ILOCOS SUR POLYTECHNIHC STATE COLLEGE

Tagudin, Ilocos Sur

GRADUATE SCHOOL

COURSE: EDM 611 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

PROFESSOR: ERNESTO PADIWAN Ed.D
LEARNER: RODOLFO B. CASSANOVA JR.

Activity number 4
1. Explain the characteristics of a 21st-century educational leader
Answer: How do you become a successful school leader or promote international school leadership? Here are
the qualities I believe you must cultivate to succeed in the twenty-first century.

Honesty and Integrity

Promote honesty and integrity among your faculty and students. If you make a mistake, admit it, accept
responsibility, fix it, and learn from it. Always keep your word and promises.

Ability to Trust and Empower

As an educational leader, you must be able to instill trust in your subordinates while also encouraging

Communicative, Collaborative and ConnectedOpenly seek and share information and knowledge. Seek to
be understood and to understand others. Always be connected to your staff by communicating with them and
collaborating with them with an open mind.

Positive Energy
Create a positive environment in the organization, never show them intimidation and never show disrespect to
your staff. As a leader always have good vibes in the system to build a good rapport between you and your
staff.

Confidence
You should work confidently, make decisions, and plan with optimistic goals. Give your staff your full support
and confidence in their potential. Never underestimate your subordinates; instead, provide full support for their
work and capabilities.

Commitment and Persistence

Display your commitment and persistence in your position to motivate others to enhance their work and
anything that can intensify the capabilities of the staff. Thus this commitment can lead to excellent leadership
if you as a leader will show your loyalty and commitment in all your tasks.

Willingness to Learn, Unlearn and Relearn

As an educational leader, you should be open to all possibilities that can offer you more learnings that can
develop and enhance your leadership skills and any related skills in management. You have to be open to all
the situations that can measure your limitations and open to change and adapt to changes for the
development of the organization where you belong.
Entrepreneurial, Creative and Innovative

The ability to think outside the box is very powerful. Creativity and innovation are effective ways to deal with
the disruptions and complexities of the twenty-first century. Empower students and teachers to be resourceful,
adaptable, and creative,

Intuitive
Learn to trust your instincts. listen to the voice within you.
Ability to Inspire
Learn how to inspire others, when we need to inspire, why we need to inspire and what is the focus of your
goals in inspiring your subordinates to be as one and to work together as one.

2. Expound the principles to make strategic management successful.

1. analytical Thinking: Analytical thinking is an important aspect of strategic management because it involves
analyzing data and making decisions based on the findings. Analytical thinking enables an objective
assessment of a situation and the identification of potential solutions.

2.Strategic Planning: Strategic planning is the process of establishing objectives and devising a plan to
achieve them.

3.Resource Management: Resource management is an important aspect of strategic management because

it involves managing resources like people, money, and time. Resource management is critical for ensuring
that resources are used efficiently and effectively to achieve the organization's objectives.

4.Risk Management: Risk management ensures that the organization is prepared for potential risks and can
respond appropriately.

5. Leadership: Leadership is an essential component of strategic management because it entails creating a

vision and inspiring the team to work toward it. Leadership is necessary to keep the organization focused on
its goals and the team motivated to achieve them.

3. Make an environmental scanning in your workplace. Make a strategic analysis using the SWOT.

Answer: Strategic analysis of the implementation of the Dynamic Learning Program in Sigay National High
School. See my answer in the table below.

SWOT ANALYSIS

SIGAY DLP IMPLEMENTATION

1.Enhance the 1.It makes learners 1. It can offer m or 1.Some learners

analytical skills of became lazy in flexible time for the preferred
learners. writing they just teachers and unbothered learning
depend on the LAS learners of learning environment thus, it
2. Caters the
given to them. in all modalities. refuse their interest
diverse interest of
to collaborate with
the learners. 2. It makes some 2. Bring opportunity
their classmates
leaners inattentive in to the learners and
3. Enhance the during the
some areas of teachers to
capabilities pf collaborative
learning process. experience a
teachers in inclusive learning
collaborative
innovation or process specially
process of learning
innovating localized during the group
instructional performance and
materials hands-on science.
4. Compare and contrast internal strategic analysis with external strategic analysis.

Answer: Comparison between internal and external strategic analysis

Internal strategic analysis External strategic analysis

Focus more on internal issues in the organization
like:
Faculty/staff capabilities
Product of the organization
Services can be offered to the client
Development of the organization
Internal problems between and among the staff and
the leaders
values, management styles, Human Resources,
technological and physical resources, and
organizational structure
Most likely concentrate of the following:
Demographic profile of the company/
business
External factors affecting the growth and
service of the company.
political, economic, sociocultural,
technological, environmental, and legal
factors

With all the information in the table above. The internal strategic analysis concern is more of the issue in the
organization that can be catered to and resolved immediately or in a long-term process. External strategic
analysis concerns is more on the issues outside the company or organization that can affect the status of the
company or organization.

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