The Level 7 Extended Diploma in Strategic and Management (120 credits) is designed to offer learners a broader and more comprehensive experience of strategic management. Learners are required to take all 5 core units plus any 3 optional units. Again, these optional units can all be taken from a specific pathway, where learners have particular interests. For those learners interested in fully realising their own academic interest and potential for the subject, this qualification offers the opportunity to engage with a wide range of Level 7 strategic management-related topics. The level 7 Strategic Management Diplomas is designed to enable learners to both deepen their knowledge and understanding of Strategic Management and customise it to reflect their own learning needs. These qualifications are, therefore, designed to provide: • maximum flexibilitywithdifferentlysizedLevel7qualificationscoveringanumberofrelevant strategic management areas and pathways reflecting a variety of learner’s needs • opportunities for learners to develop a breadth of knowledge and understanding of subject matter related to strategic management topics and issues, but also • core unit choice and pathways/optional units in particular specialisms that are directly related to learners’ current responsibilities or that meet a particular interest and support career development • development of underpinning skills, personal qualities and behaviours/attitudes essential for successful performance in study and working life • a strong base for continued learning and a desire to constantly develop as an individual, further improving knowledge, understanding and skills.