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- The centre assesses, and NOCN awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from NOCN.
NOCN Level 5 Diploma in Productivity Improvement Practice (Strategic Manager)
These are the units NOCN 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.
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What each unit actually teaches you to do
Data Analysis in support of Productivity Improvement Projects Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Apply data analysis techniques in productivity projects.
Data Analysis in support of Productivity Improvement Projects Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand data analysis methods appropriate for productivity projects.
Data Analysis in support of Productivity Improvement Projects Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Select data analysis techniques appropriate to the analysis of particular types of data.
- Gather required data using appropriate primary and secondary data gathering processes.
Designing & Implementing a Balanced Scorecard Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the place of performance measurement in strategy implementation.
Idea Development for Productivity Improvement Projects Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Generate innovative ideas for productivity improvements.
Idea Development for Productivity Improvement Projects Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Generate and assess ideas for productivity improvement.
Identification and Planning of Productivity Improvement Projects Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Effectively identify and plan for productivity improvement projects.
Identification and Planning of Productivity Improvement Projects Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Identify productivity improvement opportunities and plan projects.
Implementation Planning for Productivity Improvement Projects Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Master the skills needed for effective implementation planning.
Implementation Planning for Productivity Improvement Projects Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Plan for the implementation of productivity projects.
Innovation & Creativity Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Apply innovative thinking to productivity projects.
Leadership & Management of Productivity Improvement Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate leadership skills in productivity contexts.
Performance Measurement & Management Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand performance measurement in the management of an organisation.
Planning for Operational Change Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the reasons for resistance to change and ways it can be ameliorated.
Productivity Improvement Project Definition and Approval Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Define a productivity improvement project and obtain necessary approvals.
Productivity Improvement Project Definition and Approval Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Define and gain approval for productivity improvement projects.
Productivity Improvement Project Evaluation and Review Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the evaluation process of productivity improvement projects.
Productivity Improvement Project Evaluation and Review Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Evaluate the effectiveness of productivity projects.
Productivity Improvement Project Implementation Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate the ability to implement a productivity improvement project.
Productivity Improvement Project Implementation Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Implement productivity improvement projects effectively.
Productivity Improvement Project Reporting Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Learn to report on productivity improvements effectively.
Productivity Improvement Project Reporting Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Produce reports on productivity improvement outcomes.
Risk and Issue Management Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Manage risks associated with productivity projects.
Strategic Planning Real unit · NOCN
What you'll be able to do
- Formulate strategic plans for productivity improvement.
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.
- Standard
Plan the implementation of organisational change
The credits, and who awards them
Level 5 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by NOCN 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
Data Analysis in support of Productivity Improvement ProjectsData Analysis in support of Productivity Improvement ProjectsData Analysis in support of Productivity Improvement ProjectsDesigning & Implementing a Balanced ScorecardIdea Development for Productivity Improvement ProjectsIdea Development for Productivity Improvement ProjectsIdentification and Planning of Productivity Improvement ProjectsIdentification and Planning of Productivity Improvement Projects
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 Navigator · your what-if tutor Illustration - Bring your own plan Create
For “Data Analysis in support of Productivity Improvement Projects” 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 “Productivity Improvement Project Reporting” 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
“Productivity Improvement Project Evaluation and Review” 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.
- Lead it Apply
“Leadership & Management of Productivity Improvement” is practised on the team you actually have. You talk through the call you are about to make, and Zavmo makes you say it the way you would say it to them.
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 Data Analysis in support of Productivity Improvement Projects, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your own work
Learners will learn how to analyze data that informs productivity improvement decisions.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
It is £70 a month, billed monthly. Your free first module is Future Fluency, and you can cancel any time. Teaching towards this qualification begins when you subscribe.
Built for NOCN Level 5 Diploma in Productivity Improvement Practice
15 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by NOCN.
- Data Analysis in support of Productivity Improvement Projects
- Designing & Implementing a Balanced Scorecard
- Idea Development for Productivity Improvement Projects
- Identification and Planning of Productivity Improvement Projects
- Implementation Planning for Productivity Improvement Projects
- Innovation & Creativity
and 9 more in the full unit list below.
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