Postgraduate Diploma in Strategic Leadership of Performance & Productivity

(Ofqual UK Qualification No:603/5109/3)

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construction

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supply chain management

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healthcare

property development

Grow Your Organisation Productivity and Profitability

Do you strive to optimise your organisation’s performance and drive sustainable growth? If so, this UK Ofqual-regulated Postgraduate Diploma will equip you with the knowledge and skills to become a transformative leader in today’s competitive landscape.

Internally Recognised And Accepted To Grow Your Career Locally, Regionally And Internationally.

Elevate Your Leadership Capabilities
Why Choose This Programme?

This Pogramme Transcends Traditional Leadership Development. It Goes Beyond Theory, Providing You With Practical Frameworks and Actionable Strategies To:

Sharpen critical thinking skills: Make data-driven decisions, identify and resolve challenges effectively, and foster a culture of innovation.
Implement strategic performance improvement: Master the Kaizen approach to identify and eliminate waste, streamline processes, and boost productivity.
Empower your team: Develop the skills to lead and inspire your team towards continuous improvement, fostering a culture of ownership and accountability.
Achieve measurable results: higher contribution to your organisation in growing industry-based KPIs such as On-time Production, On-time Shipment and On-Time delivery. Measure progress and translate strategic goals into tangible, quantifiable outcomes.
Empower yourself to significantly improve your organisation’s productivity, quality, and business performance.

Industry-aligned curriculum: Focused on the specific needs and challenges faced by leaders in your industry.
Practical application: Develop practical skills you can immediately apply in your workplace.
Networking opportunities: Connect with our Alumni of like-minded professionals supporting continued growth.
Current Materials: Relevant industry-based and application-based lemur materials bring real-world insights to your development journey.

Designed for Busy Professionals
Earning This Postgraduate Diploma Can Lead To:

A Deep Dive into Course Content

This programme transcends traditional leadership development.

It goes beyond theory, providing you with practical frameworks and actionable strategies.

Subject 1: Critical Thinking

Understand why critical thinking is important in the workplace and its process underpinned by eight key skills.
Understand the barriers and obstacles to logical and critical thinking and constructing an effective argument.
Understand ways in which a knowledge of the principles of critical thinking can resolve conflict in the workplace.
Understand how critical thinking allows diverse information and views to be brought together to arrive at a logical conclusion.

Subject 2: Strategic Leadership of Productivity and Performance Development

Understand the theoretical basis of thinking strategically to enhance an organisation’s competitiveness.
Understand the steps required to identify an organisation’s desired future state and critical issues.
Understand the factors involved in establishing a change management programme.
Be able to establish and maintain the Changed State. Understand the role of Continuous Improvement in Business Development.

Subject 3: Team-Led Productivity Improvement (The Kaizen Approach)

Understand the role of Kaizen productivity improvement.
Understand the Kaizen process when identifying and solving the problem.
Be able to apply Kaizen analysis techniques.
Be able to evaluate problem solutions and process improvements.
Understand the application of continuous improvement philosophies in successful change.

Subject 4: Leading Improvement in Organisational, Team and Individual Performance

Understand the importance of planning for building the foundations of improvement.
Understand and differentiate between alternative approaches to process performance improvement.
Evaluate approaches to performance improvement at the organisation, the team, and the individual level.

Student Learning Outcome

Subject 1:
Critical Thinking

Subject 2:
Strategic Leadership of Productivity and Performance Development

Subject 3:
Team-Led Productivity Improvement (The Kaizen Approach)

Subject 4:
Leading Improvement in Organisational, Team and Individual Performance

Subject 1:
Critical Thinking

Subject 2:
Strategic Leadership of Productivity and Performance Development

Subject 3:
Team-Led Productivity Improvement (The Kaizen Approach)

Subject 4:
Leading Improvement in Organisational, Team and Individual Performance

Subject 1:
Critical Thinking
Subject 2:
Strategic Leadership of Productivity and Performance Development
Subject 3:
Team-Led Productivity Improvement (The Kaizen Approach)
Subject 4:
Leading Improvement in Organisational, Team and Individual Performance

Identify a number of critical thinking methodologies and procedures frequently employed in conventional corporate operations.
Elucidate the function of critical thinking in decision-making, employee communication, and strategic formulation.
Conduct a critical analysis of arguments advocating for business proposals and decisions, pinpointing the various forms of intentional and unintentional ‘cognitive errors’ undermine the argument’s legitimacy.
Conduct a critical analysis of a business argument, delineate its fundamental components, and assess its validity.
Elucidate potential rationales for the perspectives held by individuals and collectives.
Analyse how individual and collective perspectives may be altered and shaped and how possible conflicts can be mitigated or eliminated through effective managerial and leadership practices.
Elucidate the fundamentals of logic concerning formulating a compelling argument.
Conduct a critical analysis of the advantages of deductive and non-deductive reasoning in constructing a business case for a suggested course of action.
Clarify how critical thinking might facilitate performance enhancement.

Explain the importance of strategic planning within a competitive corporate landscape.
Explain the elements of a corporate plan and the interconnections or overlaps among them.
Conduct a critical business scenario analysis and suggest a methodology for identifying and assessing strategic alternatives with recognised strategic planning instruments.
Implement a change management framework in a specific context.
Develop a change process for a specific situation that acknowledges the inherent ‘human aspects’ involved in change initiatives and incorporates strategies to mitigate or reduce opposition to the change.
Explain the connection between strategic change and continual improvement, delineating the function of each in corporate advancement.
Explain methods by which learning can be promoted and enhanced to cultivate both individual and collective competencies that contribute to ongoing improvement initiatives.

Explain the characteristics of Kaizen that render it effective as a tool for involving a workforce in enhancement initiatives.
Recognise indicators of a problem or potential for performance enhancement.
Develop a detailed process map – Kaizen event chart.
Explain the significance of performance data within the Kaizen methodology.
Create a process map.
Define ‘value’ as it pertains to lean philosophy.
Perform a lean analysis to identify value-adding and non-value-adding processes in a process.
Utilise ‘idea generating’ technologies to provide solutions for problems and enhance processes.
Develop a Solution Selection Matrix.
Explain the methods for effectively managing resistance to change.
Develop a Solution Monitoring Plan.
Explain the significance of fostering a culture of creativity and productivity for ongoing enhancement.

Establish the place of quality in productivity and performance improvement.
Evaluate the role of planning and preparation in a structured improvement process.
Identify and prioritise activities and areas for improvement based on performance data.
Apply measurement factors/performance indicators appropriate to specific manufacturing processes and contexts.
Critically compare the Total Quality Management approach with alternative approaches to performance improvement.
Suggest tools and techniques of improvement relevant to different organisational levels.

Subject 1: Critical Thinking

Identify a number of critical thinking methodologies and procedures frequently employed in conventional corporate operations.
Elucidate the function of critical thinking in decision-making, employee communication, and strategic formulation.
Conduct a critical analysis of arguments advocating for business proposals and decisions, pinpointing the various forms of intentional and unintentional ‘cognitive errors’ undermine the argument’s legitimacy.
Conduct a critical analysis of a business argument, delineate its fundamental components, and assess its validity.
Elucidate potential rationales for the perspectives held by individuals and collectives.
Analyse how individual and collective perspectives may be altered and shaped and how possible conflicts can be mitigated or eliminated through effective managerial and leadership practices.
Elucidate the fundamentals of logic concerning formulating a compelling argument.
Conduct a critical analysis of the advantages of deductive and non-deductive reasoning in constructing a business case for a suggested course of action.
Clarify how critical thinking might facilitate performance enhancement.

Subject 2: Strategic Leadership of Productivity and Performance Development

Explain the importance of strategic planning within a competitive corporate landscape.
Explain the elements of a corporate plan and the interconnections or overlaps among them.
Conduct a critical business scenario analysis and suggest a methodology for identifying and assessing strategic alternatives with recognised strategic planning instruments.
Implement a change management framework in a specific context.
Develop a change process for a specific situation that acknowledges the inherent ‘human aspects’ involved in change initiatives and incorporates strategies to mitigate or reduce opposition to the change.
Explain the connection between strategic change and continual improvement, delineating the function of each in corporate advancement.
Explain methods by which learning can be promoted and enhanced to cultivate both individual and collective competencies that contribute to ongoing improvement initiatives.

Subject 3: Team-Led Productivity Improvement (The Kaizen Approach)

Explain the characteristics of Kaizen that render it effective as a tool for involving a workforce in enhancement initiatives.
Recognise indicators of a problem or potential for performance enhancement.
Develop a detailed process map – Kaizen event chart.
Explain the significance of performance data within the Kaizen methodology.
Create a process map.
Define ‘value’ as it pertains to lean philosophy.
Perform a lean analysis to identify value-adding and non-value-adding processes in a process.
Utilise ‘idea generating’ technologies to provide solutions for problems and enhance processes.
Develop a Solution Selection Matrix.
Explain the methods for effectively managing resistance to change.
Develop a Solution Monitoring Plan.
Explain the significance of fostering a culture of creativity and productivity for ongoing enhancement.

Subject 4: Leading Improvement in Organisational, Team and Individual Performance

Establish the place of quality in productivity and performance improvement.
Evaluate the role of planning and preparation in a structured improvement process.
Identify and prioritise activities and areas for improvement based on performance data.
Apply measurement factors/performance indicators appropriate to specific manufacturing processes and contexts.
Critically compare the Total Quality Management approach with alternative approaches to performance improvement.
Suggest tools and techniques of improvement relevant to different organisational levels.

Programme structure

Postgraduate Diploma

The NOCN Postgraduate Diploma in Strategic Leadership of Performance & Productivity is a 38 credit qualification with a Total Qualification Time (TQT) of 380, including 114 Guided Learning Hours (GLH).
Learners must achieve 38 credits from the 4 mandatory subjects.

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