You have gained employment as a consultant with a national company Coverhill Ltd.

In Coverhill, your line manager is preparing to submit a project proposal to DataTrack, an IT service organisation wishing to develop its vision and associated strategic direction. Your line manager is very keen to gain acceptance for this project and has asked you to help him prepare the following documents to accompany the proposal.

You must prepare document clearly demonstrating that you understand how to develop, communicate and implement an organisational vision and strategic direction. It must include:

• A discussion on the relationship between vision, strategic direction, and strategic planning.
• An analysis of the factors that impact on organisations and their visions.

A discussion on how support for the organisation's vision and strategic direction can be built

The proposal has been accepted. You and your line manager have been appointed as the consultants to work with DataTrack on their vision and strategic direction. Your line manager has invited you to accompany him to a meeting with the senior management team of DataTrack, so that you can both learn more about their thinking, to respond to queries, to gain a greater understanding of the context for the planned changes and to discuss your approach in more detail.

Following the meeting your line manager agrees to to design report for the senior management team. He has delegated the task to you and has asked that the report includes:

An explanation of the processes involved in creating a vision for an organization

• The methods you could use to communicate the vision and strategic direction to stakeholders,

The challenges and pressures faced by organizations when communicating vision and strategic direction to stakeholders.

A workshop has been planned for the senior staff at DataTrack, in preparation for the implementation of the organisation's vision and strategic direction. Coverhill has been contracted to deliver the workshop. Your line manager wishes you to participate. He has asked you to prepare a presentation which:maN

Outlines the process for implementing the vision and strategic direction.

Explain how leadership behavior promotes the achievement of organizational vision and strategic direction.

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