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CIPD Level 7 Advanced Diploma: Strategic People Management
Fully online CIPD level 7 course for HR and L&D professionals
Avado
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Overview
The CIPD Level 7 Advanced Diploma in Strategic People Management extends the disciplines within the CIPD Level 5 Associate Diploma in People Management. This Advanced Diploma is aimed at expanding learners’ autonomy so they can strategically direct organisations and their people.
Certification
CIPD Level 7 Advanced Diploma in Strategic People Management
Course media
Resources
- CIPD Level 7 Fact Sheet -
Description
What qualification will I get?
CIPD Level 7 Advanced Diploma in Strategic People Management
Location
Online learning
How long will it take?
Typically 22-23 months
Modules
Four core units
Unit 1: Work and working lives in a changing business environment
You’ll learn about…
• Ways in which major, long-term environmental developments affect employment, work and people management in organisations.
• Current and short-term developments in the people management business environment.
• How change, innovation and creativity can promote improvements in organisational productivity.
• The key interrelationships between organisational commitment to ethics, sustainability, diversity and wellbeing.
Unit 2: People management and development strategies for performance
You’ll learn about…
• The benefits of aligning people practices with organisational strategy and culture.
• How the development of people practices improve organisational performance and employee experience.
• Current practice in major areas of people management and development work.
• The role and influence of people professionals in different organisational settings.
Unit 3: Personal effectiveness, ethics and business acumen
You’ll learn about…
• Model principles and values that promote inclusivity aimed at maximising the contribution that people make to organisations.
• How to challenge business outcomes for yourself and organisations.
• How to apply learning to enhance personal effectiveness.
• Influencing others during decision-making while showing courage and conviction.
Unit 4: Business research in people practice
You’ll learn about...
• How to plan a people practice business research project aimed at adding organisational value.
• The most appropriate research methods to collect data for the chosen project.
• How to analyse data to make decisions and provide business and people management insights.
• How to propose recommendations based on conclusions derived from the research and analysis.
Three HR specialist units
Unit 1: Strategic employment relations
You’ll learn about...
• Different perspectives of employment relations and how they influence the roles of people professionals and line managers.
• How external institutions can shape employment relations at organisational level.
• How people professionals can work with employees and trade unions to sustain mutuality and voice.
• How people professionals work with employees and trade unions to mitigate organisational risks.
Unit 2: Resourcing and talent management to sustain success
You’ll learn about...
• The impact of the changing business environment on resourcing and talent management strategy and practice.
• Organisational recruitment and selection strategies.
• The importance of succession planning to support sustainable organisational performance.
• Approaches to improving individual and team performance.
Unit 3: Strategic reward management
You’ll learn about...
• Effective reward strategies and policy frameworks.
• The value of a ‘total rewards’ approach.
• Pay structures and approaches to establishing pay levels.
• The importance of organisational approaches to compliant and ethical reward practice.
One of two additional specialist units
Option 1: Advanced employment law in practice
You’ll learn about...
• The legal framework for employment regulation in the UK.
• Regulations that aim to protect employees from unlawful acts of discrimination.
• Law in relation to establishment, alteration and termination of employment contracts.
• Compliance in relation to further regulations relevant to major areas of people practice.
Option 2: Well-being at work
You’ll learn about...
• How wellbeing is relevant to the workplace.
• The links between work, health, wellbeing and people management practices and processes.
• How employer and employee wellbeing aligns with strategy.
• The importance of the wellbeing strategy to sustain organisational performance.
Who is this course for?
This course is aimed at those with senior-level experience in HR looking to progress to a director or consultant role.
Requirements
This is a course for experienced HR professionals, so you will need previous formal qualifications to get started.
- An existing CIPD Level 5 qualification is essential; alternatively, significant management-level experience in the people profession can be considered
- You must be over the age of 21
- You must have a solid grasp of the English language (IELTS 6.5 or equivalent if English is not your first language)
- You must be comfortable studying at a post-graduate level
- You must complete an Assessment Question that the Programme Lead will review
- You must be a registered member of the CIPD
Career path
The skills you’ll learn on this course will get you ready to take on senior leadership Human Resources roles.
You’ll also be eligible for Chartered Membership of the CIPD, and roles such as a HR Director, with earning potential up to £80,000 or more!
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