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- Zavmo teaches you. You learn the units one-to-one with an AI tutor, on your own work.
- You register with an approved centre. That is a college, training provider or employer Chartered Management Institute has approved to offer this qualification. Zavmo is not an approved centre, so you register with them, not with us.
- The centre assesses, and Chartered Management Institute awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from Chartered Management Institute.
Aimed at senior managers and leaders, this NVQ diploma validates competence in strategic management and leadership. Individuals will develop skills in areas such as strategic business planning, business process design, and knowledge management strategy development.
These are the units Chartered Management Institute 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. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work, and work done here is recognised as prior learning under the agreements we hold.
Zavmo is not an awarding body, is not an approved centre, and is not affiliated with Chartered Management Institute. It does the teaching and the mapping. Chartered Management Institute sets this qualification and awards it, and a qualified human assessor makes the assessment decision.
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What each unit actually teaches you to do
Design business processes Real unit · Chartered Management Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the various techniques and tools that can be used to support the design of effective business processes.
- Develop new business processes or improve existing ones, taking into account organisational needs and objectives.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of business processes, measuring their performance against key performance indicators and identifying areas for optimisation.
Develop a business strategy Real unit · Chartered Management Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamental principles that underpin the development of a successful business strategy.
- Evaluate an organisation’s operating environment, considering internal and external factors that may impact its strategic direction.
- Develop a clear and compelling strategic vision for an organisation, outlining its long-term goals and aspirations.
- Develop a comprehensive business strategy that aligns with the organisation's vision and objectives, taking into account the competitive landscape and available resources.
Develop a strategic business plan Real unit · Chartered Management Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles underpinning the development of a strategic business plan, including market analysis, competitive advantage, and resource allocation.
- Prepare for the implementation of a business strategy, considering factors such as organisational structure, communication, and change management.
- Develop detailed plans to deliver the business strategy, including specific objectives, timelines, and resource requirements.
Develop and manage collaborative relationships with other organisations Real unit · Chartered Management Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of effective collaboration with other organisations, including benefits and potential challenges
- Identify external collaborative relationships to be developed in line with organisational objectives
- Collaborate with other organisations to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes
Establish business risk management processes Real unit · Chartered Management Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand various business risk management models and techniques, and their application in different contexts
- Develop business risk management processes to identify, assess and mitigate potential risks
- Evaluate the effectiveness of business risk management processes in protecting organisational assets and achieving objectives
Establish organisational governance controls Real unit · Chartered Management Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the nature of compliance and non-compliance with organisational governance requirements
- Understand the legal and regulatory framework affecting businesses, including relevant legislation and industry standards
- Establish effective governance controls to ensure compliance and mitigate risks
Execute a strategic business plan Real unit · Chartered Management Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the core principles that underpin the successful execution of a strategic business plan.
- Implement a strategic business plan within an organisation, adhering to relevant policies and procedures.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of a strategic business plan, identifying areas for improvement and future development.
Lead the development of a continuous improvement strategy Real unit · Chartered Management Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles underpinning the development of a robust continuous improvement strategy.
- Develop a continuous improvement strategy that is aligned with the organisation's strategic goals and objectives.
- Manage continuous improvement initiatives, ensuring that they are effectively implemented and monitored to achieve desired outcomes.
Lead the development of a knowledge management strategy Real unit · Chartered Management Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamental principles underpinning effective knowledge management within an organisation.
- Develop a comprehensive knowledge management strategy that aligns with the organisation's overall strategic objectives.
- Manage knowledge effectively, ensuring that it is captured, stored, shared, and utilised appropriately.
- Promote knowledge management throughout the organisation, fostering a culture of learning and collaboration.
Lead the development of a quality strategy Real unit · Chartered Management Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamental principles that underpin the development of a robust quality strategy.
- Develop a comprehensive quality strategy that aligns with the organisation's overall business objectives and customer expectations.
- Manage quality processes and systems to ensure consistent delivery of high-quality products and services.
Manage product and/or service development Real unit · Chartered Management Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the processes involved in the development of new or improved products and/or services
- Establish the need for new or improved products and/or services through market research and analysis
- Manage the development of new or improved products and/or services, from concept to launch
Manage strategic human resources Real unit · Chartered Management Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles and processes involved in strategic workforce planning, including forecasting future skills needs.
- Optimise employee retention strategies within an organisation to minimise staff turnover and maintain a skilled workforce.
- Manage human resources strategically, aligning HR practices with the overall business strategy to achieve organisational goals.
Manage strategic marketing activities Real unit · Chartered Management Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of strategic management in relation to marketing activities within an organisation
- Evaluate a market, considering factors such as size, trends, and competitive landscape
- Develop a comprehensive marketing communications strategy and plan, aligned with organisational objectives
- Manage strategic marketing activities, including implementation, monitoring, and evaluation
Obtain financial resources Real unit · Chartered Management Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand different methods of raising finance for an organisation
- Identify the need for financial resources within an organisation
- Obtain financial resources for an organisation
Optimise the use of technology Real unit · Chartered Management Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the core principles that underpin the optimisation of technology within an organisation.
- Scope the potential use of technology to address specific business challenges and opportunities.
- Optimise the use of technological solutions to improve efficiency, productivity, and overall business performance.
- Manage the implementation and ongoing use of technology, ensuring it aligns with the organisation's strategic objectives and delivers tangible benefits.
Promote equality of opportunity, diversity and inclusion Real unit · Chartered Management Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles underpinning equality, diversity and inclusion in the workforce, including relevant legislation and best practice
- Evaluate organisational strategies, policies and practices which address equality, diversity and inclusion requirements, identifying areas for improvement
- Promote equality, diversity and inclusion policies and practices within an organisation
Provide strategic leadership and direction Real unit · Chartered Management Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the key characteristics that underpin effective strategic leadership and direction within an organisation.
- Provide effective leadership and direction to teams and individuals to ensure the achievement of organisational objectives.
- Evaluate the overall effectiveness of the leadership and direction provided within an organisation, identifying areas for improvement.
Shape organisational culture and values Real unit · Chartered Management Institute
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the key elements of organisational culture and values, and their impact on organisational performance
- Influence organisational culture and values to support organisational objectives
The national standards these units are built against
What the job actually needs, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
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Build and Sustain Collaborative Relationships with Other Organisations
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Build and sustain collaborative relationships with other organisations
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Build and sustain collaborative relationships with other organisations
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Business Process Design and Improvement
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Communicate design and improvement information for IT enabled business processes
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Design and implement business analysis strategy
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Develop an organisational strategy in a food and drink business
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Develop and manage a strategy for your photo imaging business or practice
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Develop and sustain collaborative relationships with departments and other organisations
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Developing a Strategic Business Plan for Your Organisation
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Direct design service businesses
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Implement and evaluate strategic and operational business plans
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Implement and evaluate strategic and operational business plans
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Implement technology foresight processes
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Manage Relationships During Design and Improvement Programmes for IT Enabled Business Processes
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Promote equality of opportunity, diversity and inclusion in your organisation
The jobs these credits are mapped to
A qualification is never a dead end here. Each of these is a job record this qualification is a mapped route into.
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Showing 6 roles, drawn from 677 job records mapped to this qualification. Near-identical records are folded together, and each row says how many it stands for.
Where this can lead
Lead Knowledge Strategist
This work can lead to director-level roles in organisational learning, to a Chief Knowledge Officer position, or into leading a Learning and Development function.
See the whole journeyThe credits, and who awards them
Level 7 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by Chartered Management Institute rather than by Zavmo. 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 have covered and what is next.
What you would be collecting
Design business processesDevelop a business strategyDevelop a strategic business planDevelop and manage collaborative relationships with other organisationsEstablish business risk management processesEstablish organisational governance controlsExecute a strategic business planLead the development of a continuous improvement strategy
Each one is a real unit registered against this qualification.
How you’d practise it
You don’t watch this. You do it.
You are not assessed on remembering this. You are assessed on applying it, analysing it, evaluating it and producing something. So that is what the practice is: projects, role play and your own live cases, with a tutor in the room.
The Coach · your practice partner Illustration - Pitch it Evaluate
“Manage strategic marketing activities” gets practised as a pitch. You make the case out loud, Zavmo asks the question the room would ask, and you make it again.
- Bring your own plan Create
For “Develop a strategic business plan” you bring the plan you are actually working on, not a case study. Zavmo pulls on the assumptions in it until the weak one shows.
- Draft the real one Create
You do “Obtain financial resources” on a real document of your own. Zavmo works on the draft you have to send anyway, so the coursework and the job are the same piece of work.
- Map a live decision Analyse
“Lead the development of a quality strategy” runs on a decision you are facing now. Zavmo maps it with you and shows what the second-order effect looks like before you find out the slow way.
What you leave holding
The standards this credential builds, in the shape the product keeps them
Nothing here is marked learned. There is no learner on a public page, so the map shows what the qualification covers rather than what anybody has done.
- Build and Sustain Collaborative Relationships with Other Organisations
- Business Process Design and Improvement
- Communicate design and improvement information for IT enabled business processes
- Design and implement business analysis strategy
- Develop an organisational strategy in a food and drink business
- Develop and manage a strategy for your photo imaging business or practice
- Develop and sustain collaborative relationships with departments and other organisations
- Developing a Strategic Business Plan for Your Organisation
How you would learn this
One to one, on the work you already do
A tutor sets the task against your own job and marks the reasoning, at your pace. There is no cohort to fall behind.
A lesson from Design business processes, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
Learners will develop knowledge of techniques and tools for designing business processes, such as process mapping and flowcharting. The unit covers developing processes aligned with organisational objectives and evaluating their effectiveness using key performance indicators.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for CMI Level 7 NVQ Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership
18 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Chartered Management Institute.
- Design business processes
- Develop a business strategy
- Develop a strategic business plan
- Develop and manage collaborative relationships with other organisations
- Establish business risk management processes
- Establish organisational governance controls
and 12 more in the full unit list below.
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