Management & Leadership Chartered Diploma

Course details

Only the most qualified managers will succeed in the years ahead. The Chartered Diploma in Management and Leadership is an internationally recognised level 7 (Ireland) qualification which will advance your career in Management & Team Leadership.

The structure of the programme ensures that you develop both academic knowledge and practical management skills for a successful management or business career.

In order to become an effective manager, you need to learn how to manage. The course has an emphasis on practical management skills and applied learning and this make it a powerful and transformational learning experience. The course explores best management practices and the latest approaches to effectively manage a team and achieve results through people. You will learn what is strategic leadership and understand the dynamics of team performance and monitoring.

Award Recognition

The Diploma in Management and Leadership is awarded by the Chartered Management Institute which is a globally recognised awarding body regulated and quality approved by Ofqual UK. The course is recognised to level 6 UK and is formally aligned to Level 7 (equivalent to Ordinary Bachelor Degree, Higher Diploma) on the National Framework of Qualifications in Ireland (NFQ). The course allows direct progression to the CMI Level 9 Diploma in Strategic Management & Leadership.

Modules

There are 6 core modules to complete as follows:

• Managing Organisational Culture
• Ethical Organisational Management
• Planning a change process
• Leading Equality and persity
• Personal development as a Strategic Manager
• Managerial Decision Making

Course Aims

Upon completion of the course you will be able to:

• Understand how organisational culture can impact on organisational behavior
• Understand the principles of organisational ethics, the effect on corporate social responsibility, and understanding ethics in differing cultural values systems and ideologies.
• Identifying opportunities for change, modelling the change process and managing the change to produce expected outcomes.
• Organisational commitment to equality and persity, and its application and support throughout the organisation.
• Identify challenges and skills of making managerial decisions that must be made in support of the organisational objectives, purpose and vision.
• Create approaches to encourage Team Leadership and monitor Performance
• Understand Business functions, organizational structures and key skills required to integrate these functions across the organisation
• Understand Change Management and how to adapt and lead change
• Contextualise leadership in order to nurture a “human organisation”
• Critically assess Team dynamics
• Explore difference between Personal leadership and personal development
• Know the difference between coaching culture and leadership culture in the work place.

The main form of assessment is assignments led and supported by your lecturer/tutor. There are no exams.