholders
• Present Strategy to Stakeholders

Unit 8618-609: Principles and Practices of Risk Management

Credit Value: 5

Guided Learning Hours: 10

Module 7: Importance of Risk Management, Analysis, and Control

• Evaluate the Benefits of Risk Management in the Workplace
• Introduction to Risk Management
• Benefits of Risk Management
• Potential Barriers to Risk Management in the Workplace
• Assess Own Organisation’s Risk Management Approach 
• Evaluate Techniques Supporting the Identification and Analysis of Risk
• Analyse Control Strategies to Manage Risk

Module 8: Develop a Risk Management Plan

• Appraise Methods of Monitoring and Reporting Risk
• Analyse Contingency Planning and Crisis Management
• Create a Risk Management Plan for Identification and Mitigation of Risks 

Unit 8618-700: Developing Leadership and Management Capability Through Enquiry

Credit Value: 20

Guided Learning Hours: 30

Module 9: Enquiry-Based Approach

• Introduction to Enquiry-Based Approach
• Principles of Enquiry-Based Learning
• Benefits of a Research-Oriented Approach
• Identifying Complex Situations in Leadership and Management
• Common Challenges Faced in Complex Organisational Environments
• Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods
• Critical Analysis of Leadership and Management Theories
• Conducting Enquiry in a Learner-Specific Context
• Strategies for Addressing Uncertainty and Ambiguity in Leadership

Module 10: Design and Undertake an Enquiry-Based Approach

• Purpose a Valid Enquiry
• Current Practice in Leadership and Management
• Undertake Data-Driven Enquiry
• Design the Enquiry Process
• Collect Data
• Analyse the Data
• Present Your Findings
• Reflect on Enquiry Process
• Apply the Findings
• Summary Reports, Tables, Webinar, Podcast
• Portfolio of Evidence, Minutes of Meetings, Slide show with Voice Over 

Module 11: Evaluate and Deliver the Outcome of Enquiry-Based Learning

• Define Evaluation Objectives
• Clarify the Purpose
• Set Measurable Goals
• Select Evaluation Methods
• Choose Appropriate Tools
• Use Mixed Methods
• Assess the Enquiry Process
• Evaluate Engagement
• Review Research Quality
• Analyse Problem-Solving Approaches
• Evaluate Learning Outcomes
• Knowledge Acquisitions
• Skill Development
• Application of Learning
• Gather Feedback from Learners
• Self-Assessment 
• Peer Feedback
• Instructor Feedback
• Synthesise and Analyse Data
• Combine Data
• Interpret Results
• Deliver the Outcome
• Prepare a Summary Report
• Written or Recorded Narrative
• Communicate Results to Stakeholders
• Provide Actionable Feedback
• Specific and Constructive Feedback
• Recommendations for Future Enquiries 
• Reflect on the Evaluation Process
• Review the Evaluation Methods
• Document Insights and Lessons Learned
• Follow Up and Continuous Improvement
• Implement Changes
• Encourage Lifelong Learning

Unit 8618-717: Evolving Approaches in Leadership and Management

Credit Value: 7

Guided Learning Hours: 21

Module 12: Innovation and Change in an Evolving World and Potential Impacts on Leadership and Management

• Analyse the Effects of Innovation and Change and Its Impact on Leadership
• Dynamic and Future Focused Working Environment
• Impact of Innovation and Change
• Fostering an Environment and Culture of Innovation and Change in an Evolving World
• Current Leadership Thinking in a Dynamic Working Environment
• Methods to Appraise Impacts on Leadership 
• Cultural Engagement Techniques and Behaviours
• Analyse the Effects of Innovation and Change and Its Impact on Management
• Techniques to Enable Innovation and Change in an Evolving World
• Current Management Theories
• Methods to Appraise Impacts on Management

Module 13: Create a Development Plan

• Research Evolving Trends of Leadership and Management Practices
• Evolving Trends of Leadership in an Evolving World 
• Past School of Thoughts, Current Thinking, Emergent Thinking
• Leadership Practices that to Support an Evolving World
• Evolving Trends of Management in Dynamic Working Environment
• Management Practices in the Context of an Evolving World
• Review Own and Organisational Leadership and Management Approaches
• Skills Radar
• Organisational Skills Gap Analysis 
• Johnson and Scholes - Cultural Web Analysis Theory
• Plan Own and Organisational Future Leadership and Management Development