Development as a Strategic Manager

Development as a Strategic
Manager
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CONTENTS
Contents...........................................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
1.1 – Critically analyse the strategic direction of the organisation..............................................3
1.2 – Critically evaluate the strategic skills required of the leader operating in a complex
environment to achieve personal and organisational strategic ambitions...................................4
1.3 - Assess the relationship between existing, required and future skills to achieve the
strategic ambitions.......................................................................................................................5
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
2.1 – Critically discuss the opportunities to support leadership development............................5
2.2 – Design a personal development plan to direct leadership development in a complex
environment.................................................................................................................................6
2.3 – Devise an implementation process to underpin the success of the development plan that
can realise substantial changes in leadership style......................................................................7
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................8
3.1 – Critically evaluate the achievement of outcomes of the plan against original objectives. .8
3.2 – Evaluate the impact of leadership style and the achievement of objectives on strategic
ambitions in different organisational settings..............................................................................8
3.3 – Critically review and update the leadership development plan..........................................8
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................10
4.1 - Critically evaluate the impact of corporate commitment to employee welfare on strategic
organisational objectives...........................................................................................................10
4.2 – Discuss how an employee welfare environment can effect achievement of strategic
organisational objectives...........................................................................................................11
4.3 – Determine the influence of corporate commitment to employee welfare on the
development of organisational values that will realise strategic ambitions..............................12
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13
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INTRODUCTION
In the competitive business environment, each organisation stands with some strategic
objectives which they required to accomplish and an integrated strategic plan which is directed
through clear vision in order to get successful in the market. For delivering strategic objectives of
an organisation, strategic managers require numerous skills and competencies. This report is
based on Sainsbury’s which is one of the well-known and leading supermarket chain in United
Kingdom. The company was established in 1869 and is headquartered in London.
This report covers analysis of strategic direction of organisation, evaluation of strategic
skills needed by leader and assessment of relationship between required, existing and future
skills to accomplish strategic ambitions. It also discusses about opportunities to support
development of leadership, personal development plan is prepared and an implementation
process is device to underpin success of development plan. Apart from this, it evaluates
achievement of outcomes of plan, impact of leadership style and objective achievement on
strategic ambitions and review and update the plan of leadership development. At last, the report
evaluates influence of corporate commitment to employee welfare, the way employee welfare
environment influence achievement of strategic objectives and determine the influence of
commitment to employee welfare on organisational values development.
TASK 1
1.1 – Critical analysis of organisational strategic direction
Strategic directions are termed to plans which are required to be executed for progress of
venture towards vision along with fulfilling goals. All business concerns has several strategic
ambitions which they have desires to attain. The term strategic objective is delineated to a path
for a venture to move ahead together with assist in growth. To analyse strategic direction of
Sainsbury's, it is very important to analyses that mission statement of firm which is mentioned
below:
According to the website of organisation, its mission statement is to be the primary choice
of consumers for delivering products with high quality, food as well as excellent services at
competitive pricing through working collectively. The primary purpose of Sainsbury's is to
administer good quality food products to consumers at affordable rates with high quality service
to satisfy their preferences and increase profit of an organisation. With the hope of moving
towards identified strategic direction, managers of company have adopted differentiation strategy
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