CIPD Level 5 Diploma HR Management

Course details

Progress your HR career with the CIPD Level 5 Diploma

CIPD qualifications are internationally recognised and offer you an accredited route into the Human Resources industry. With AVADO in partnership with CIPD Enterprises you can gain your professional CIPD Level 5 Diploma online, allowing you to study whenever and wherever you want, and fit study in around your other commitments.

If you're looking to progress in HR Management roles, then the CIPD Level 5 Intermediate Diploma in HR Management qualification will provide you with comprehensive knowledge of HR management. Through eight modules covering a wide range of topics, you will be able to learn the skills and knowledge sought out by organisations and HR directors internationally.

On successful completion of the CIPD Level 5 Diploma online course you will gain Associate Membership of the CIPD, allowing you to use the designation Assoc CIPD after your name to showcase your credentials.

With the CIPD Level 5 Diploma you will gain:

• A sound understanding of how human resource activities support an organisation's strategy and assist the achievement of business objectives.
• A broader perspective of the organisational issues facing those in charge of the management of people within organisations.
• An understanding of how to analyse human resource information and present findings to inform decision making.
• An additional 2 modules as well as the 6 core modules included in the Level 5 Certificate
• We also offer the CIPD Level 5 qualification as a Certificate, which contains only 6 units and takes less time to complete

Your course includes everything you need to succeed:

• 24-hour access to your online campus, accessible on mobile and tablet
• Regular online live classes with your tutor and classmates
• Dedicated tutor and community team to support you throughout the course
• Free access to AVADO's premium Career Development Hub
• Free NUS card - the definitive student discount card with a range of exclusive discounts
• We include everything you need in the course price. The only additional cost is your CIPD membership, which you are required to pay directly to the CIPD

The CIPD Level 5 Intermediate Diploma in HR Management is created to give you a comprehensive insight into the HR industry and help you to attain the skills and knowledge needed for the HR industry.

To gain the CIPD Level 5 Diploma you must complete the following eight units:

1. Developing professional practice

• Understand what is required to be an effective and efficient HR professional.
• Be able to perform efficiently and effectively as an HR professional.
• Be able to apply CPD techniques to construct, implement and review a personal development plan

2. Business issues and the context of HR

• Understand the key contemporary business issues and main external factors affecting different organisations and the impact on HR.
• Understand how organisational and HR strategies and practices are shaped and developed.
• Know how to identify and respond to changes in the business environment

3. Resourcing and talent planning

• Understand key contemporary labour market trends and their significance for workforce planning.
• Be able to undertake talent planning and recruitment activities.
• Understand how to maximise employee retention.
• Know how to manage dismissal, redundancy and retirement effectively and lawfully

4. Using information in HR

• Understand the research process and different research approaches.
• Be able to conduct a critical review of information sources in an area of HR/business practice and analyse the findings.
• Be able to draw meaningful conclusions and evaluate options for change.
• Know how to deliver clear, business-focused reports on an HR issue.

5. Managing and coordinating the Human Resources function

• Understand the purpose and key objectives of the HR function in contemporary organisations.
• Understand how HR objectives are delivered in different organisations.
• Understand how the HR function can be evaluated in terms of value added and organisation performance.
• Understand the relationship between organisational performance and effective HR management and development

6. Employment law

• Understand the purpose of employment regulation and the way it is enforced in practice.
• Know how to manage recruitment and selection activities lawfully.
• Know how to manage change and reorganisation lawfully.
• Know how to manage issues relating to pay and working time lawfully.
• Be able to ensure that staff are treated lawfully when they are at work.
• Know how to manage performance and disciplinary matters lawfully

7. Developing Leadership & Management Skills

• Understand the differences between leadership and management.
• Learn the key roles of corporate leaders and managers, leadership & management development interventions, and the learning & development function.
• Be able to explain several different approaches to developing leaders and managers.
• Understand how to ensure the ownership and success of leadership and management development programmes

8. Employee Engagement

• Understand the concepts and components of employee engagement.
• Be able to explain how employee engagement contributes to positive business outcomes.
• Understand the principles and applications of high performance working (HPW).
• Know how to raise employee engagement levels using HR strategies and practices

This qualification is delivered and assessed fully online; for each of the eight units you will need to submit an assessment online. The programme typically takes 14 months to complete.