CMI
    Level 7
    QN: 603/4837/9
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    CMI Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice

    Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by CMI. Classified as a Vocationally-Related Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 537 hours.

    Qualification Level
    Level 7
    Awarding Body
    CMI
    Syllabus Units
    22 Units
    Guided Hours
    537 hrs
    Instant access to interactive lessons, quizzes, and spaced revision.

    Course Syllabus & Study Modules

    Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.

    1

    Applied Research for Strategic Leaders

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the research process.
    • Know how to develop a research proposal of strategic benefit.
    2

    Coaching Skills for Leaders

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the benefits, types and application of coaching used by leaders.
    • Know the skills, techniques and approaches required by leaders to coach.
    3

    Collaboration and Partnerships

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the role of collaboration and partnerships.
    • Know how collaboration and partnerships further organisational success.
    4

    Developing Organisational Strategy

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to develop strategy.
    • Know how to develop strategy.
    5

    Entrepreneurial Practice

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand entrepreneurship in strategic contexts
    • Understand the principles of entrepreneurial practice.
    6

    Finance for Strategic Leaders

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the scope of the Finance function within an organisational context.
    • Understand the role of Finance in strategic decision making.
    7

    Leading and Developing People to Optimise Performance

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the principles for leading and developing people.
    • Understand leadership and development strategy.
    8

    Leading Quality Management

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the factors which influence organisational approaches to quality management.
    • Know how to lead quality management to achieve strategic objectives.
    9

    Leading Strategic Change

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the scope and context of strategic change.
    • Know how to propose a strategy for leading strategic change.
    10

    Marketing Strategy

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the context in which a marketing strategy is developed.
    • Know how to develop a marketing strategy.
    11

    Organisational Design and Development

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand organisational design and development.
    • Understand how to apply the principles of organisational design and development.
    12

    Personal and Professional Development for Strategic Leaders

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand approaches for personal and professional development.
    • Know how to develop as a strategic leader through personal and professional development.
    13

    Principles and Practices of Ethical Decision Making

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand ethical decision making within organisational contexts.
    • Know how to make an ethical decision.
    14

    Principles and Practices of Policy Development

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the context in which a policy is developed.
    • Know how to develop
    • implement and evaluate policy.
    15

    Procurement, Purchasing and Contracting

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the principles of procurement, purchasing and contracting within organisational contexts.
    • Know how to apply the principles of procurement, purchasing and contracting to achieve an operational requirement.
    16

    Strategic Approaches to Equality Diversity and Inclusion

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand equality, diversity and inclusion at a strategic level.
    • Know how to develop strategic priorities for equality, diversity and inclusion.
    17

    Strategic Approaches to Mental Health and Wellbeing

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the impact of managing mental health and wellbeing on organisational performance.
    • Know how to develop a culture of mental health and wellbeing.
    18

    Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand corporate social responsibility and sustainability in organisational contexts.
    • Know how corporate social responsibility and sustainability is applied in an organisational setting.
    19

    Strategic Leadership

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the role and context for strategic leadership.
    • Understand the behaviours and skills for strategic leadership.
    20

    Strategic Management of Data and Information

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the strategic management of data and information.
    21

    Strategic Management Project

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Know how to develop a strategic management project.
    • Know how to conduct a strategic management project.
    22

    Strategic Risk Management

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand strategies for managing risk.
    • Know how to develop risk management strategies.

    Regulatory & Verification Details

    Qualification Number (QN)
    603/4837/9
    Regulated Status
    Available to learners
    Awarding Body
    CMI
    Qualification Type
    Vocationally-Related Qualification
    Operational Start
    Jul 2019