General Goal
Course Purposes and aims:
- To develop understanding and ability of leading innovation and change as required by a practicing or potential middle manager.
- To develop knowledge and understanding of effective leadership as required by a practicing or potential middle manager.
- Use core management techniques to drive better results.
- Develop ability to lead, motivate and inspire.
- Provide strategic leadership as well as day-to-day management.
- Benchmark managerial skills.
- Raise profile in organization.
- Encourage strategic thinking at this level of management, to foster business improvement.
- Engage middle managers with training and development – this qualification is designed to provide clear, measurable benefits to career-minded professionals.
- Customize this qualification to meet development needs.
Outcomes
1) Understand the need for innovation and change management within an organization.
2) Be able to propose innovative solutions to improve organizational performance.
3) Be able to lead and manage change within an organization.
4) Understand own ability to fulfil key responsibility of the leadership role.
5) Be able to evaluate own ability to lead others.
Contents
Unit one: Leading Innovation and Change
Unit Two: Becoming Effective Leader
Type of Traning
Method of Evaluation
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Assessment Criteria (the learner can)
1.1 Explain the importance of innovation for own organization.
1.2 Explain the importance of managing change within own organization.
2.1 Assess an opportunity for innovation and improvement in own organization .
2.2 Justify the improvement identified, in the context of organizational objectives.
2.3 Use a range of techniques to generate innovative options to deliver the improvement identified.
2.4 Evaluate options for generating the proposed improvement to determine feasibility and viability.
3.1 Create a change management plan that is designed to meet stakeholders’ expectations.
3.2 Implement the change management plan, monitoring progress against agreed targets.
4.1 Evaluate own ability to use a range of leadership styles in different situations and with different types of people to fulfil the leadership role.
4.2 Use theories of emotional intelligence to review the effect of emotions on own and others performance.
5.1 Review own ability to set direction and communicate this to others.
5.2 Review own ability to motivate delegate and empower others.
5.3 Produce a personal development plan to improve own ability to lead.
Focus on the skills you need
This qualification is available as a concise Award, a broader Certificate or a very comprehensive Diploma. Each unit in this qualification focuses on a specific set of skills and knowledge, in five broad areas:
1. Managing yourself and personal skills – including units that focus on assessing your own leadership performance, and developing critical thinking.
2. Providing direction – such as leading teams to achieve organizational goals and objectives, and making strong and informed management decisions.
3. Facilitating innovation and change – for example, build a culture of continued improvement, and lead people through change.
4. Achieving results – such as managing for efficiency and effectiveness, and managing projects that get results.
5. Using resources – including managing facilities and managing information.
Independent learning/assessed assignments:-
1. Assignment 1 – Leading Innovation and Change:
A written reflective review on the Leading Innovation and Change unit, between 2,000 and 3,000 words.
2. Assignment 2 – Becoming an Effective Leader:
A written reflective review on the Becoming and Effective Leader unit, between 2,000 and 3,000 words.
Those doing the Award will only need to complete Assignment 1 and Assignment 2
