Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development · RQF Level 7
CIPD Level 7 Advanced Diploma in Strategic People Management
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- LevelRQF Level 7
- Total credits120
- Guided learning240 hours
- Units in this qualification28
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These are the units Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development 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.
Advanced employment law in practiceReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
This unit focuses on the principles that underpin employment law, the defences available to employers, and the remedies sought by claimants when they bring cases to court.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the legal framework for employment regulation in the UK.
- Understand regulations that aim to protect employees from unlawful acts of discrimination.
- Understand law in relation to the establishment, alteration, and termination of employment contracts.
- Understand compliance in relation to further regulations relevant to major areas of people practice.
Advanced employment law in practiceReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
This unit offers learners a comprehensive understanding of UK employment law, including discrimination, employment contracts, and termination. You'll analyse the legal framework, employee protection regulations, and compliance requirements in employment practices.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the legal framework for employment regulation in the UK
- Understand regulations that aim to protect employees from unlawful acts of discrimination
- Understand law in relation to the establishment of employment contracts
- Understand law in relation to the alteration of employment contracts
- Understand law in relation to the termination of employment contracts
- Understand compliance in relation to further regulations relevant to major areas of people practice
Advanced equality, diversity and inclusionReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
You'll gain a comprehensive understanding of equality, diversity, and inclusion, including theoretical insights into labour market segregation and inequality. The unit covers legal, moral, and business cases for managing equality and developing inclusive organisational cultures.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand equality
- Understand the concepts of diversity
- Understand the concepts of inclusion
- Understand the theoretical insights into segregation in the UK labour market
- Understand the theoretical insights into inequality in the UK labour market
- Understand the legal cases for managing equality and diversity and developing a culture of inclusion
- Understand the moral cases for managing equality and diversity and developing a culture of inclusion
- Understand the business cases for managing equality and diversity and developing a culture of inclusion
- Understand the effectiveness of workplace approaches to managing equality and diversity
- Understand the effectiveness of workplace approaches to developing inclusive workplace cultures
Advanced equality, diversity, and inclusionReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
This unit explores strategic workplace equality, diversity, and inclusion focusing on promoting a fair workplace culture key to managing workplace effectiveness.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand equality and the concepts of diversity and inclusion.
- Understand the theoretical insights, segregation, and inequality in the UK labour market.
- Understand the legal, moral, and business cases for managing equality and diversity and developing a culture of inclusion.
- Understand the effectiveness of workplace approaches to managing equality and diversity and developing inclusive workplace cultures.
Business research in people practiceReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
This unit contains the components to enable a systematic approach to define, design and undertake a business research project in people practice.
What you'll be able to do
- Plan a people practice business research project aimed at adding organisational value.
- Justify the most appropriate research methods to collect data for the chosen project.
- Analyse data to make decisions and provide business and people management insights.
- Propose recommendations based on conclusions derived from the research and analysis.
Business research in people practiceReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
It teaches you to plan and conduct a people practice business research project that adds organisational value. You'll justify appropriate research methods, analyse data to provide insights, and propose recommendations based on research findings.
What you'll be able to do
- Plan a people practice business research project aimed at adding organisational value.
- Justify the most appropriate research methods to collect data for the chosen project.
- Analyse data to make decisions and provide business and people management insights.
- Propose recommendations based on conclusions derived from the research and analysis.
Learning and development practiceReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
This unit provides an overarching synopsis of learning and development for those working predominantly in general people practice, focusing on the role of learning within organisations.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the external environment and internal organisational context for learning and development.
- Understand the design, delivery and impact of learning and development interventions.
- Understand major theories of organisational learning and the characteristics of the learning organisation.
- Understand the role and application of technology within the design, delivery and impact measurement of learning.
Learning and development practiceReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
You'll examine the external and internal factors affecting learning and development within organisations. This unit covers the design, delivery, and evaluation of learning interventions, alongside major organisational learning theories and characteristics.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the external environment relevant to learning and development.
- Understand the internal organisational context for learning and development.
- Understand the design of learning and development interventions.
- Understand the delivery of learning and development interventions.
- Understand the impact of learning and development interventions.
- Understand major theories of organisational learning.
- Understand the characteristics of the learning organisation.
- Understand the role of technology within the design of learning.
- Understand the role of technology within the delivery of learning.
- Understand the role of technology within the impact measurement of learning.
Managing people in an international contextReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
This unit explores the major challenges and complexities facing organisations as they become international in scope, including comparative people management practices.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how major strategic and contextual forces shape the management of people in international organisations.
- Understand how and why people management practice varies between different countries and regions across the world.
- Manage staffing and employment practices in international organisations.
- Understand effective and sustainable people management activities in international contexts.
Managing people in an international contextReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
It teaches you to understand how strategic and contextual forces shape people management in international organisations. You'll examine cultural differences, globalisation, and technology's impact, and develop skills to manage staffing and employment practices effectively.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how major strategic and contextual forces shape the management of people in international organisations.
- Understand how and why people management practice varies between different countries and regions across the world.
- Manage staffing and employment practices in international organisations.
- Understand effective and sustainable people management activities in international contexts.
Organisational design and developmentReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
This unit focuses on the principles of organisational design and development, examining how organisations adapt their structures, processes, and people to respond to change.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the concepts and theories underpinning organisational design and development.
- Understand the range of options for organisational design and how these may be implemented in practice.
- Understand approaches to organisational development as a means of enabling organisations to meet their goals.
- Understand how organisational design and development contributes to effective change.
Organisational design and developmentReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
This unit provides learners with knowledge of organisational design and development theories and concepts. You'll analyse various design options, evaluate their impact on organisational culture, and understand approaches to enable organisations to meet strategic objectives.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the concepts and theories underpinning organisational design and development.
- Understand the range of options for organisational design and how these may be implemented in practice.
- Understand approaches to organisational development as a means of enabling organisations to meet their goals.
- Understand how organisational design and development contributes to effective change.
People management and development strategies for performanceReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
This unit focuses on the ways in which people management professionals and the people management function in organisations create value and make a strategic contribution to the achievement of organisational objectives in different sectors and scenarios.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand and debate the ways in which people management practices and strategies are connected to organisational outcomes and add value.
- Understand current strategic practice in major areas of people management and development work.
- Understand the role and influence of people management professionals.
- Understand ways in which people management practice varies in different contexts.
People management and development strategies for performanceReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
This unit explores the connection between people management practices and organisational performance, enabling learners to analyse strategic approaches and evaluate how these strategies add value. You'll also debate the ethical considerations influencing people management.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand and debate the ways in which people management practices and strategies are connected to organisational outcomes and add value.
- Understand current strategic practice in major areas of people management and development work.
- Understand the role and influence of people management professionals.
- Understand ways in which people management practice varies in different contexts.
Personal effectiveness, ethics and business acumenReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
This unit is about supporting successful workers and promoting effective and ethical behaviours to champion better work and working lives and develop business acumen.
What you'll be able to do
- Model principles and values that promote inclusivity aimed at maximising the contribution that people make to organisations.
- Achieve and maintain challenging business outcomes for yourself and organisations.
- Apply learning to enhance personal effectiveness.
- Influence others during decision-making while showing courage and conviction.
Personal effectiveness, ethics and business acumenReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
You'll learn to model inclusive principles and values that maximise individual contributions within organisations. The unit covers achieving challenging business outcomes, influencing others, decision-making, and applying learning to enhance personal effectiveness.
What you'll be able to do
- Model principles and values that promote inclusivity within organisations
- Maximise the contribution that people make to organisations
- Achieve challenging business outcomes for yourself
- Achieve challenging business outcomes for organisations
- Apply learning to enhance personal effectiveness
- Influence others during decision-making
- Show courage and conviction when influencing others
Resourcing and talent management to sustain successReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
This unit focuses on the day-to-day practicalities and longer-term strategic issues associated with resourcing organisations appropriately, ethically and fairly, and maximising the performance of staff and the organisation.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the impact of the changing business environment on resourcing and talent management strategy and practice.
- Understand organisational recruitment and selection strategies.
- Understand the importance of workforce planning to support sustainable organisational performance.
- Understand approaches to improving individual and team performance.
Resourcing and talent management to sustain successReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
You'll explore the impact of the changing business environment on resourcing and talent management strategies and practices. The unit covers recruitment and selection strategies, workforce planning, and approaches to improve sustainable organisational performance.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the impact of the changing business environment on resourcing and talent management strategy and practice.
- Understand organisational recruitment and selection strategies.
- Understand the importance of workforce planning to support sustainable organisational performance.
- Understand approaches to improving individual and team performance.
Strategic employment relationsReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
This unit focuses on different perspectives of employment relations and the cooperation and conflict that varies between workplaces, as well as the role institutions play in shaping people management policy and practice.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand different perspectives on employment relations and how they influence the roles of people professionals and line managers.
- Understand how external institutions can shape employment relations at organisational level.
- Understand how people professionals can work with employees and their representatives to sustain mutuality and voice.
- Understand how people professionals work with employees and trade unions to mitigate organisational risks.
Strategic employment relationsReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
This unit provides learners with knowledge of different perspectives on employment relations and their influence on people professionals and line managers. You'll understand how external institutions shape employment relations and how to sustain mutuality within organisations.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand different perspectives on employment relations and how they influence the roles of people professionals and line managers.
- Understand how external institutions can shape employment relations at organisational level.
- Understand how people professionals can work with employees and their representatives to sustain mutuality and voice.
- Understand how people professionals work with employees and trade unions to mitigate organisational risks.
Strategic reward managementReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
This unit focuses on the role of strategic reward in attracting, motivating and retaining people at work to direct their actions and behaviours towards achieving organisational goals.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand effective reward strategies and policy frameworks.
- Understand the value of a total rewards approach.
- Understand pay structures and approaches to establishing pay levels.
- Understand the importance of organisational approaches to compliant and ethical reward practice.
Strategic reward managementReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
You'll gain a comprehensive understanding of strategic reward management, including reward strategies, policy frameworks, and the 'total rewards' approach. The unit covers pay structures and the importance of compliant and ethical reward practices within organisations.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand effective reward strategies and policy frameworks.
- Understand the value of a ‘total rewards’ approach.
- Understand pay structures and approaches to establishing pay levels.
- Understand the importance of organisational approaches to compliant and ethical reward practice.
Technology enhanced learningReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
This unit considers the role of technology within learning and the use of technology-enabled content and platforms within organisations.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand major technological developments and their impact upon the design and delivery of learning and development.
- Understand technological solutions and their relevance within learning and development.
- Understand how learning technologies are implemented within organisations.
- Understand the role of data and artificial intelligence in improving the effectiveness of learning and development provision.
Technology enhanced learningReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
You'll understand major technological developments affecting learning and development design and delivery. The unit covers technological solutions, their implementation within organisations, and the role of technology in enhancing learning experiences.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand major technological developments and their impact upon the design and delivery of learning and development.
- Understand technological solutions and their relevance within learning and development.
- Understand how learning technologies are implemented within organisations.
- Understand the role of data and artificial intelligence in improving the effectiveness of learning and development provision.
Wellbeing at workReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
This unit highlights the importance of wellbeing in the contemporary workplace to employer and employee outcomes, providing knowledge on work, health and wellbeing connections.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how wellbeing is relevant to the workplace.
- Understand the links between work, health, wellbeing and people management practices and processes.
- Understand how employer and employee wellbeing aligns with strategy.
- Understand the importance of the wellbeing strategy to sustain organisational performance.
Wellbeing at workReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
This unit provides learners with an understanding of wellbeing in the workplace, including its relevance, dimensions, and links to work, health, and people management practices. You'll explore how wellbeing strategies align with organisational objectives and sustain workforce health.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand how wellbeing is relevant to the workplace
- Understand the links between work, health and wellbeing
- Understand the links between people management practices and processes
- Understand how employer wellbeing aligns with strategy
- Understand how employee wellbeing aligns with strategy
- Understand the importance of the wellbeing strategy to sustain organisational performance
Work and working lives in a changing business environmentReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
This unit extends understanding of the interaction between the commercial business environment and likely future developments in the world of work, employment and the management of people.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand ways in which major, long-term environmental developments are affecting employment, work and people management in organisations.
- Understand current and short-term developments in the people management business environment.
- Understand how change, innovation and creativity can promote improvements in organisational productivity.
- Understand the key interrelationships between organisational commitment to ethics, sustainability, diversity and wellbeing.
Work and working lives in a changing business environmentReal unit · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
You'll understand the impact of long-term environmental developments on employment, work, and people management. The unit covers technological advancements, demographic and economic trends, and how change, innovation, and creativity can improve organisational productivity.
What you'll be able to do
- Understand ways in which major, long-term environmental developments are affecting employment
- Understand ways in which major, long-term environmental developments are affecting work
- Understand ways in which major, long-term environmental developments are affecting people management in organisations
- Understand current and short-term developments in the people management business environment
- Understand how change can promote improvements in organisational productivity
- Understand how innovation can promote improvements in organisational productivity
- Understand how creativity can promote improvements in organisational productivity
- Understand the key interrelationships between organisational commitment to ethics, sustainability, diversity and wellbeing
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This unit focuses on the principles that underpin employment law, the defences available to employers, and the remedies sought by claimants when they bring cases to court.
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Built for CIPD Level 7 Advanced Diploma in Strategic People Management
15 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
- Advanced employment law in practice
- Advanced equality, diversity and inclusion
- Advanced equality, diversity, and inclusion
- Business research in people practice
- Learning and development practice
- Managing people in an international context
and 9 more in the full unit list below.
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