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The AGSM Graduate Certificate in Strategic Management is a complete stand-alone qualification and can be undertaken as a pathway to an AGSM Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree. It has been designed for leaders to apply knowledge in understanding of the management of modern, sustainable and technology-rich organisations, to generate, … For more content click the Read More button below. In all industries, strategic management plays a central role in understanding and defining answers to fundamental business processes, problems and transformations. Translating strategy implementation and detailing how organisations can achieve sustained effectiveness, with both its current challenges and future possibilities, is critical for success. The Graduate Certificate in Strategic Management provides students with applied, critical thinking and application skills for effective strategy implementation. With a focus on a spectrum of principles and features that influence strategy execution, it helps develop practical insights into organisational transformation with themes on the strategic process of managing for change, redesigning structure, human capital and talent management, and smart responses to technology. The program examines the strategic role and organisational value of digital technologies, including digitally enabled innovation, digital ecosystems, and digital transformation and disruption, to realise business value potential. Graduates will be challenged to think critically and to develop useful insights about the concepts and principles on making better strategy. This includes how to develop and successfully implement strategy, aligning strategy to operating models, governance and culture, leading for high performance, the significance of power and influence, models for leading change and mastering the complexity and plurality of strategic management. Current and emerging approaches and frameworks for strategic decision-making are embedded throughout the program to help establish an alignment between leadership and organisation purpose. The program provides a flexible and collaborative learning environment with courses offered in face-to-face and online delivery modes.