strategic management and leadership KFHB 2
strategic management and leadership KFHB 2
Strategic Management and Leadership of Kuwait Finance House-Bahrain
Part 1: 2500 words
– Introduction (250 words)
– A critical appraisal of the relevant literature or organizational analysis (1000 Words)
– A synthesis of literature relating to current identified practice (750 words)
– Conclusion (500 words)
– References (it is expected that the reference list will contain between 15 and 20 sources. As a MINIMUM the reference list should include 4 referenced academic journals and 5 academic books)
– Appendices
The first part of the report is an analysis of leadership and management of Kuwait Finance House-Bahrain (KFHB). This report will be merged with other reports to form a comprehensive report about how KFHB is being managed strategically. The topic you are writing about is: Corporate Social Responsibility in Kuwait Finance House-Bahrain.
Other reports will be about: integrated reporting/ social economic in KFHB/ strategic planning/ stress at work in KFHB/communication or process improvement/CRM/operation management and planning or Sharia compliance in KFHB/training and development in KFHB. You can write briefly about some of those topics to link my introduction to theirs reports.
The following points are good points for the flow of the report:
– Since the topic is about strategic planning and management, it’s beneficial to start the report with definition/literature/history of strategic planning and management
– After any literature review, state my personal opinion i.e. which opinion/belief I adopt.
– KFH-Bahrain history (https://www.kfh.bh/en/kuwait-finance-house/about-us.html?slug=kuwait-finance-house) + add information about KFH Kuwait and KFH Malaysia/ Turkey.
– Will be beneficial: KFH Corporate Governance (https://www.kfh.bh/media/document/Corporate%20Governance.pdf)
– Add the organizational chart (can be found in KFH website
– Financial results for last 5 years (just to show how changing in strategies leads to growth in profit, you can find them on the website).(tutor wants to see a comparison of financials for the pas 5. 10 or 15 years illustrated in any form)
– Mention all the departments and one strategic plan/goal for each one:
KFHB has more than 270 employees in 28 departments:
– Anti financial crime (3 staff)
– Administration (4 staff)
– Business development (4 staff)
– Cards and E-channels (7 staff)
– Consumer finance real estate (10 staff, relationship managers and analysists)
– Corporate banking group (15 staff) (13 relationship managers and analysists / 2 administration)
– Collections (7 staff)
– Credit review (4 staff)
– Credit administration and collateral management (7 staff)
– Corporate communication (4 staff)
– Financing restructuring (1 staff)
– Financial control (13 staff, financial reporting and internal control)
– HR (6 staff)
– IT (20 staff)
– Internal audit (3 staff)
– Investment (7 staff)
– Legal (3 staff)
– Maintenance (3 staff)
– Operations (20 staff, swift and treasury back office, Trade finance and remittances back office, consumer and corporate finance back office)
– Private banking (12 staff, relationship managers and admin staff)
– Real estate project management (12 staff)
– Risk management (5 staff)
– Sharia’ (3 staff)
– Strategic planning (1 staff)
– Treasury and capital markets (6 staff)
– Wealth management (8 staff, client relations, product and portfolio and administration team)
– Retail banking group and automalls (10 branches and 2 automalls with around 85 staff
Part 2: 2500 words
Personal Reflection on Leadership and Management
Write a 2500 word part which reflects upon your personal experience in the area covered in the first part. This part should include a referenced view on reflective techniques (such as multi-view or others). This reflective part is to support the case study with strategy and leadership stories. The following points are to be mentioned in this part.
– Introduction – theory/literature about leadership and mentoring
– After any literature review, state my personal opinion i.e. which opinion/belief I adopt.
– Discuss Leaders vs managers
– Summary of ideas to form a personal reflection on the above part
– Personal reflection on leadership/mentoring experience (my own experience in leadership and mentoring either by leading or receiving)
– Conclusion
– References (it is expected that the reference list will contain between 15 and 20 sources. As a MINIMUM the reference list should include 4 referenced academic journals and 5 academic books)
