CIPD Level 7 Advanced Diploma in Strategic Learning and Development

This CIPD Level 7 qualification is for seasoned Learning & Development professionals who are ready to lead their workforce forward. You’ll develop your skillset to attain the autonomy and acumen you need to shape management strategy and policy. You’ll also gain the advanced skills you need to make the greatest impact on your organisation.  If your job title is Head of L&D, Learning Design Lead, Head of Organisational Development or similar, this qualification may be right for you.

Choice of Learning Methods

• Live classes on-line supported by self-study

The large proportion of self -study involved in this qualification and the spread of time we have allowed for timetabled learning, whether on line live or classroom, means you won’t have to take much time off work, if any at all, as our on-line live classes are scheduled in the evenings outside working hours.

So if you are hoping your employer will fund your course, it will be easy to put together a business case to study with us.  And your employer is going to benefit just as much as you are from your training.

Key Points: 

• Aimed at those already in or aspiring to strategic roles within their organisations
• Typically takes 18-24 months completion time
• Learn 100% online or 50% in the classroom, 50% on line
• World class tutors
• Assignment based – no examinations
• Reduction in price for payments up front
• Flexible payment plans spread over up to 10 months
• Leads to CIPD Associate membership, with the potential to apply for Chartered Member or Chartered Fellow, depending on your experience

CIPD Level 7 in Strategic L&D

What will I learn?

You’ll study 4 core units + 4 specialist 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's 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 practise

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.

Four HR specialist units

Unit 1: Organisational design and development

You’ll learn about:

• The concepts and theories underpinning organisational design and development.
• The range of options for organisational design and how these align with organisational aims and objectives.
• The methods and approaches to organisational development as a means of enabling organisations to meet their goals.
• The responses to organisational change and the strategies for a successful implementation.

Unit 2: Leadership and management development in context

You’ll learn about..

• Management and leadership within the wider organisational, social, political and cultural context.
• Differences between a range of leadership and management development interventions.
• The outcomes of leadership and management development programmes.
• The development of international managers and leaders so that they can operate in a global context.

Unit 3: Designing learning to improve performance

You’ll learn about..

• How learning is impacted by both the external environment and internal organisational context.
• The importance of learning needs assessment to inform the design process.
• The role of impact measurement within the learning process.
• The importance of design and delivery of learning events in context

Unit 4: Managing People in an International Context

You’ll learn about…

• How major strategic and contextual forces shape the management of people in international organisations.
• How and why people management practice varies between different countries and regions across the world.
• How to manage staffing and employment practices in international organisations.
• Effective and sustainable people management activities in international contexts.

Online - 12 Evenings

• Work and working lives in a changing business environment
• People management and development strategies for performance

Online - 12 Evenings

• Personal effectiveness, ethics and business acumen
• Business research in people practice

Online - 12 Evenings

• Organisational design and development
• Leadership and management development in context

Online - 12 Evenings

• Designing learning to improve performance
• Managing people in an international context

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