Non Company Member :€9990
Company Member: €7500

*** Available for payment over two semesters at 60:40 ratio. Due before 10 November 2021 and end of January 2022. For booking, please contact Mark at mark@windenergyireland.com *** 

Course Overview

The next generation of leaders will be the innovators.

For the successful leader, a capacity to understand and shape the strategy process is an essential requirement for career development. By completing the Professional Diploma in Strategy and Innovation you will learn the skills to lead, influence, and participate in the strategic success of your organisation. 

In light of recent global events, and the economic changes that have been brought about, it’s organisations that can strategically innovate to deliver value in the future marketplaces that will flourish.

Course Objectives 

This programme will equip you to: 

• Undertake a key role in the strategy and innovation process. 
• Evaluate and address the strategic challenges facing your organisation. 
• Make strategic sense of the global and domestic business environment. 
• Develop a practical, well-informed strategy audit for your business or organisation. 
  

Course Content 

• Assessing the External Environment 
  • Assess the external macro environment in the context of your organisation, identifying potential game changing events and possibilities. 
  • Define your competitors’ position, map internal and external stakeholders and begin scenario planning. 
    
• Innovation Management & Business Model Innovation 
  • Explore innovation management and start to define an innovation strategy. 
  • Learn about innovation adoption and diffusion process and how to both assess and improve your innovation performance. 
  • Discover how to create an innovation policy for your organisation. 
    
• Strategic Capabilities 
  • Learn how to maintain a sustainable competitive advantage. 
  • Map your own resources and capabilities, while assessing the differences between resource acquisition versus development. 
    
• Commercialisation of Innovation 
  • Gain the insights to how you can build an innovative organisation. 
  • Go from ideation to idea prioritisation through to the commercial realisation of a new innovative product or service. 
    
• Strategic Choices 
  • Read a balance sheet from a strategy perspective and understand different funding options. 
  • Discover how to build the human capability of an organisation, and how to expand into global markets. 
    
• Strategic Change and Implementation
  • Go from strategic planning to implementation. 
  • Create defined key performance indicators and capture the big data that will help drive successful innovation initiatives. 

This programme is for you if:

• You have an ambition to play a leading role in developing and implementing strategy and innovation in your organisation.
• You work in the private or public sector, regardless of organisation size.

Assignments and Workload 

To earn a Master Degree or Professional Diploma, participants will be assessed through a variety of practical assignments. Programmes will have no examinations; instead, the emphasis throughout is on the practical application of knowledge to benefit you and your organisation. Assessment workload extends across the programme to allow you to combine your learning with your work and life demands.

Certification 

Each Professional Diploma is awarded by University College Cork and is at level 9 on the National Framework of Qualifications. 

Entry Requirements 

A candidate’s eligibility for the programme will be determined by a combination of their academic qualifications and/or relevant professional experience. Each applicant will be required to complete the IMI “Portfolio of Learning” application form. A primary degree from a recognised third- level institution (NFQ level 8), with a minimum classification of Second Class Honours, will typically be required with five years relevant work experience, at least 3 of which must be at managerial level, however, prior workplace learning will be recognised where applicants do not meet the academic requirement. This experience may come from a general business or organisational background, or experience working at a management level or in the area specifically related to the Diploma. 

Each candidate will meet with the Programme Directors, who will interview applicants in person virtually or physically. The IMI Office of the Registrar will oversee all applications, and the final decision on any application shall remain with the Registrar. 

All applicants whose first language is not English will be required to show evidence of the successful completion of an IELTS or TOEFL test. The English language requirement for this programme is an IELTS score of 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each individual section or equivalent. 

Programme Director 

Dr. Jonathan Westrup is an expert in the areas of business, organisational and regulatory strategy and corporate governance. An expert facilitator and executive educator, Jonathan specialises in working with senior teams in designing and implementing their organisational strategies. He was formerly a director of NCB Stockbrokers and is currently a non-executive director of NEAM Asset Management.