CMI Award in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice Level 7 (RQF)

CMI Award in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice Level 7 (RQF)

This Course at a Glance

• Designed for aspiring or existing senior business leaders
• Evaluate the roles, context, behaviours, and skills for strategic leadership
• Get a nationally recognised Level 7 CMI qualification
• Equivalent to a Master’s Degree
• For learners aged 19+
• 100% online course
• No exams

About Your Award

The Level 7 suite of CMI qualifications is designed for anyone who wants to become or progress to the role of senior manager, CEO, or director of a business. By studying this Level 7 Award in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice, you will develop your professional management and leadership practice skills to an advanced level.

Become A Strategic Leader

Successful businesses have a strategic vision and an agile approach to reaching organisational goals. If you want to be the catalyst behind business success, you need to be a knowledgeable, creative, and resilient leader who can adapt to changing needs both inside and outside the business.

By studying this course, you will gain an in-depth understanding of strategic leadership in an organisational context. You will explore the challenges and complexities that are often faced in these roles and look at the theoretical perspectives, methods, behaviours and skills that improve professional practice.

All of this and more will test your ability to respond to complex organisational challenges creatively and recognise how to set and deliver sustainable strategic goals.

Climb To The Top Of The Ladder

With the skills and knowledge gained, you’ll be prepared to take over responsibility for the people, projects, operations and services within a business. In addition to behaving ethically, delivering impact and proving your commitment to ongoing learning and development.

All of this and more will help you move into the most senior positions that take charge of a larger portion of the business or require expertise in a specific business or technical function.

Getting Started

learndirect is the leading UK online course provider, enabling learners of all lifestyles to juggle education easily with their schedule. This CMI Level 7 Award in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice is a nationally recognised qualification that will help you climb to the top of the ladder in your leadership and management career.  

Receive The Best Education Around

The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) provides the highest standard of education in the management and leadership domain. This is because the CMI is the benchmark professional body for the management and leadership sector, and it’s the only sector-related organisation that can award Chartered status to leadership and management professionals.

Flexible Learning

Don’t stress about juggling your existing commitments with your studies. As an online course, there are no classes or timetables to worry about. This means you can move through the course materials at your pace and get qualified when you’re ready.

If you aren’t already a CMI member, you will also gain access to a free Affiliate membership with the CMI for the duration of your studies!

Modules

Unit CMI 701: Strategic Leadership

Guided Learning Hours – 36

Total Unit Time – 110

Credits – 11

Upon completion of this unit, you will:

• Understand the role and context for strategic leadership
• Understand the behaviours and skills for strategic leadership

Entry Requirements

As this is a higher level qualification, learners will be expected to have an excellent command of written English, including knowledge, understanding and application of referencing. In addition, learners will need to demonstrate, through the work presented, that they have completed their own research and reading into the subjects being studied.

Minimum age restriction

You must be aged 19 or older to enrol on this course.

Average completion timeframe

The average time it takes to complete the course is 6 months.

Assessement requirements

Your assessments will consist of: Q&A, Essay

Placement or Practical required

No placement required but learners do need to be in an appropriate work setting to allow them to satisfy the criteria of the qualification.

If placement or practical required, when?

Learners need to be in an appropriate work setting for the duration of the course.

Is Membership Required?

Membership is required and purchased by us.

Certification Timeframe

You should receive your certificate in 12 weeks, but that can be extended if an EQA sample is required.

Course Fees

All course fees, inclusive of all payment plans including our Premium Credit Limited option, must be settled before certification can be ordered.

*You will have access to the course for 24 months.

There are no exams involved in this course. Instead, you will evidence your understanding by passing a range of assessments.

Please note that you will need to sign and date a Statement of Authenticity to confirm the assessments you submit have been completed by yourself and not a third party.   

CMI

Upon successful completion of this online course, you will have achieved a nationally recognised Level 7 Award in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice (qualification number: 603/4833/1).

The Chartered Management Institute is a professional institution for management based in the United Kingdom.

This Level 7 Award in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice helps you develop the behaviours, as well as equips you with the knowledge and skills to lead business activities in the most senior management roles.

These include:

• CEO
• Director
• Regional Manager
• Senior Manager
• Specialist Manager (with expertise in areas like finance, HR, IT, marketing, quality, risk, sales etc.)

Further Qualifications and Prospects 

With this Level 7 CMI Award under your belt, you can move up to the next stage in this tier by completing the:

• Level 7 Certificate in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice 
• Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice

These will help you further advance your skillset in specialist areas and continue your professional and personal development.