Strategic Management : Strategic Leadership

As we know that, leadership is nothing. But the influencing flowers. Leadership includes three fundamental clusters of skills creating vision, garnering commitment to that vision, an managing progress toward the realization of that vision. powerful and effective leaders plays very vital role to reach the maximum production for any organization.

Those who wish to become strategic leaders must first recognize that leadership is not, nor should never be about someone wishing to be popular. The reality is that what may presently appear to be popular may be ruinous in the long term, and organizations that do not continuously evolve generally encounter numerous challenges and obstacles. Times change, societies change, and members needs change, and thus if an organization wishes to be relevant and maintain membership, revenues and keep their missions vital, it must be willing and able to adapt and evolve. Doing this requires leadership who strategically consider the future, and where their emphasis and focus must be. Strategic leaders also consider ramifications of either taking actions which may be potentially unpopular or even in error versus the impact that taking no action will take. Strategic leaders understand that even avoiding taking action is, in and of itself, taking an action, and that everything either has or potentially may have a ramification.

Throughout history, social movement organizations (SMO) have been actively involved in their community’s seeking to mobilize others and gain resources in order to achieve their goals. It is important to study how SMO achieve their goals to understand the strategic decision-making process and leadership that movements develop for success.

Critically evaluate whether strategic leadership is necessary to effectively manage global strategy in today’s turbulent business environment

After reading the course text and materials, the author's views have changed considerably. What has changed is the real world applications of strategic leadership. Initially, this author felt that leadership was a kind of ability to handle or control a group or an organization members to do things together ass a group. Leadership includes a lot of conditions, such as communications, statements and agreements. Originally, strategy meant how to plan to lead a group or an organization by the leadership. The term strategic leadership meant that to be a good leader should represent different kinds of leadership to head each different group or organization. Finally, execution to the author originally meant putting some things together that the company or organization is developing. The developed ideas are listed below.

Within recent business world , strategic leadership and management has become highly influential factors by which the organisations are reaching their goals more easily and thereby competiveness is increasing between companies and businesses. As a result , it is become essential for organisations, to adopt the right leadership and management strategies. This study will thereby will focus on the following issues asked in the following questions, and thereby will advance on the next sections and for ease of discussion this study has been headed from task 1 to task 6. Also , while discussing various strategic leadership issues , focus will be given on Marks and Spencer PLC, one of the retail giant in the UK.

Within recent business world , strategic leadership and management has become highly influential factors by which the organisations are reaching their goals more easily and thereby competiveness is increasing between companies and businesses. As a result , it is become essential for organisations, to adopt the right leadership and management strategies. This study will thereby will focus on the following issues asked in the following questions, and thereby will advance on the next sections and for ease of discussion this study has been headed from task 1 to task 6. Also , while discussing various strategic leadership issues , focus will be given on Marks and Spencer PLC, one of the retail giant in the UK.

This is because they think that these elaborative procedures can guide the companies to implement better performance. On the other hand, Montgomery demonstrates that an effective strategy should continuously modify and maintain rather than finishing in once. Put simply, the strategy needs to appropriate follow and adjust present company’s condition and the change of external environment. Furthermore, the strategy, as a heart and inspiration in a company, should be constantly upgraded, and the leaders have to recognize the intimate relevance between strategy and leadership. In the book, the author also redefines that a good strategy is “never frozen” and should be implemented over time. Accordingly, leaders play an important role in investigating suitable strategies for their companies, and just like Montgomery mentions in the book that leader is the one “who must shepherd this ongoing process, must stand watch, identify and weigh, decide and move, time and time again” (Cynthia Montgomery, 2012). As a result, rather than using consultants to describe the strategies, a leader must be placed in a strategist position in order to bring the companies and organizations to achieve its long-term business success.

When a company defines strategy, its leaders determine the path or roadmap for achieving its goals. According to Collis and Rukstad (2008), the strategy is conveying the essence of carefully designed choices for an operational level efficiency and a competitive game plan. According to SNHU (2015), a company defines its current goals in a mission statement as well as defined in its vision, what it hopes to become. A stated mission of a company is why it exists, and its core values are what the company believes as well how they will behave. The vision is what the company wants to be and the strategy is the game plan to achieve the goals. The strategic leadership motivates everyone within the organization to develop the vision to carry out company objectives and help the organization in achieving those objectives successfully (McManus and Botten, 2006).

Strategy can be defined as a guide through whom organizations progress from the current state of affairs to a future desired state. Strategy is most importantly an effective tool used to forecast the future of a good organization rooted in long range plans. It makes a strong argument for an organization to effectively position itself within its constrain and environments, thereby maximizing its potential for flowing with the environmental changes. This makes it possible to adjust accordingly as circumstances in the environment change. Swayne, Duncan and Ginter (2008) simply affirm that it is a road map that defines an organization’s direction and how to get where it is intended

“Strategic management is an ongoing process that evaluates and controls the business and the industries in which the company is involved; assesses its competitors and sets goals and strategies to meet all existing and potential competitors; and then reassesses each strategy annually or quarterly [i.e. regularly] to determine how it has been implemented and whether it has succeeded or needs replacement by a new strategy to meet changed circumstances, new technology, new competitors, a new economic environment., or a new social, financial, or political environment.” (Lamb, 1984)

Leadership is an important element in strategy management. Leadership is the link between the soul and body of an organization (Meinke, 2014). The leadership team drives an organization to success through effective strategic planning. Strategic planning refers to all efforts that produce fundamental decisions and actions that are used in shaping and guiding a company to success (Meinke, 2014). When strategic plans are properly executed, they influence the way employees think and act, which in turn determines the output and quality of goods and services of an organization, thus the success of an organization.

Before coming to USAWC I think that my experience and knowledge gained during the twenty-five years of service is an important quality to possess. At one point I thought: “A few years until retirement, and probably no special secrets for me to discover during academic year. I can only confirm what I know, gained some new knowledge and meet a bunch of interesting people before returning home". Much to my surprise, already after the first reading and discussion at the seminar, made me realize that this will be more interesting than I had hoped.

Strategic management and good leadership play an important role in meeting the organization’s objective. The management is linked to processes and structures of the organization while the leadership is to the vision and values of the organization.

the task at hand as being part of the everyday blend of things. This type of leader is trained and