Award/Certificate/Diploma in Management and Leadership
The CMI Level 5 qualifications in management are designed for practising middle managers who wish to develop their core management skills and practices. These qualifications focus on the personal development of the individual student's management capabilities and competencies. The CMI Level 5 gives new middle managers a solid foundation from which to progress in their careers and in their formal leadership development.
There are three Chartered Management Institute qualifications at Level 5; the Award, Certificate and Diploma in Management and Leadership.
The Tutors are very helpful and always make constructive remarks on the coursework. They also recommend extra reading material to help my understanding.
Stephen Hayers
Who is this course for?
The course is designed for practising or aspiring middle managers.
The course covers the following areas:
Personal development
Management resources
Meeting customer and quality requirements
Information management
Performance management
Personal development
Management resources
Meeting customer and quality requirements
Information management
Performance management
How does the course work?
Study Time:
You can study at a pace to suit you. Your tutor will create a timetable for you, and will set you work and assignments to complete each week.
If you can spend around 3 hours a week studying, you should be able to complete the course in 6 months for the Award, 18 months for the Certificate or 30 months for the Diploma. If you can spend more time studying than that, you could fast-track and complete the course faster.
Course Structure:
You must complete any of the units below to make up at least 6 credits to gain the Award, or 13 credits to gain the Certificate. To gain the Diploma, all of the units listed as A need to be completed along with 1 optional unit from B and 3 from C.
Assessments
Assessment is normally via practical work-based assignments.
Qualification Received:
You will receive the Chartered Management Institute Level 5 Award, Certificate or Diploma in Management and Leadership.
Your Course Fee Includes:
Tuition
Study Materials
12 Month Institute Membership
VAT
Course Details - Unit Breakdown
Group A units
Personal Development as a Manager and Leader (6 credits)
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This unit is about improving individual management and leadership skills and competencies against objectives. It examines the importance of continual self-development in achieving organisational objectives, constructing a personal development plan and supporting and promoting staff welfare.
Information Based Decision Making (7 credits)
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This unit is about the communication and use of information to support decision making. It looks at selecting sources of data and information, using decision making models to support decision making, presenting data and communicating the results of information analysis and decisions.
Resource Management (7 credits)
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This unit is about identifying, planning, using and evaluating resources to meet objectives. It looks at ways to manage the supply chain and predict and manage disruption in supply, and monitoring and evaluating internal and external resource use to meet plans.
Meeting Stakeholder and Quality Needs (6 credits)
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This unit is about identifying and meeting stakeholder requirements to agreed quality standards and seeking improvements by promoting continuous improvement and change within the organisation.
Conducting a Management Project (10 credits)
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This unit is about identifying and justifying a management project, conducting research and analysing data, making conclusions and recommendations that achieve the project aim, and presenting and reviewing the aims of the project.
Group B units
Being a Leader (7 credits)
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This unit is about understanding the ethical and cultural issues within the organisation, and their value-based approach to leadership. It examines how to develop a culture of professionalism, mutual trust, respect and support within the team.
Performance Management (9 credits)
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This unit is about the management of individual and team performance. It looks at identifying and agreeing performance objectives, assessing and giving feedback on performance and where necessary applying the organisation's disciplinary and grievance procedures.
Group C units
Financial Control (9 credits)
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This unit is about the use of financial systems and controls in an organisation to meet objectives, and the impact of external factors on organisational financial management. It also looks at the sources and availability of finance to an organisation.
Marketing Planning (9 credits)
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This unit is about understanding the role of marketing in achieving organisational objectives. It looks at creating and implementing a marketing plan based on the organisation's current or future position in the markets in which it operates.
Project Development and Control (6 credits)
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This unit is about understanding projects, developing project plans and management strategies, and ensuring projects achieve objectives with targets. It looks at the project life cycle from conception to hand over.
Human Resources Development (6 credits)
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This unit will help you plan to meet the human resource requirements of your organisation and to develop your team so that they can meet the organisation's objectives. It covers the creation of a human resource plan, and planning for individual development to meet organisational objectives.
Managing Recruitment and Selection (7 credits)
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This unit deals with the impact of both the law and organisational procedures on the process of recruitment and selection. It looks at the analysis of staffing resources, presenting reasons for changes and the organisation and conduct of the selection process.
Leadership Practices (7 credits)
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This unit is about the links between management and leadership. It looks at key leadership principles that support organisational values, and the application of different leadership styles to achieve organisational objectives.
Ethical Organisational Management (7 credits)
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This unit is about the principles of organisational ethics, ethical codes and the legislation which affects it. It also examines how these are affected by the culture or society in which the organisation operates, and looks at ways to recognise differing ethical approaches or ideologies within organisations.
Managing the Change Process (7 credits)
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This unit is about identifying opportunities for change, modelling the change process and understanding its impact on individuals and stakeholders, managing the change to produce expected outcomes and meet organisational objectives.
Leading Equality and Diversity (7 credits)
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This unit helps students to evaluate their organisation's commitment to equality and diversity, understand how equality and diversity policies are communicated and deal with the application of equality and diversity policies in relation to individuals.
Managerial Networks (7 credits)
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This unit is about developing managerial networks to support organisational objectives, capitalising on those networks and using data or information gained to inform the organisation's objectives and implement the network's ideas.
Managing Ideas and Innovation (7 credits)
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This unit is about identifying and encouraging ideas and innovation within the organisation, and introduces methods to encourage the originators and developers of ideas and innovations. It also looks at ways to analyse and evaluate ideas and make recommendations.
Managerial Decision Making (7 credits)
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This unit is about the challenges and skills of making difficult or unpopular decisions that must be made in support of the organisational objectives. It introduces techniques for communicating the organisation's values and vision, and for supporting individuals in times of change or setback.
Introduction to Management and Leadership (7 credits)
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This unit is about the foundation skills and knowledge of a senior/middle manager and leader. It focuses on the use of data and information in meeting stakeholder needs, selection processes, performance development and team welfare.
Operational Risk Management (7 credits)
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This unit is about understanding the concept of risk and risk management. It looks at methods of identifying and assessing risks, implementing risk management activities and evaluating the outcomes of risk management activities.
Organisational Corporate Social Responsibility (7 credits)
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This unit is about understanding the organisational strategy for Corporate Social Responsibility and its impact on organisational performance, developing an implementation plan, delivering the plan and evaluating and reporting results.