CIPD
    Level 5
    QN: 603/5959/6
    Curriculum Active

    CIPD Level 5 Associate Diploma in People Management

    Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by CIPD. Classified as a Vocationally-Related Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 325 hours.

    Qualification Level
    Level 5
    Awarding Body
    CIPD
    Syllabus Units
    13 Units
    Guided Hours
    325 hrs
    Instant access to interactive lessons, quizzes, and spaced revision.

    Course Syllabus & Study Modules

    Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.

    1

    Advances in digital learning and development

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand technological development in learning and development.
    • Be able to create engaging digital learning content to meet specific purposes.
    • Be able to apply a range of online facilitation functions and techniques to deliver an effective live online learning activity.
    2

    Employment relationship management

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand employee voice, engagement and practices to support better working lives.
    • Understand different forms of conflict behaviour and dispute resolution.
    • Understand how to manage performance, disciplinary and grievance matters lawfully.
    • Understand the role of employee bodies in employment relations.
    3

    Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the importance of embracing equality, diversity and inclusion in organisations.
    • Be able to ensure equality, diversity and inclusion is reflected and promoted in the organisation.
    • Be able to embed best practice approaches to equality, diversity and inclusion.
    4

    Evidence based practice

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand strategies for effective critical thinking and decision making.
    • Understand the importance of decision-making strategies to solve people practice issues.
    • Be able to measure the impact and value of people practice to the organisation.
    5

    Leadership and management development

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the relevance of leadership and management and the knowledge, skills and behaviours required.
    • Understand a range of different learning and development initiatives in developing leaders and managers.
    • Understand the effectiveness of leadership and management development initiatives.
    6

    Learning and development essentials

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how learning and development connects with other areas of the organisation.
    • Understand the design of learning and development solutions.
    • Understand the importance of facilitating learning in different contexts.
    • Understand the importance of alternative methods of learning for individuals and organisations.
    7

    Organisational performance and culture in practice

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the connections between organisational structure, strategy and the business operating environment.
    • Understand organisational culture and theoretical perspectives on how people behave at work.
    • Understand how people practice supports the achievement of business goals and objectives.
    8

    People management in an international context

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand people practice from an international perspective.
    • Understand the challenges of people practice in an international context.
    • Understand the importance of people practice in an international context.
    • Understand the process and benefits of managing expatriates.
    9

    Professional behaviours and valuing people

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to demonstrate professional and ethical behaviours, in the context of people practice.
    • Be able to champion inclusive and collaborative strategies for building positive working relationships.
    • Be able to demonstrate personal commitment to learning, professional development and performance improvement.
    10

    Reward for performance and contribution

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the impact of reward approaches and packages.
    • Be able to develop insight from benchmarking data to inform reward approaches.
    • Understand the role of people professionals in supporting line managers to make reward decisions.
    11

    Specialist employment law

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the purpose of employment regulation and the way it is enforced in practice.
    • Understand how to manage recruitment and selection activities lawfully.
    • Understand how to manage change and reorganisation lawfully.
    • Understand how to manage issues relating to pay and working time lawfully.
    12

    Talent management and workforce planning

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand key contemporary labour market trends and their significance for workforce planning.
    • Understand the purpose and importance of workforce planning.
    • Understand the purpose and impact of effective talent management.
    • Understand the importance of managing contractual arrangements and effective onboarding.
    13

    Well-being at work

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand well-being and its relevance to workplaces.
    • Understand how well-being is shaped by the organisation’s internal and external context.
    • Be able to develop a wellbeing programme.

    Regulatory & Verification Details

    Qualification Number (QN)
    603/5959/6
    Regulated Status
    Available to learners
    Awarding Body
    CIPD
    Qualification Type
    Vocationally-Related Qualification
    Operational Start
    Mar 2021