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Diploma in Strategy & Innovation

Overview

For a successful manager the capacity to understand and influence the strategy process is an essential requirement for career development. A critical element in any successful strategy is the capability to make innovation a key management process. The IMI Diploma in Strategy and Innovation will shape your ability to play a key role in developing and executing a strategy and innovation process that is relevant to both the success of your organisation and to your own career advancement.

Duration:
21 Days
Location:
IMI Campus
Next Course:
24/10/2012
Fee (IMI member)Fee (Non member)
€7,750* €11,990

*This price is set to increase to €7,950 from July 20th 2012

Email us today at programmeadvisors@imi.ie 

Next programme dates:

24, 25, 26 October 2012

14, 15, 16 Novemebr 2012

12, 13, 14 December 2012

23, 24, 25 January 2013

20, 21, 22 February 2013

20, 21, 22 March 2013

17, 18, 19 April 2013

The IMI Diploma in Strategy is one of two new additions to the suite of IMI Diplomas linking to the Master of Business (MoB) framework.

The Diploma in Strategy will develop your capability to contribute to the strategic conversation of your organisation; you can expect to become fluent in the process of strategy development and strategic management. The programme is based upon strategic management frameworks relevant to both competitive commercial organisations and the public service.

The programme will develop your expertise in both the theory and the application of strategy, strategic planning, strategic thinking and strategic management. While the programme draws from a wide range of theories that have shaped the field, it will focus upon how you can apply the frameworks in practical and relevant settings. Throughout the programme, you will be expected to develop a strategic analysis project. You will be aided in this by faculty with broad practical knowledge and by meeting with senior executives deeply involved in strategic decision-making.

Faculty

Programme Director - Dr Jonathan Westrup, IMI Senior Specialist.

The aims of the programme

The aims of the programme are to:

  • Provide you with the knowledge, skills and competence to lead, influence, and participate in the strategic success of your organisation.
  • Provide you with a skill set to rival leading international standards.
  • Enable you to incorporate the analysis, synthesis and application of your knowledge of strategy in an organisational context.
  • Consider strategy in its many facets; you will be exposed to a range of both complementary and contradictory theories that compete to explain organisational performance.
  • Enable you to contribute towards building smarter, higher-performing organisations.

Learning objectives

By attending the Diploma in Strategy and Innovation you will:

  • Acquire a toolkit to evaluate and address the strategic challenges facing your organisation
  • Be capable of undertaking a key role in the strategy process
  • Be able to make strategic sense of the global and domestic business environment
  • Network with experienced participants from leading irish and international organisations
  • Meet leading experts, faculty and practitioners in the strategy process

Three Steps to a Master of Business Award

The IMI’s Master of Business (MoB) is an innovatively designed framework tailored to accelerate your professional development in a uniquely flexible manner. The MoB allows you to combine ‘credit’ for completing certain IMI courses and ultimately earn an internationally recognised, nationally accredited Master of Business qualification.

The Diploma in Strategy is part of the MoB framework, together with the following Diplomas:

  • Diploma in Business Finance
  • Diploma in Strategic Marketing with Digital Marketing
  • Diploma in Strategic Human Resources Management
  • Diploma in Executive Coaching
  • Diploma in Management
  • Diploma in Leadership

In order to be conferred with a Master of Business qualification, you must: Step 1 - Successfully complete any one of the IMI’s suite of diploma programmes. Step 2 - Successfully complete a second IMI diploma of your choosing. Step 3- Successfully complete a Business Project (15,000 word dissertation). These steps can be completed as quickly as three years, or up to five years – whichever suits your personal, work and learning needs best.

Entry Requirements

Accreditation

Successful participants will be awarded the IMI Diploma in Strategy and Innovation.

This qualification is accredited and awarded by University College Cork - National University of Ireland, Cork.

The IMI Diploma in Strategy and Innovation is academically equivalent to a Postgraduate Certificate (level 9) Minor Award on the National Framework of Qualifications.

By completing this award, you will also earn one-third of the credits required to be awarded the IMI Master of Business qualification.

Details of the IMI’s full range of post-graduate Diploma programmes are available below under the 'Three Steps to a Master of Business Award' section.

Dates

Programme dates are listed in the downloadable brochure.

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