ABE · RQF Level 6

ABE Level 6 Advanced Diploma in Human Resource Management

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  • LevelRQF Level 6
  • Total credits31
  • Guided learning210 hours
  • Units in this qualification5

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What you’ll learn

What each unit actually teaches you to do

A Level 6 qualification, the Advanced Diploma in Human Resource Management is designed for those seeking to develop strategic skills in the business management field. It includes managing organisational change, corporate strategy, and strategic human resource management. Learners will enhance their ability to analyse and evaluate complex organisational issues.

These are the units ABE registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated, and every one you earn is yours to keep.

Corporate Strategy and PlanningReal unit · ABE
This unit provides learners with knowledge of corporate strategy and strategic planning processes. You'll analyse the external environment, formulate strategic options, and implement strategies aligned with organisational mission and values.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the concept of corporate strategy and its role in achieving organisational goals
  • Know the key stages of strategic planning processes, including analysis, formulation, implementation, and evaluation
  • Analyse the external environment, using tools such as PESTLE and SWOT analysis, to identify opportunities and threats
  • Formulate strategic options, considering factors such as competitive advantage, resource availability, and risk appetite
  • Implement strategic plans effectively, ensuring alignment across the organisation and monitoring progress towards objectives
Managing Organisational Change and DevelopmentReal unit · ABE
You'll gain a comprehensive understanding of organisational change and development, including drivers and impacts. The unit covers planning and implementing change initiatives using management models and evaluating their effectiveness.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the nature of organisational change, including its drivers, types, and potential impact
  • Know different change management models and frameworks, such as Lewin's Change Management Model and Kotter's 8-Step Change Model
  • Plan for organisational change, including identifying stakeholders, assessing risks, and developing communication strategies
  • Implement change initiatives effectively, ensuring employee engagement and minimising resistance
  • Evaluate the impact of change initiatives on organisational performance and employee well-being
Managing in OrganisationsReal unit · ABE
It teaches you to evaluate management theories and analyse organisational structures and cultures. You'll critically assess leadership styles and develop strategies for organisational improvement, focusing on efficiency and innovation.

What you'll be able to do

  • Evaluate different management theories and their relevance to contemporary organisations
  • Analyse organisational structures and cultures, and their impact on organisational performance
  • Critically assess different leadership styles and their effectiveness in various organisational contexts
  • Develop strategies for organisational improvement, focusing on areas such as efficiency, innovation, and employee engagement
  • Understand different approaches to managing change within organisations, including planning, communication, and implementation
Performance Managament and RewardReal unit · ABE
This unit covers principles of performance management and reward systems within organisations. You'll learn to set performance objectives, provide feedback, and understand the impact of reward systems on motivation and performance improvement.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the fundamental principles of performance management within an organisation.
  • Know different performance management methods and their application in various contexts.
  • Set clear and measurable performance objectives that align with organisational goals.
  • Provide constructive and timely performance feedback to employees to support their development.
  • Understand different reward systems and their impact on employee motivation and performance.
  • Manage performance improvement processes to address underperformance and enhance employee capabilities.
Strategic Human Resource Management for Business OrganisationReal unit · ABE
You'll explore the strategic role of Human Resource Management (HRM) within business organisations. The unit covers strategic HR planning, alignment with business objectives, talent management, and evaluation of strategic HRM effectiveness.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the role of Human Resource Management (HRM) in the strategic management of a business organisation.
  • Know the strategic HR planning processes that contribute to organisational success.
  • Align HR strategy with the overall business strategy to achieve organisational goals.
  • Manage talent strategically to ensure the organisation has the right people with the right skills in the right roles.
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of strategic HRM initiatives and their impact on organisational performance.

The honest bit

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Your passport

Every credit is a stamp you keep

Level 6 credits are regulated. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you’ve earned and what’s next.

Corporate Strategy and PlanningManaging Organisational Change and DevelopmentManaging in OrganisationsPerformance Managament and RewardStrategic Human Resource Management for Business Organisation

Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.

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Where this connects

Where these credits take you

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Where this can lead

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How you’ll actually learn this

One-to-one, on your own real work

A qualification is usually something done to you: sit the class, sit the exam, hope it sticks. Here it’s the opposite. You learn it one-to-one with a companion, on your own real work, and you keep going until you can use it, not just recall it.

One-to-one, on your real workNo lectures, no past-papers. Every unit is practised on the actual tasks your job throws at you, a tutor beside you, not a video in front of you.
Taught to the top, not the testMost courses stop at remembering. Your companion keeps climbing: analysing, judging, creating. That’s the part a machine can’t do for you.
Credits you keep, a map that continuesEvery unit is regulated and yours for good. The day you finish, Zavmo already knows the next role your new credits open.
Corporate Strategy and PlanningLevel 6

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This unit provides learners with knowledge of corporate strategy and strategic planning processes. Learners will analyse the external environment, formulate strategic options, and implement strategies aligned with organisational mission and values.

How the thinking builds
  1. Remember
  2. Understand
  3. Apply
  4. Analyse
  5. Evaluate
  6. Create
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Built for ABE Level 6 Advanced Diploma in Human Resource Management

5 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by ABE.

  1. Corporate Strategy and Planning
  2. Managing Organisational Change and Development
  3. Managing in Organisations
  4. Performance Managament and Reward
  5. Strategic Human Resource Management for Business Organisation
These are the real units of this credential, in its own order. Nothing here is marked done, because this plan has not been started by anyone yet. Yours would fill in as you go.

One to one, not one to many

No two people run this the same way

A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.

  1. Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
  2. What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
  3. The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
  4. How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
  5. Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.

See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.

Why it sticks

Most courses stop at remembering

There’s a well-known ladder of how deeply you learn something, called Bloom’s Taxonomy. Most courses get you up the first two rungs: you remember some facts, you pass a test, you forget it. Real skill lives at the top. Judging, deciding, creating. And this isn’t a generic ladder: every rung has a named Zavmo tutor who walks you up it.

  1. 6CreateThe Creative Catalyst
  2. 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
  3. 4AnalyseThe Analyst
  4. 3ApplyThe Coach
  5. 2UnderstandThe Connector
  6. 1RememberThe Builder

Where most courses leave you Where Zavmo takes you

Why this matters: AI can already remember and understand for you. What it can’t do is take your real problem and judge the right call. So the only learning worth paying for is the learning that takes you to the top. That’s exactly what a tutor doing it with you, on your real work, is for.

The value

Why the companion is worth £70 a month

You’re not paying for the units. They’re regulated, and the same wherever you earn them. You’re paying for the one thing that decides whether you actually get there: a companion that makes them stick, on your real work.

That is one-to-one on this qualification, every day, on the work you already do, for £70 a month. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it. Billed monthly, cancel any time and billing stops.

Earned on your own work, taught to the top.

Everything you just read, learned one-to-one on the job you already do. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it.

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