CIPD
Level 7
QN: 610/3537/3
Curriculum Active
CIPD Level 7 Advanced Diploma in Strategic People Management
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by CIPD. Classified as a Vocationally-Related Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 420 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 7
Awarding Body
CIPD
Syllabus Units
14 Units
Guided Hours
420 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Advanced employment law in practice
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the legal frame
- work for employment regulation in the UK.
- Understand regulations that aim to protect employees from unlawful acts of discrimination.
- Understand law in relation to establishment, alteration and termination of employment contracts.
- Understand compliance in relation to further regulations relevant to major areas of people practice.
2
Advanced equality, diversity and inclusion
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- 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.
3
Business research in people practice
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to plan a people practice business research project aimed at adding organisational value.
- Be able to justify the most appropriate research methods to collect data for the chosen project.
- Be able to analyse data to make decisions and provide business and people management insights.
- Be able to propose recommendations based on conclusions derived from the research and analysis.
4
Learning and development practice
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- 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.
5
Managing people in an international context
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- 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.
- Be able to manage staffing and employment practices in international organisations.
- Understand effective and sustainable people management activities in international contexts.
6
Organisational design and development
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- 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.
7
People management and development strategies for performance
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- 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.
8
Personal effectiveness, ethics and business acumen
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to model principles and values that promote inclusivity aimed at maximising the contribution that people make to organisations.
- Be able to achieve and maintain challenging business outcomes for yourself and organisations.
- Be able to apply learning to enhance personal effectiveness.
- Be able to influence others during decision-making while showing courage and conviction.
9
Resourcing and talent management to sustain success
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- 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.
10
Strategic employment relations
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- 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.
11
Strategic reward management
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- 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.
12
Technology enhanced learning
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- 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.
13
Wellbeing at work
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- 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.
14
Work and working lives in a changing business environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- 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.
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 610/3537/3
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- CIPD
- Qualification Type
- Vocationally-Related Qualification
- Operational Start
- Apr 2024