Strategic Management and Leadership

1. Qualities of effective leadership Learners will explore the making and developing of powerful leaders.
2. Developing interpersonal skills Connecting and bonding with people within the commercial sectors is extremely important for good business. This module trains learners in skills to improve and enhance communication techniques to create strong bonds.
3. Motivating and influencing people Inspiring people to create a unity of direction within business.
4. Making decisions Doing the right things in the right way at the right time. Learners will look at the process of making a good decision.
5. Creativity and problem solving Do problems pose a threat or are they an opportunity to improve? Here, learners will figure out how to turn a problem into an advantage.
6. Studying and using management theories There are many theories concerned with management and the various models developed from these theories. This module looks over these theories with real life examples.
7. The external operating environment of business Planning for influences on the business outside your control.
8. Culture and ethics The culture and ethics involved in the business world today.
9. Governance and directorships Structuring and controlling a business the professional way.
10. Analysing the competition What are my competitors doing, how are they doing it, why are they doing it? Reviewing and analysing competitor actions to enhance managerial roles.
11. Marketing strategy Creating an effective and successful market presence. Looking at the development of marketing strategies to create successful marketing campaigns.
12. High performance sales Learners will grasp the key elements of successful selling.
13. E-Marketing communication Understanding and using effective electronic messages to market.
14. Customers and their needs Ensuring that your customers are recognised and valued.
15. Strategic human resource management Human Resource Management must play a central role in the strategy of any organization. It is concerned with people as an asset of the business.
16. Recruiting and CPD Getting the best people. Developing the best people. Keeping the best people.
17. Measuring and rewarding performance Knowing and measuring how your people are performing.
18. Interpreting business accounts Using and understanding the litmus tests of business health.
19. Tools of financial analysis Resources, tools and techniques to keep a finger on the pulse of the business.
20. Managing cash and working capital Cash, cash flow and working capital. The lifeblood of business.
21. Exercises in quantitative techniques How to use and understand key figures.
22. Impact of technology on business Analyse and exploit the role of e-business within a business sector.
23. Innovation and R&D Creating commercial advantage from innovation and research.
24. Implementing and managing quality systems Right first time, right every time. The place of quality in business strategy.
25. Strategic planning tools Resources, tools and ideas to help create an effective business strategy.
26. Strategic and systems management Options for strategic direction. Making the right choices for your business.
27. The business plan Creating a plan that targets the stated aims and objectives of a business.
28. Developing high performance teams Cohesion and teamwork that enhances business performance.
29. Managing projects Getting things done. Using the right tools to run projects.
30. Strategies for growth This module explores the different ideas of growth and the various tools, measures and controls at a managers disposal in planning for growth.
31. The Qualifi Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership course includes 8 written assignments, each approximately 2,000 to 3,000 words in length. Students receive support for the modules and assignments via the ‘Tutor’ section of the learning platform.

1. Manage Team Performance to Support Strategy
2. Information Management and Strategic Decision Taking
3. Leading a Strategic Management Project
4. Strategic Direction
5. Strategic Planning
6. Development as a Strategic Manager
7. Finance for Managers
8. Strategic Marketing
9. More information about the Level 7 units can be found here

 On completion of this course students have the opportunity to complete an MBA programme from a range of UK universities. The top up programme can be studied online or on campus. The MBA top up comprises the final 60 credits which consists of either a dissertation or a dissertation and one module.

Students may top-up on campus or by distance learning.

Students can apply to any university offering the MBA top up, the following universities run Top Up programmes by distance and on campus learning:

University of Gloucestershire

(Top Up) to MBA Business Administration  -£3400 *exclusively to OBS*

University of Wolverhampton

MBA (Top Up) – £3,800

University of Central Lancashire

MBA (Top Up) – £3,800

University of Sunderland – On Campus

MBA (Top-Up) – £5,145

Anglia Ruskin University 

Master of Business Administration MBA (Top-Up)

Buckinghamshire New University 

International Master of Business Administration (MBA Top-Up)

Northampton University

Top up to MBA
MA in Human Resource Management (Top-Up)
MSc in Accounting and finance (Top-Up)
Executive Master of Business Administration (Top-Up MBA)

University of Chichester

Executive Full-Time MBA

On completion of this course, students have the opportunity to complete an MBA programme from a range of UK universities. The top-up programme can be studied online or on campus. The MBA top-up comprises the final 60 credits which consists of either a dissertation or a dissertation and one module.

Upon successful completion of the postgraduate diploma in strategic management and leadership and the final year of an accredited postgraduate degree programme, learners will have the skills to execute a professional managerial role in marketing, accounting, business consultancy, and more.

A business management diploma and MBA develops key cognitive skills such as critical thinking, analysis, evaluation, and writing while also establishing presentation and numeracy skills to enhance knowledge and experience. These skills are critical in helping you advance your career.