LEVEL 7 EXTENDEDDIPLOMA IN STRATEGIC MANAGEMENTThe rapid professional pathway to your MBA dream

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Accra Business School is a prestigious Christian Business School accredited to offer globally recognized postgraduate, undergraduate and professional programmes. The School is an affiliate of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Kumasi, Ghana, Australian Institute of Business (AIB) Adelaide, Australia and the Awards for Training and Higher Education, Norwich, UK.

Driven by a business education philosophy based on a simple formula: Business Education plus Business Growth is equal to Democratic Stability (BE + BG = DS), we have in consultation with industry developed a suite of revolutionary business education programmes including MBA, MSc, PGDBA, BSc and professional qualifications that meet the training needs of the 21st Business Leader and the human capital needs of industry.

The 1-year weekend Level 7 Extended Diploma in Strategic Management is awarded by Awards for

Training and Higher Education (ATHE) in the UK and serves as a rapid professional pathway to

world class MBA top-ups at the following universities:

1. University of Sunderland - 7 months 3. University of Gloucestershire - 4 months

2. University of Bolton - 7 months 4. Northampton University - 1 year

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Module 1: Strategic Human Resource Management

Learning outcomes. The learner will:

1. Understand the factors affecting human resource management

strategies in organisations

2. Understand how strategic human resource management

contributes to the achievement of the strategic plans of

organisations

3. Understand how to prepare human resource management

strategies for organisations

4. Be able to develop a human resource management strategy for

an organisation

Module 2: Strategic Planning

Learning outcomes. The learner will:

1. Understand the foundations for developing organisational

strategy

2. Understand the external environment affecting

organisation

3. Be able to review an organisation's strategy and business plan

4. Be able to develop strategy options for an organisation

Understand how to create a strategic plan to meet business

objective

Module 3: Finance for Strategic Managers

Learning outcomes. The learner will:

1. Understand the importance of financial data in formulating

and delivering business strategy

2. Be able to analyse financial data for an organisation in order

to inform strategic decision making purpose

3. Be able to evaluate proposals for strategic decisions on

capital expenditure in an organisation

Module 4: Research for Strategic Development

Learning outcomes. The learner will:

1. Be able to formulate a research proposal relating to strategic

business development

2. Be able to use different research methodologies to gather

sufficient and valid data

3. Be able to present research findings in an appropriate format

for a target audience

4. Be able to evaluate own skills while undertaking research

Module 5: Personal Development for Leadership and Strategic

Management

Learning outcomes. The learner will

1. Understand how knowledge and skills in leadership and

strategic management support the creation and achievement

of organisational vision and strategy

2. Understand how to develop and communicate organisational

vision

3. Be able to manage development of own personal knowledge

and skills in leadership and strategic management to support

achievement of personal and organisational vision and

strategy

4. Be able to reflect on the benefits of personal development in

the achievement of personal growth and organisational vision

and strategy

Module 6: Strategic Marketing

Learning outcomes. The learner will:

1. Understand the principles of strategic marketing

2. Understand how to carry out a strategic marketing analysis

3. Understand the role of customer behaviour in marketing

strategies

4. Understand how to develop an implementable strategic

marketing plan

5. Understand how to create a marketing strategy to meet

business objectives

Module 7: Corporate Communication Strategies

Learning outcomes. The learner will:

1. Understand the importance of corporate communications

2. Be able to plan corporate communications audits

3. Understand the purpose and impact of a corporate

communications strategy

Module 4: Organisational Behaviour

Learning outcomes. The learner will:

1. Understand leadership behaviour theory and practice

2. Understand how organisational structures and culture impact

on the effectiveness of the organisation

3. Understand how organisations can improve employee

effectiveness to respond to business opportunities

4. Understand how organisations can motivate employees in

order to improve their efficiency and effectiveness

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Level 7 Extended Diploma in Strategic Management

Entry requirement:

Appreciable level of Education and substantial work experience