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- The centre assesses, and Innovate Awarding awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from Innovate Awarding.
This Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management is an occupational qualification. It allows learners to develop business management skills, covering areas such as business strategy, decision making, networking, and information systems.
These are the units Innovate Awarding 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
Business environment Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the internal business environment
- Understand the external business environment
- Conduct an internal and external analysis of a business environment
Communicating information Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the role of communication within organisations
- Understand models and methods of communication used in a business environment
- Evaluate communication systems and practices within an organisation
Delivering training and development Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Determine the training and development needs of individuals within own organisation, considering skills gaps and performance objectives
- Plan the delivery of training and development activities, including learning objectives, content, and resources
- Deliver effective training and development sessions, using appropriate methods and techniques
- Review the impact of training and development on individual and organisational performance, using relevant metrics
Developing a customer service strategy Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the management of customer service operations
- Plan customer service operations
- Manage customer service operations
- Measure customer service performance
Developing a quality strategy Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand an organisation’s vision and strategic direction in order to inform the development of a quality strategy
- Understand the latest developments and best practices in managing quality within an organisation
- Develop a comprehensive quality strategy aligned with the organisation's vision and strategic direction
- Gain support from key stakeholders for the implementation of the quality strategic plan
Developing business strategy Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of business strategy
- Use a strategic planning approach to inform business strategy
- Implement strategic business decisions
Effective decision making Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand decision-making as a concept and as a process
- Use financial and non-financial information to inform decision making
- Adopt a logical and systematic approach to decision making
Effective networking Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamental concepts underpinning professional networking practices
- Establish professional networks relevant to own role and career aspirations
- Use interpersonal skills effectively to develop and maintain professional networks
Equal opportunities in an organisation Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the impact of equal opportunities legislation on the organisation
- Review organisational policies applied to equal opportunities
- Review organisational procedures applied to equal opportunities
- Evaluate the impact of organisational policies applied to equal opportunities
- Evaluate the impact of organisational procedures applied to equal opportunities
Ethical behaviour in practice Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand why ethical behaviour is important within business contexts and the potential consequences of unethical actions.
- Implement policies and procedures designed to maintain ethical standards and behaviour within an organisation.
- Communicate with stakeholders regarding ethical issues, demonstrating sensitivity and promoting transparency.
IT deployment Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the legal and organisational requirements for the appropriate and secure use and deployment of IT systems
- Support staff effectively in the deployment and use of IT systems, providing guidance and assistance as needed
- Evaluate the performance of IT systems within own organisation, identifying areas for optimisation and improvement
Implementing a Corporate Social Responsibility strategy Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for organisations and their stakeholders
- Promote a Corporate Social Responsibility strategy effectively to colleagues and stakeholders
- Monitor performance against a defined Corporate Social Responsibility strategic plan
- Evaluate the overall performance of a Corporate Social Responsibility strategic plan and identify areas for improvement
Implementing a knowledge management strategy Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Investigate a range of sources of information relating to knowledge management principles and practices.
- Analyse information relating to knowledge management to identify key themes, trends, and best practices.
- Implement and monitor performance against a knowledge management strategic plan, using appropriate metrics and reporting mechanisms.
- Evaluate the performance of a knowledge management strategy, identifying areas for improvement and making recommendations for future development.
Implementing business processes Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the current market where own organisation operates
- Establish the focus of own organisation
- Communicate plans for business processes
- Review business processes
Implementing marketing strategies Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamental concepts of strategic management in relation to marketing activities
- Evaluate the characteristics of a given market to inform marketing strategy
- Develop a comprehensive marketing and communications strategy and plan aligned with organisational objectives
- Manage strategic marketing activities effectively to achieve desired outcomes
Information systems management Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the legal and organisational requirements relating to information systems management, including data protection and security
- Store, share, and retrieve information effectively, adhering to legal and organisational requirements and protocols
- Evaluate the effectiveness of information systems management practices within an organisation, identifying areas for improvement
Innovation for sustainability and growth Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the concepts of innovation, sustainability and growth in a business context
- Understand how innovation supports an organisation’s development and strategic aims
- Understand how organisations can conduct sustainable operations, considering environmental and social impact
- Understand how organisations can achieve growth through various strategies and approaches
- Understand the relationship between innovation, sustainability and growth, and how they can be integrated
Leadership and management Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Lead a team to deliver objectives
- Manage resources
- Understand the importance of stakeholder engagement
- Understand how organisational structure and culture influences leadership and management
Leading customer service operations Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of leading customer service operations effectively
- Identify the opportunities for improvements to customer service delivery
- Implement best practice within the customer service delivery team to enhance performance
Leading organisational change Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the factors which drive organisational change
- Apply techniques to plan, manage and evaluate change
- Provide effective leadership during a period of change
- Understand the impact of change on an organisation and its stakeholders
Leading strategic change Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to prepare an organisation and its staff for strategic change initiatives
- Understand the processes and techniques involved in effectively managing strategic change within an organisation
- Understand the methods used to evaluate the impact and effectiveness of strategic change initiatives
- Prepare the organisation for strategic change by communicating the need for change and addressing potential concerns
- Manage strategic change by implementing the change plan, monitoring progress, and addressing any challenges that arise
- Evaluate the effectiveness of strategic change initiatives by measuring key performance indicators and gathering feedback from stakeholders
Management professional development Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of professional development for managers and leaders in contemporary organisations
- Understand the relationship between professional development initiatives and the overall organisational strategy
- Determine own specific requirements for professional development based on current role and future aspirations
- Produce a comprehensive professional development plan, incorporating identified needs and relevant activities
Managing business finance Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Explain the importance of financial management in achieving organisational objectives
- Produce financial reports, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements
- Use accounting techniques to support effective financial management, such as budgeting, forecasting, and cost analysis
- Communicate a financial plan to stakeholders, using appropriate methods and terminology
Managing discipline and grievance Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the procedures and legal requirements for managing disciplinary and grievance processes within an organisation
- Manage staff performance and behaviour that falls below organisational standards, addressing issues promptly and fairly
- Present clear and concise evidence to support a disciplinary proceeding, ensuring accuracy and objectivity
- Manage the outcomes of a disciplinary or grievance procedure, ensuring that actions are implemented fairly and consistently
Managing equality and diversity Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand own responsibilities under equality legislation, relevant codes of practice and own organisational policies
- Communicate an organisation’s written equality, diversity and inclusion policy and procedures in own area of responsibility
- Monitor equality and diversity issues within your own area of work
Managing events Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the key principles and processes involved in the comprehensive management of an event
- Manage the planning phase of an event, including resource allocation, scheduling, and logistical arrangements
- Manage the execution of the event, ensuring smooth operation and effective problem-solving
- Assess the overall success of the event against pre-defined objectives and key performance indicators
Managing health and safety Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand own responsibilities under health and safety legislation
- Understand the organisation’s responsibilities under health and safety legislation
- Understand own liabilities under health and safety legislation
- Understand the organisation’s liabilities under health and safety legislation
- Promote health and safety matters across an organisation
- Ensure that health and safety requirements are met within own area of responsibility
- Monitor health and safety matters
- Review health and safety matters
- Report on health and safety matters
Managing operational budgets Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the core principles of budgeting, including different budgeting methods and their applications
- Set an operational budget that aligns with organisational goals and resource constraints
- Communicate a budget effectively to different stakeholders, ensuring clarity and understanding
- Monitor and adjust a budget proactively, responding to changing circumstances and ensuring financial control
Managing own resources Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Manage financial resources effectively within a defined budget
- Manage physical resources efficiently and sustainably
- Manage human resources in accordance with organisational policies and legal requirements
- Administer knowledge management systems to ensure effective information sharing
Managing performance Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to manage performance effectively, including setting objectives, providing feedback, and addressing performance issues.
- Agree performance targets with an individual, ensuring they are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART).
- Communicate progress on performance targets with team members, providing regular updates and addressing any concerns.
- Provide facilitation and support for team members to achieve performance targets, offering guidance, resources, and encouragement.
- Evaluate performance against a performance development plan, identifying areas of strength and areas for improvement.
Managing quality and quality systems Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand quality management systems and standards in own organisation, including their purpose and application
- Establish responsibilities for managing quality and meeting quality standards within own organisation
- Implement a quality management system, ensuring adherence to relevant standards and procedures
- Evaluate quality performance for continuous improvement within own organisation, identifying areas for development and implementing appropriate actions
Negotiating skills Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of negotiation, including different negotiation styles, strategies, and tactics.
- Prepare for a negotiation, including gathering information, identifying objectives, and developing a negotiation strategy.
- Conduct a negotiation meeting, using effective communication and interpersonal skills to reach a mutually beneficial agreement.
Obtaining finance for business Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the various options available for obtaining business finance
- Know the practical ways in which businesses can obtain different types of finance
- Use appropriate financial techniques to evaluate business investment proposals and make informed decisions
Operational planning Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the principles of operational planning, including the importance of setting objectives, identifying resources, and developing timelines.
- Develop an operational plan, outlining the specific steps required to achieve organisational objectives.
- Implement an operational plan, monitoring progress and making adjustments as needed to ensure successful execution.
Operations management Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how operational plans enable the achievement of strategic objectives
- Assess past performance and current and predicted demands to inform operational plans
- Control operational plans to achieve overall objectives
- Evaluate the implementation and performance of operational plans
Principles of selling Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the fundamental principles of sales and their application in various business contexts
- Understand how to effectively sell a product, considering its features, benefits, and target market
- Understand the components of service offers and how they contribute to customer satisfaction and loyalty
- Understand the communication techniques used to support sales activities, including active listening and persuasive language
Project management Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the importance of managing a project and its contribution to organisational performance
- Plan a project to achieve desired outcomes, considering scope, timeline and resources
- Meet project plan requirements by managing stakeholder expectations, resources and risks effectively
- Reflect on project performance to ascertain level of success and identify areas for improvement
Promoting equality and diversity in the workplace Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Identify barriers to equality and diversity in the workplace, including discrimination, bias, and stereotypes
- Promote equality and diversity in the workplace through inclusive practices and behaviours
- Develop systems and practices that promote equality and diversity, such as recruitment policies, training programmes, and grievance procedures
Risk management Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the core concepts of risk management, including risk identification, assessment, and mitigation
- Develop a risk management strategy for a specific project or organisational area, incorporating appropriate controls and monitoring mechanisms
Sales planning Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Define own sales objective
- Develop a sales strategy
- Prepare to implement the sales strategy
- Implement own sales strategy
- Review own sales strategy
Stakeholder relationship management Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the different types of stakeholders that can impact on own role and responsibilities within an organisation
- Plan interaction with each stakeholder, taking into account their role, level of influence, and importance to the organisation
- Implement the stakeholder management plan, ensuring effective communication and engagement with relevant parties
- Review the outcomes of plans and interaction with stakeholders, identifying areas for improvement and future action
Strategic decision making Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how to make effective decisions, considering relevant factors and potential consequences
- Make effective decisions based on available information and sound judgement
Supporting a continuous improvement culture Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the methods used to support a continuous improvement culture within an organisation
- Support the implementation of continuous improvement activities within the organisation
Supporting recruitment and selection Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the legal and organisational processes relating to the recruitment and selection process, ensuring compliance and best practice
- Contribute to the recruitment process by assisting with tasks such as job description development and candidate sourcing
- Conduct the selection process, utilising appropriate assessment methods to identify suitable candidates
- Evaluate the recruitment and selection process, identifying areas for improvement and ensuring effectiveness
Tendering for contracts Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Source tendering opportunities that align with organisational capabilities and strategic objectives
- Prepare for a tender opportunity by gathering necessary information and developing a competitive strategy
- Produce the tender document, ensuring it meets all requirements and effectively communicates the organisation's value proposition
Workforce planning Real unit · Innovate Awarding
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how organisational plans and objectives impact workforce planning requirements
- Support individuals through the workforce planning process, providing guidance and assistance
- Formulate a comprehensive workforce plan that effectively meets the organisation's requirements
- Evaluate the effectiveness of workforce planning strategies and their impact on the organisation
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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Assess Workforce Demand
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Assess Workforce Supply
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Bid for contracts to supply products and services
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Contribute to preparing for workforce planning based on service needs
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Develop proposals to meet external tendering requirements
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Get finance for your business
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Identify and analyse project stakeholders
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Identify and evaluate forces for change that may impact on the workforce
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Identify the purpose and scope of a workforce plan based on service needs
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Identify, analyse and assess risk
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Manage Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
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Manage Information Quality Control Processes
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Manage Quality Systems
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Monitor borrowing for your business
- Standard
Negotiate agreements with partners in a food and drink business
- Standard
Plan the workforce
- Standard
Plan the workforce
- Standard
Plan the workforce to achieve outcomes
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Where this can lead
Training Delivery Manager
This work can lead to senior learning leadership roles, or into consulting on learning and HR transformation.
See the whole journeyThe credits, and who awards them
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What you would be collecting
Business environmentCommunicating informationDelivering training and developmentDeveloping a customer service strategyDeveloping a quality strategyDeveloping business strategyEffective decision makingEffective networking
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.
- Rehearse the conversation Apply
“Managing discipline and grievance” is a conversation before it is a document. You have it with Zavmo playing the other person, badly at first, then again once you know what you actually want to say.
- Pitch it Evaluate
“Implementing marketing strategies” 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 “Implementing a Corporate Social Responsibility strategy” 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 “Managing business finance” 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.
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.
- Assess Workforce Demand
- Assess Workforce Supply
- Bid for contracts to supply products and services
- Contribute to preparing for workforce planning based on service needs
- Develop proposals to meet external tendering requirements
- Get finance for your business
- Identify and analyse project stakeholders
- Identify and evaluate forces for change that may impact on the workforce
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 Business environment, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
Learners will be introduced to the concepts surrounding the business environment and its impact.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for IAO Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management
46 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Innovate Awarding.
- Business environment
- Communicating information
- Delivering training and development
- Developing a customer service strategy
- Developing a quality strategy
- Developing business strategy
and 40 more in the full unit list below.
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