Development as a Strategic Manager

Development as a
Strategic Manager

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Task 1...............................................................................................................................................2
Critically Analyse the Strategic Direction of the Organisation..............................................2
Critically Evaluate the Strategic Skills Required of the Leader Operating in a Complex
Environment to Achieve Personal and Organisational Strategic Ambitions..........................2
Assess the Relationship between Existing, Required and Future Skills to Achieve the Strategic
Ambitions...............................................................................................................................3
Task 2...............................................................................................................................................4
Critically Discuss the Opportunities to Support Leadership Development............................4
Design a Personal Development Plan to Direct Leadership Development in a Complex
Environment...........................................................................................................................4
Devise an Implementation Process to Underpin the Success of the Development Plan that Can
Realise Substantial Changes in Leadership Style...................................................................6
Task 3...............................................................................................................................................6
Critically Evaluate the Achievement of Outcomes of the Plan Against Original Objectives 6
Evaluate the Impact of Leadership Style and the Achievement of Objectives on Strategic
Ambitions in Different Organisational Settings.....................................................................6
Critically Review and Update the Leadership Development Plan.........................................7
Task 4...............................................................................................................................................7
Critically Evaluate the Impact of Corporate Commitment to Employee Welfare on Strategic
Organisational Objectives......................................................................................................7
Discuss How an Employee Welfare Environment Can Effect Achievement of Strategic
Organisational Objectives......................................................................................................8
Determine the Influence of Corporate Commitment to Employee Welfare on the Development
of Organisational Values that will Realise Strategic Ambitions............................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
The strategic manager of an organisation is the one who is accountable to the senior
management for undertaking all the important decisions associated with the tactics as well as
strategies of the entity in the long term. There are various tools as well as techniques that can be
leveraged by the strategic manager of an enterprise to be able to determine the personal skills
which are considered as being necessary and essential for the accomplishment of the strategic
ambitions of the enterprise. This is done by virtue of taking into account the strategic direction of
the entity in the global landscape that is changing at a rapid pace. Within an enterprise, an
individual can be said to achieve success only when the organisational culture and organisational
value are supportive enough to facilitate their learning as well as development in the long term.
The strategic manager of an enterprise needs to have certain key skills to be able to take
important decisions on the part of the company and execute the same within the organisational
premises. These skills are acknowledged to be communication, analytical, observatory,
interpersonal, and tactical skills.
In this relation, the current project demonstrates the development of the strategic manager
of a company by adopting the right set of tools and techniques. The organisation selected for
carrying out this project is ABC Travels. This is a renowned private owned full service travel
agency corporation that has its headquarters situated within the bounds of Houston, TX, United
States. Over the course of time, this organisation has grown under the guidance and supervision
of its leader who has driven the workforce with the communication of vision of ABC Travels for
the long term. Existing in the tourism industry for a time span of almost 42 years, this company
has impeccably evolved and grown into a complete guide for travelling. Now, the current project
consists of strategic direction of the company and strategic skills required by a leader in a
complex corporate scenario. Furthermore, the opportunities for supporting the development of
leadership are explored in the report. In addition to this, personal development plan is developed
for the leader of the company and its implementation is discussed. Moreover, the comparison of
outcomes of the plan is done with the actual objectives. At the last, the effect of corporate
commitment as well as employee welfare environment upon the achievement of organisational
objectives is explored.
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Task 1
Critically Analyse the Strategic Direction of the Organisation
The strategic direction of ABC Travels can be depicted as the association's activities to
accomplish its technique's objectives. The organization uses the vision and mission statement to
characterize where it expects to be later on. This statement tend to act as a path for the
organization to set the direction the organization needs to follow and characterize what it plans to
become later on.
Along these lines, ABC Travels' strategic direction includes the activities and plans set up
to pursue the vision of the organization's future. The vision of the respective enterprise is to
arrive at the pinnacle with regards to offering the best types of assistance and encountering
quality upon the forefront of their client base. The vision of this association paints a picture of its
future. The association can use the vision explanation to organize current arranging and
spending. The association's mission explanation is to give the best blend to amusement, quality
administrations, and brilliant client support. Besides, the organization expects to offer fun,
sheltered and obliging travel where the clients and colleagues are eager to participate in
aggregate social communication. This mission offers reason to ABC Travels, and it gives the
organization, a long run strategic direction for organizing the fulfilment of clients.
Critically Evaluate the Strategic Skills Required of the Leader Operating in a Complex
Environment to Achieve Personal and Organisational Strategic Ambitions.
Executing the responsibilities in the domain of leadership within an intricate climate
requires having skills that will guarantee successful tackling of issues that might be experienced
by the workers to accomplish individual and authoritative desire. The skill-gap investigation
model has been utilized to recognize the leader's skills to convey the strategic course. Right off
the bat, a leader working in a perplexing climate will require skills in self-advancement.
Organizations in the contemporary world work at fast and leaders must organize a break to zero
in on them. Basically, this implies gaining some new useful knowledge or preparing. A leader
may look for speedy learning encounters to get bits of knowledge on the best way to work with
muddled people, handle troublesome discussions, and rouse representatives who appear hard to
get persuaded. Self-advancement skills help a leader to turn out to be more purposeful. Besides, a
leader must have skills in strategic reasoning.
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