Corporate Strategy

The key purpose of management, as defined by the Management Charter Initiative (MCI), is:

‘To achieve the organization’s objectives
and continuously improve its performance.’

If you accept this definition, there is no escaping your responsibilities to know what these objectives are and how the organization sees your role in helping to meet them - even if this does involve persistence, effort or even a role in helping to define them! The module entitled ‘Corporate Strategy’ will be extremely useful if you are to be involved in such work.

This module lays a foundation of management theory and principles to help you take a wider view of the knowledge and skills you are developing to manage operations as effectively and efficiently as possible.

Objectives
At the end of this module you will be able to:

• describe the relationship between the manager’s role and the organizational context
• identify a range of organization structures to suit different purposes and assess the appropriateness of your own structure
• compare different theories of management and relate their significance to your day to day work
• identify the impact and effects of the relationship between the organization, the individual manager and the operations within your own span of control
• minimize and manage conflict creatively
• compare your own management style to that of other managers.

Underpinning Competencies:

• Contextual thinking
• Change orchestration
• Making decisions and weighing risks
• Appraising people and performance
• Driving persistence

Authors: Jon Warner
Publisher: Worldwide Center for Organizational Development
Publication Date: ©2007, All Rights Reserved

The 20-20 MDS® series by WCOD is a management and leadership development program designed for professionals seeking to improve their management and leadership skills to help them reach their potential in the work world.  Until now, the courses and workshops in this program were only available as a complete course of study within an accredited program.  WCOD has recently begun making the eLearning courses and workshops from this management and leadership development program available to learners, trainers, coaches and consultants on a course-by-course basis. 

The 20-20 MDS® Workshop Participant Workbooks accompany the Workshop Course Packs.  These Workshop Course Packs provide a fully scripted PowerPoint presentation on the topic which can be used as-is or tailored as much as necessary to meet participant needs.   The Participant Workbooks include key materials from the presentation, and provides space for attendees to write their reflections, notes on exercises, discussion summaries and more.   

Note, when you purchase a Workshop Course Pack, you are provided with an editable PowerPoint file which you may save, adapt and reuse over and over.  In addition, once you have placed the Course Pack in your shopping cart, you will be given the option to add one participant workbook to your cart at no charge, so that you have a sample of the workbook.  If you wish to have your participants utilize the workbook in your course, you must purchase a license to make additional copies of the workbook for all your participants.  It is a violation of the copyright of this material to make unauthorized copies.  Volume pricing is available.

The 20-20 MDS® series courses and workshops are most appropriate for use with aspiring, junior or middle managers seeking to improve their management and leadership skills to help them reach their potential in the work world. These presentations contain a useful mix of theory, practical explanation of concepts and offer the chance to engage with the material through discussions and activities in group situations.

The 20-20 MDS® Trainer’s Workshop Participant Workbooks are designed to be used in conjuction with the Workshop Course Packs used by Trainers, Facilitator, Coaches and other professionals who are leading individuals on a learning journey.

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