City & Guilds
Level 4
QN: 600/5851/1
Curriculum Active
City & Guilds Level 4 Award in Leadership and Management
Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by City & Guilds. Classified as a Vocationally-Related Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 324 hours.
Qualification Level
Level 4
Awarding Body
City & Guilds
Syllabus Units
27 Units
Guided Hours
324 hrs
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Course Syllabus & Study Modules
Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.
1
Budgetary planning and control
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how budgetary planning and the effective and controlled implementation of budgets both support and deliver the organisation’s objectives
- Understand how to measure and monitor performance against budgets and their objectives
2
Data collection and analysis to justify management decision-making
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to gather
- analyse, and present data
- Be able to use data analysis to justify a management decision
3
Delegating authority in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the benefits of delegation
- Be able to delegate effectively in the workplace
- Be able to improve own ability to delegate and empower others
4
Developing a culture to support innovation and improvement
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand an organisation’s culture
- Understand the importance of values in underpinning the culture for innovation and improvement
- Understand the roles of different functions in supporting innovation and change
- Know how to develop a culture that supports the growth and implementation of ideas
- Understand the importance of risk management in creating a culture that supports creativity and innovation
- Understand the important role of communication during the innovation process
5
Developing Individual Mental Toughness
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to assess own mental toughness
- Understand how mental toughness can be developed
- Be able to plan to improve own mental toughness
6
Developing people in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of promoting personal development
- Be able to plan for an individual’s development
7
Developing Your Leadership Styles
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the outcomes of effective leadership
- Be able to assess own leadership styles
- Understand the implications of own leadership styles for self and for leadership within own organisation
- Be able to assess own leadership behaviour, in terms of the factors which determine effective leadership
- Understand how to develop own leadership style and effectiveness
8
Interpreting financial statements to assess organisational performance using financial ratios
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the purpose of financial statements and the financial expectations of organisational stakeholders
- Understand how to use and interpret financial ratios to assess a range of performance areas relevant to organisational stakeholders
9
Management Communication
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of effective communication in management
- Be able to develop effective communication skills as a reflective manager
10
Managing a healthy and safe environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of working in a healthy and safe environment
- Be able to manage a healthy and safe environment
11
Managing and implementing change in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the reasons for change in an organisation
- Be able to manage and implement change in the workplace
12
Managing equality and diversity in own area
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand equality and diversity law, legislation and internal policies in relation to own area of responsibility
- Be able to influence the management of equality and diversity in own area of responsibility
13
Managing Marketing Activities
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the concepts involved in managing marketing
- Be able to review the effectiveness of marketing in an organisation
14
Managing Meetings
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand different types of meetings and their suitability for different purposes
- Understand how to prepare effectively for a meeting
- Be able to develop own performance in managing meetings
- Be able to follow up and effectively manage actions from meetings
15
Managing risk in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of managing risks in the workplace
- Be able to identify and manage risks in own area of responsibility
16
Managing the analysis of secondary data
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to gather and evaluate complex data from diverse secondary sources
- Be able to review the findings from own analysis of data
- Be able to review research activity and identify areas for future self development
17
Motivating people in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the factors that may affect performance and motivation in the work place
- Be able to improve levels of motivation and increase performance in the workplace
18
Planning and leading a complex team activity
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to plan a complex team activity
- Be able to communicate information on the activity to your team
- Be able to review own ability to lead a team through a complex activity
19
Solving problems by making effective decisions in the workplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to analyse a complex problem in the context of the workplace
- Be able to apply decision making techniques when assessing possible solutions
- Be able to plan how you will implement the solution
20
Understanding financial management
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand finance within the context of an organisation
- Understand the value of recording financial management information
- Understand budgets for the management of own area of operation
21
Understanding the economics of the marketplace
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand economic principles to explain how prices are determined in an organisation’s market
- Understand economic principles to explain the impact of competition on an organisation’s market
22
Understanding the importance of marketing for an organisation
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the market within which an organisation operates
- Understand the effectiveness of marketing within own organisation
23
Understanding the Macro Economic Environment
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the impact of the domestic economic environment on the organisation
- Understand the impact of the international economic environment on the organisation
24
Understanding the management role to improve management performance
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the specific responsibilities of middle managers in enabling an organisation to achieve its goals
- Understand how communication and interpersonal skills affect managerial performance in the workplace
- Be able to assess personal development opportunities to improve own managerial performance
25
Understanding the organisational culture and context
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the culture and context of the organisation
- Understand own ability to function within organisational culture and ethical norms
26
Understanding work in contemporary society
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Understand the nature and purpose of own organisation
- Understand the potential impact of the external environment on the organisation
27
Using quantitative methods to solve management problems
Verified
Key Learning Objectives:
- Be able to collect data relevant to a management problem
- Be able to analyse data using quantitative methods to make recommendations
Regulatory & Verification Details
- Qualification Number (QN)
- 600/5851/1
- Regulated Status
- Available to learners
- Awarding Body
- City & Guilds
- Qualification Type
- Vocationally-Related Qualification
- Operational Start
- Sept 2012