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Strategic Management in Financial Services
At a glance
The Professional Diploma in Strategic Management in Financial Services will focus on the theory and practice underpinning strategy design, development and implementation. It seeks to develop graduates ability to ascertain and analyse the key drivers that shape and contribute to a firm’s superior performance (competitive advantage) in the marketplace.
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Who is it for?
The aim of the Professional Diploma in Strategic Management in Financial Services is to provide graduates with a specific skill set to build on their prior learning, augment their technical knowledge and competencies and up skill/ re-skill them to deal with the key changes and challenges facing their organisations and sector.
The programme will provide a strategic lens through which students can integrate their technical knowhow in the provision of organisation-wide solutions, solve complex problems and formulate and implement strategy and change in a dynamic business environment.
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How you will benefit
On completing the Professional Diploma in Strategic Management in Financial Services, you will be able to:
Explain current theory and practice underpinning strategy, strategy formulation, innovation, strategic-decision making and strategic implementation.
Analyse and assess the financial services market environment using appropriate models and frameworks.
Select and apply appropriate tools to diagnose the environmental opportunities and threats faced by a financial services organisation and evaluate the strategic alternatives available to deliver customer and client value.
Formulate performance measures for strategic implementation and create and implement a change management programme to support strategic implementation.
Engage with colleagues and demonstrate personal initiative and leadership in developing and implementing organisational strategy. 6. Communicate clearly (using appropriate media) to pertinent stakeholder’s, current strategic management issues for financial services players.
Pursue appropriate learning opportunities (academic and non-academic) to enhance their strategic decision capabilities.
Duration & delivery
Delivery is online.
Award
When you successfully complete this programme you will be awarded a Professional Diploma in Strategic Management in Financial Services from UCD.
This is a level 9 qualification on the National Framework of Qualifications.
Progression
This award is on the Pathway to MSc in Financial Services. Those wishing to continue their studies and achieve the MSc (90 ECTS credits) are required to complete two further Professional Diplomas (30 ECTS each) or one of the Graduate Diplomas (60 ECTS). Further details at iob.ie/areas/msc-financial-services
Assessment
Each module will be 100% Continuous Assessment.
Fees
€1,760 per module.
Next intake
Autumn Trimester
Closing date
29 September 2023
Contact
For more information please contact [email protected]
Module learning and outcomes
You will study 3 modules - Students must have completed the Strategy and Innovation in Financial Services module before undertaking the Strategy Implementation and Change Management module.
Strategic Decision Making
(NFQ level 9, 10 ECTS)
This module will explore the nature of the strategic decision-making process and will consider the influence of organisation context on the effectiveness of strategic decision-making.
Strategy and Innovation in Financial Services
(NFQ level 9, 10 ECTS)
This module considers the strategic choices available to management and investigates the new and emerging business models. Understanding the impact of innovation is a critical factor in creating a strategic framework for new solutions and opportunities to support competitive advantage.
Strategy Implementation and Change Management
(NFQ level 9, 10 ECTS)
This module is designed to provide students with the theoretical and practical underpinnings of execution within organizations. It will build upon the fields of strategy and organizational change management to provide participants with skills to enable the translation of plans into concrete actions within organizational settings.
Key dates
Examination schedule 2023/2024
Next intake
Autumn Trimester
Closing date
29 September 2023
Requirements
The minimum entry requirements to the Professional Diploma in Strategic Management in Financial Services are as follows;
An Honours degree (min. 2.2 L8 NFQ)
or
Admission many also be considered for experienced professionals who do not meet the admission requirements as set out above, where they can demonstrate knowledge through their work i.e. they have more than 5 years’ experience in a management role (to be considered on a case by case basis).
Professional body membership
You must be a current member of IOB, or become a member, to undertake this programme.
Springboard+ Funding
Springboard+ courses are designed to help you gain the skills necessary to either obtain employment in industry areas where there is an increasing need or to upskill in your current job.
To be considered eligible for a place on a Springboard+ course, you will need to:
be living full-time in the Republic of Ireland
have your own, valid PPS Number
meet the nationality/visa requirement
You are an EU/EEA/UK/Swiss national or: You have Stamp 4/Stamp 4 EU FAM, Stamp 5, or Stamp 6 on your Irish Residence Permit (IRP) card. This includes those resident here on Stamp 4 on the basis of: having permission to remain in Ireland as a family member of an EU citizen or; having official Refugee/Subsidiary Protection status in Ireland /being here on the basis of refugee family reunification or; having been granted Humanitarian Leave to Remain in the State (prior to the Immigration Act 1999) or; having permission to remain following the Minister’s decision not to make a deportation order.
have lived in either the EU, the EEA, the UK, Switzerland for at least 3 out of the last 5 years
If you are a Stamp 4/Stamp 4 EU FAM, Stamp 5, or Stamp 6 holder, residency is calculated from the date you first received this stamp. Any residency before this time cannot be counted. If you have Refugee/Subsidiary Protection status in Ireland, residency is counted from the date you applied for International Protection.
When applying for a course through Springboard+ you will also need to apply on the basis of either being:
Employed working either for yourself or someone else.
Unemployed not currently working, receiving a qualifying welfare payment from the Department of Social Protection (unless you are formerly self-employed) and actively seeking employment.
A Returner a Homemaker, on other caring duties, or economically dependent on a partner/spouse for at least 9 of the last 12 months.
A Recent Graduate a graduate from a full-time NFQ Level 8 degree within the 12 months prior to the start of a Springboard+ course and who does not fit into one of the above categories.
Your eligibility is assessed based on your status on the date your course first starts. You will need to meet the eligibility criteria on that date. Documentary evidence of this will be requested during the course before a fee payment is made on your behalf. To find out more about the conditions and requirements for eligibility, including what you will need to do to confirm your status please visit HEA - Springboard+ (springboardcourses.ie)
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