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Homework: Leadership & Management Development

Scenario

You have recently taken up the role of Learning and Development Manager at Highgate Opticals who are a medium-sized company that manufacture designer eyewear. They are experiencing rapid growth due to an increase in their customer base and are aware that they now need a strategic formalized learning and development plan to support the business.

During your first meeting with the board, you ask why on reviewing the company's performance and development records there is an absence of any leadership and management development. Further discussion reveals that the focus of the company has always been on developing the core workforce and that the majority of the line and senior managers have been promoted from within. Therefore, they have not felt a need to develop the management team.

Throughout the remainder of the meeting, they are extremely receptive to your ideas and welcome insight and understanding of this area of learning. They ask you to prepare a report to enlighten them.

To achieve this, you are required to produce a report that consists of two sections. You should provide a written response to each point in each section, making appropriate use of academic theory and practical examples to expand your response and illustrate key points.

To help the reader, use headings and assessment criteria references to signpost the assessment criteria being addressed. Please refer to word count policy.

Section I

A. Analyze the external factors that drive the need for leadership and management within the organization.

B. Explain the key differences between leadership and management roles and styles and the implications of each for organizational effectiveness.

C. Compare the different knowledge, skills and behaviours required for leadership and management in organizations.

D. Evaluate the different concepts and range of approaches that are available for effective leadership and management development.

E. Discuss why diversity and inclusion should be an integral component of leadership and management development initiatives.

Section II

Section II should provide understanding of the role of people professionals in supporting leadership and management initiatives, the range of stakeholders involved, and the impact of successful initiatives on the organization.

A. Discuss the role of people professionals in supporting leadership and management development initiatives.

B. Evaluate the indicators of successful leadership and management development initiatives.

C. Explain the range of stakeholders and involvement they have in leadership and management development initiatives.

D. Assess the impact and importance that development strategies have on organizational culture, strategy, reputation and performance.