MBA 5461 Leader Driven Strategic Planning
Reviews how leaders have strategically created and affected organizational outcomes. After examining the elements of a strategic planning process, students apply those principles to the creation of a vision/ mission/ metrics/ strategy sequence, from the perspective of leadership in an organization. Using a leadership styles assessment, are able to identify who in the organization should be included in creating an organization’s strategic plan, determine specific outcomes it will deliver, and proceed to identify detailed short-term and long term strategic initiatives and their execution. Using predetermined processes, students envision how the strategic plan will be presented to the organization and how the effect of those initiatives will be monitored to advance the mission statement while ensuring a targeted degree of inspiration, empowerment, innovation, and creativity. Apply global and sustainability-driven management practices by integrating sustainability across a sample company’s organizational operations.