CIPD Level 7 – Advanced Diploma in Strategic People Management

We are experts in delivering the CIPD Advanced Strategic People Management qualification. Our Learning and development training will accelerate your career progression and provide you with an internationally recognised CIPD qualification. With this programme you will develop relevant and essential knowledge and skills and gain professional Chartered membership of the CIPD.

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CIPD Course Packages

Option 1: Lite (£ 3,499)

• Email Support

Option 2: Plus (£ 4,000)

• Email Support
• 5 x 1-2-1 Sessions with a Tutor
• 5 x Draft Assignments Reviewed
• 1 x Talent Predix Strength Assessment

Option 3: Super (£ 4,300)

• Email Support
• 8 x 1-2-1 Sessions with a Tutor
• 8 x Draft Assignments Reviewed
• 1 x Talent Predix Strength Assessment
• 1 x CV re-vamp session
• 1 x Interview Coaching session

Mandatory modules:

• Work and Working Lives in a Changing Business Environment

This unit will teach you about the ways in which leaders and managers working in people practice are responding to globalisation and what that means for work and employment. You will investigate the current and future mindset within organisations around technological developments, as well as evaluate social, demographic and economic trends. You will also analyse policy, practice, and corporate social responsibility and the ways HR professionals can apply and promote them for business productivity.

• People Management and Development Strategies for Performance

In this unit, you will learn about the benefits of aligning people practice strategies with organisational objectives and learn how organisations integrate people practice with culture, brand and values. You will study areas of resourcing and performance management and learn how to critically evaluate the practical and ethical challenges presented by data analytics and technological developments.

• Personal Effectiveness, Ethics, and Business Acumen

This unit is about supporting successful workers and promoting effective and ethical behaviours to champion better work and working lives and develop business acumen. The theories and concepts that underpin this subject are essential for promoting inclusiveness and influencing others through fair and transparent behaviours. Through core skillsets such as perception, critical thinking, communication and teamwork, this unit will promote understanding of how actions and inclusive behaviour impact on ethics and the organisation.

You will critically assess different ethical standpoints in people practice and how ethical behaviour maintains high standards. You will consider business improvement in relation to working lives evaluating the promotion of well-being, fairness and the contribution of personal integrity within organisations as well as evaluating the benefits and costs of collaborative methods, both internally and externally across a variety of business boundaries.

You will learn how to achieve and maintain challenging business outcomes through an understanding of the business, and self- awareness and improvement to support your career progression. Additionally, you will justify the benefits of maintaining a passion for learning, evaluate the need for continuing professional development and the merits of evidence- based critical thinking. Finally, you will demonstrate behaviours associated with effective influencing and decision-making as well as assessing the benefits of networking.

• Business Research in People Practice

In this unit, you will plan a business research project including examination of themes that would add value to an organisation. You will distinguish between primary and secondary date, conduct, cost and benefit analysis, and research ethical issues around data collection. You will also design a strategy for analysing and organising your data and develop conclusions and business-focused recommendations as an outcome, reflecting on how you could improve future project design and delivery.

• Resourcing and Talent Management to Sustain Success

This unit covers the impact of the business environment on resourcing and talent management and the need for strategy and practice. You will evaluate attraction and retention and compare the ways organisations build and maintain positive reputations in the labour market, including the review of technologies that can be used to improve recruitment and retention. You will also look at policy and practice in employee selection and induction and consider legal compliance and staff underperformance in organisations.

• Strategic Reward Management

In this unity, you will examine the key factors that influence the design of effective reward policy, including the principles of transparency and equality. You will develop an in-depth and strategic understanding of the total rewards approach and the impact of pay and benefits in attracting and motivating employees. You will also assess the benefits and challenges of performance appraisal and its link to salary increases, and examine the ethical matters associated with various forms of reward.

• Strategic Employment Relations

This unit focuses on different perspectives of strategic employment relations, including the cooperation and conflict that varies between workplaces. You will Learn to critically evaluate these perspectives and justify the growth of low-quality jobs and the decline of high-quality roles in different parts of the economy. You will also analyse the role of determining pay, and review the pros and cons of arbitration, conciliation and mediation. You will then examine the design and implementation of grievance and disciplinary procedures to help moderate risk and resolve problems.

ELECTIVE Course Modules: (CHOOSE ONE)

• Advanced Employment Law in Practice
• Learning and Development Practice
• Managing People in an International Context
• Advanced Diversity and Inclusion
• Wellbeing at Work
• Technology-Enhanced Learning

This postgraduate advanced level qualification is for those who are:

• CIPD Associate qualified
• Already established in a strategic HR role
• Already People managers or leaders

To study this postgraduate-level course, you will generally need ONE of the following:

• Considerable experience working in an HR role
• Senior managerial experience that involved a broad range of HR elements
• An HR degree

• HR Business Partner
• HR Consultant
• Head/Director of HR
• Head/Director of People and Culture