Post Graduate Certificate in Strategic Leadership

Many managers are interested in aspects of our internationally accredited Masters of Business Administration degree but do not have the time to undertake the full programme. This is particularly the case with our courses on leadership and strategy.

Launched in April 2012, UC offers a Post Graduate Certificate in Strategic Management. This post graduate qualification is designed for experienced managers who are interested in developing their leadership capability and career prospects.

The Post Graduate Certificate in Strategic Leadership is comprised of six courses drawn from the UC MBA core and is taught in modular form on Fridays and Saturdays (see 2015 timetable below). The six courses can be taken in one to three years in “any order” and provide practical, evidence-based tools and frameworks that are focused on building capability in managerial leadership and strategy.

Courses MBAD615 Leading OurselvesBuilds on the frameworks introduced in the “Responsible Leadership” course and uses simulations, observation and feedback to heighten awareness of participants’ personality types and preferences and to build capability in

managing and motivating people. Focuses on the personal leadership foundations that are essential for effective organisational leadership. Introduces the concepts of emotional, moral and spiritual intelligence and encourages you to reflect on your strengths and developmental needs in these areas. Assists you in building an evidence based personal resilience practice and in developing a Personal Development Plan that clarifies your work goals and helps to bring greater alignment and meaning into your life and work.

MBAD643 Leading ChangeProvides insights into the excitement and challenges associated with change and builds the strategic perspective, business savvy and capability required to successfully lead a change process.

MBAD642 Leading OthersDescribes international trends in positive socially responsible leadership, builds an understanding of the tasks and skills of effective organisational leadership and draws from the emerging complexity and positive leadership literatures to describe the practices required to develop highly innovative and adaptive organisations.

MBAD605 Managing People and PerformanceExplores the practices required to develop vibrant, sustainable, high performance cultures and builds capability in organisation development and performance management.

MBAD664 Leading Resilient EnterprisesEquips students with research-based knowledge to understand and enhance organisational resilience. The course includes theory/concepts associated with resilience and also practical cases to translate the theory ans concepts into action.

MBAD631 Innovative Business Strategy Provides an understanding of organisational strategy and the importance of innovation and builds capability in the development of competitive strategies and innovative products and services.

Course dates (Friday and Saturday, 9am–5pm)

130/31 Jan and 27/28 Feb

MBAD642-15X Leading Others

2 27/28 March and 1/2 May

MBAD643-15X Leading Change

322/23 May and 19/20 June

MBAD664-15X Leading Resilient Enterprises

4 10/11 July and 7/8 August

MBAD605-15X Managing People & Performance

5 28/29 August and 25/26 Sept

MBAD615-15X Leading Ourselves

623/24 Oct and 20/21 Nov

MBAD631-15X Innovative Business Strategy

“Developing leaders who make a difference”The Post Graduate Certificate in Strategic Leadership is open to practising managers with a minimum of five years’ experience. A previous undergraduate degree is desirable but the programme is also open to experienced managers without a previous degree. Papers from the programme can be credited to the UC Diploma in Business Administration and MBA programmes.

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For more informationExecutive Development Programmeswww.exec.canterbury.ac.nz ExecutiveDevelopment@canterbury.ac.nz

2015