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Our Level 7 diploma is a fast-track pathway to a ful MBA, Students have the oppurtunity 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 dessertation or a dissertation and one module.
Students may top-up on campus or by distance learning.
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The Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership is an MBA advanced entry course that provides learners with 120 credits out of the 180 credits required to achieve a complete MBA.
After receiving your Qualifi Level 7 diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership, you are eligible to apply for an MBA top-up course, either online or on campus at a range of UK universities.
The top-up portion will usually consist of the final 60 credits of either a dissertation or a dissertation and one module.
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Qualities of effective leadership
Learners will explore the making and developing of powerful leaders.
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.
Motivating and influencing people
Inspiring people to create a unity of direction within business.
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.
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.
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.
The external operating environment of business
Planning for influences on the business outside your control.
Culture and ethics
The culture and ethics involved in the business world today.
Governance and directorships
Structuring and controlling a business the professional way.
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.
Marketing strategy
Creating an effective and successful market presence. Looking at the development of marketing strategies to create successful marketing campaigns.
High performance sales
Learners will grasp the key elements of successful selling.
E-Marketing communication
Understanding and using effective electronic messages to market.
Customers and their needs
Ensuring that your customers are recognised and valued.
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.
Recruiting and CPD
Getting the best people. Developing the best people. Keeping the best people.
Measuring and rewarding performance
Knowing and measuring how your people are performing.
Interpreting business accounts
Using and understanding the litmus tests of business health.
Tools of financial analysis
Resources, tools and techniques to keep a finger on the pulse of the business.
Managing cash and working capital
Cash, cash flow and working capital. The lifeblood of business.
Exercises in quantitative techniques
How to use and understand key figures.
Impact of technology on business
Analyse and exploit the role of e-business within a business sector.
Innovation and R&D
Creating commercial advantage from innovation and research.
Implementing and managing quality systems
Right first time, right every time. The place of quality in business strategy.
Strategic planning tools
Resources, tools and ideas to help create an effective business strategy.
Strategic and systems management
Options for strategic direction. Making the right choices for your business.
The business plan
Creating a plan that targets the stated aims and objectives of a business.
Developing high performance teams
Cohesion and teamwork that enhances business performance.
Managing projects
Getting things done. Using the right tools to run projects.
Strategies for growth
This module explores the different ideas of growth and the various tools, measures and controls at a manager's disposal in planning for growth.
The Qualifi Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership has 8 written assignments
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
More information about the Level 7 Strategic Management and Leadership units can be found here
Once you've passed your course, you'll be awarded with a Qualifi Diploma and you'll be able to top up your qualification to a full MBA
Ofqual Link: Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership - 601/5335/0
On completion of this Level 7 Strategic Management and Leadership online 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.
The top-up portion will usually consist of the final 60 credits of either a dissertation or a dissertation and one module.
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 WolverhamptonMBA (Top Up) – £3,800
University of Central LancashireMBA (Top Up) – £3,800
University of Sunderland – On CampusMBA (Top-Up) – £5,145
Anglia Ruskin UniversityMaster of Business Administration MBA (Top-Up)
Buckinghamshire New UniversityInternational Master of Business Administration (MBA Top-Up)
Northampton UniversityTop 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)
Executive Full-Time MBA
£3,500 or £145/month
Students can make payment using one of the following methods:
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