Chartered Management Institute - Level 5 Qualifications in Management and Leadership

The start date is Wednesday 25th September 2013 12:30 to 21:00 which will involve Induction, Registration and Study Skills Tutorial. Teaching commences on Wednesday 2nd September 2013 12:30 - 21:00.

The Level 5 qualifications in Management and Leadership 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 learner's management capabilities and competencies.

These qualifications are derived from the National Occupational Standards for Management and Leadership and are accredited on the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) for England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The Level 5 qualifications in Management and Leadership offer a highly flexible approach to learning. They allow a selection of a broad range of units that can be flexibly accessed within the three year registration period.

The qualifications follow the new Award, Certificate, Diploma format where:

Award - is a concise qualification aimed at developing basis skills and knowledge at this Level.

To achieve a CMI Level 5 Award in Management and Leadership, you need to successfully complete at least one unit to a minimum of 6 credits.

Certificate - builds and broadens on the areas covered in the Award.

To achieve a CMI Level 5 Certificate in Management and Leadership you need to successfully complete any combination of units to a minimum of 13 credits.

Diploma - develops a comprehensive range of skills and knowledge required at this Level.

To achieve a CMI Level 5 Diploma in Management and Leadership, you need to complete all units to a total of at least 62 credits.
What Subjects will I study?

Units to study at Level 5 include:

Personal development as a manager and leader (Unit code 5001 - credit value 6)
You will learn how to manage your own personal development, identify resources required and evaluate its impact on organisational objectives whilst bearing in mind responsibilities relating to staff welfare.

Information based decision making (Unit code 5002 - credit value 7)
You will learn how to utilise knowledge management to make informed decisions and develop methods of communicating these decisions to others.

Performance management (Unit code 5003 - credit value 9)
You will learn about managing your team against set objectives in order to meet organisational objectives and how to support poor performance.

Resource management (Unit code 5004 - credit value 7)
You will learn the methods, techniques and principles of managing resources to meet organisation objectives and monitoring of their use.

Meeting stakeholder and quality needs (Unit code 5005 - credit value 6)
You will learn how to determine stakeholder requirements whilst understanding the concept of quality and how this can be improved whilst maintaining stakeholder expectations.

Conducting a management project (Unit code 5006 - credit value 10)
You will learn research methodologies to enable the writing of a management project, how to make conclusions, recommendations and review the impact of the project on the work related area.

Managing Recruitment and Selection (Unit code 5011 - credit value 7)
This unit is about identifying a need for staff, selecting objectively and inducting effectively within legal and organisational requirements.

Marketing planning (Unit code 5008 - credit value 9)
You will learn how to devise and implement a marketing plan taking into account both the organisations current position and its targeted positioning.

Managing the change process (Unit code 6003 - credit value 7)
This unit is about identifying opportunities for change, modelling the change process and managing the change to produce expected outcomes.