Week 8 Assignment: The Future Of Leadership

Week 8: The future of leadershipNobody can really guarantee the future. The best we can do is size up the chances, calculate the risks involved, estimate our ability to deal with them and then make our plans with confidence.— Henry Ford IIWhat direction will businesses take in the future? Given the dynamic and volatile nature of the current global business environment, it is unlikely that anybody can predict that future with any certainty. Tomorrow's business leaders will need to operate in a way that takes into account the events of the external environment. They must be prepared to make difficult decisions without necessarily being assured of the results.This week, you examine some of the issues that face tomorrow's business leaders. You will evaluate how your actions can help sustained development and analyse issues facing business leaders in the future.The following Key Concept Overview will delve into this topic in greater detail. Read this before progressing on to additional resources in this week. HYPERLINK "https://elearning.uol.ohecampus.com/bbcswebdav/institution/UKL1/201740JAN/MS_KMGT/KMGT_633/readings/UKL1_KMGT_633_Week08_keyConcept.pdf" \t "_blank" DocumentWeek 8 Key Concept Overview (PDF)Reference:Forbes.com (n.d.). Thoughts on the business life [Online]. Available from: http://www.forbes.com/quotes/author/henry-ford-ii/ (Accessed: 29 October