MGT301 Strategic Leadership and Collaboration Assessment Brief 2026

MGT301 Assessment Brief

Learning Outcomes

1. Critically debate the importance of and approaches to strategic leadership in organisations.
2. Identify and articulate how strategic leaders can achieve stakeholder collaboration to support organisational success.
3. Analyse and evaluate their own leader identity in order to shape their CV and professional digital profile.
4. Produce a comprehensive leadership development plan to enhance career prospects using the template provided.

Formative Assessment – Group Presentation (Not Graded)

In your management teams, you must complete a presentation based on the learning outcome 1 & 2. This is primarily a formative assessment support process to help you with your Individual Assignment. The lecturer will notify the group presentation date and time.

You need to work within your team to complete a team task in each lesson and several individual tasks. This will help you develop your final group presentation content and prepare you for the Individual Assignment (Summative Assessment).

Summative Assessment

The assessment is one piece of work (100% weighted mark) involving the compilation of four mandatory pieces of evidence.

Part 1: Article (Briefing note) (1500 word +/- 10%)

 Complete a 1500 word briefing article for a future leader which critically evaluates the approaches that strategic leaders can employ to achieve stakeholder collaboration in support of organizational success.

Part 2: Leadership Development Plan

 With reference to one of the 4 main Management Professional Bodies below critique and reflect upon your professional development as a leader.

Choose 3 behaviours or values you would consider you would develop as future leaders, complete the leadership development plan template located within the MGT301 assessment support unit.

• Future HR Practitioner using the CIPD framework located at https://www.cipd.org/uk/the-people-profession/the-profession-map/explore-the- profession-map/core-behaviours/
• Future Line Manager using the CMI framework located at https://www.managers.org.uk/about-cmi/governance/policies/code-of-conduct/
• Future Finance Practitioner using the ACCA framework located at https://www.accaglobal.com/uk/en/member/standards/rules-and-html
• Future Marketing Practitioner using the CIM framework located at https://www.cim.co.uk/membership/professional-marketing-competencies/

**Please use the development plan located within MDIS Blackboard**

Part 3: Analysis of Leadership Identity (1000 word +/- 10%)

• Complete a 1000-word critical analysis of your leadership identity making reference to the behaviours you evaluated in your leadership development plan. Consider how you will become an authentic leader.

Part 4: LinkedIn Profile

• Present a Professional LinkedIn profile which captures your current experiences, skills, behaviours etc. Add screenshots of your LinkedIn profile to your submission, showing all of the key sections.

Submission of Assessment

• The assignment must be submitted via the Turnitin Dropbox on the Module Canvas Site as a single document containing all 4 parts.
• It is advisable to retain a copy of your assignment for you own records.
• Your mark and feedback will be made available to you electronically once the internal moderation process has taken place, you should note that at this stage marks are still subject to external examiner and academic board approval.

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