Strategic Leadership (PgCert)
Background
This programme was initially developed in response to a request from the Scottish Training on Drugs and Alcohol (STRADA) to develop a 60 credit programme that is suitable for leaders in the drug and alcohol field that are working in senior positions at local authority or the national level. The requirements for people at this level include the need to analyse and consider policy and to develop a forward looking perspective so that they can deliver appropriate policies and support services to those working in the field. Discussions with senior local authority personnel resulted in the current programme, which has been widened to enable people who work in any human service setting to undertake the programme. Successful completion of this programme will enable students to use the credits gained towards a Master of Science (Organisational Leadership).
Who is the programme for?
This new programme is offered by a team from the School of Education in the College of Social Sciences, and is designed to bring together public servants working at management levels in local authorities or large public organisations, with the view of developing better ways of understanding change, leading strategically, and reviewing the impact of change on the development of organisations.
What will you get from this programme?
By the end of this programme you will be able to:
- Evaluate the concepts of strategic thinking and leadership and their application to human service settings
- Describe the relationship between policy, leadership and practice in human service settings
- Analyse strategic thinking and strategic leadership
- Explain and contrast policy and implementation strategies related to change and improvement in human service settings in Scotland and other parts of the world
Introductory reading
If you have a chance to do some reading before beginning your programme, any one or more of the following books will be useful as background:-
- Cameron, E. and Green, M. (2009) Making Sense of Change Management: A Complete Guide to the Models, Tools and Techniques of Organizational Change (2nd Edition) Philadelphia, PA, Kogan Page
- Borzynski, R. (2000) The Strategic Mind: The Journey to Leadership Through Strategic Thinking, Management Books
- Pisapia,J.R.(2009) ‘The strategic leader : new tactics for a globalizing world’, Charlotte: Information Age Pub.