Level 5 Principles of Leadership and Management

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Develop your specialist business knowledge, personal abilities and technical skills

Who is qualification for?

This qualification is designed for new and aspiring department heads, general managers, regional team leaders and other middle managers. Get a thorough grounding in your role and responsibilities, and take the opportunity to consolidate and further develop the key skills you need at this level.
Results for you

  • Enhance core management capabilities
  • Develop knowledge in specialist areas, such as finance and marketing
  • Take responsibility for your own development as a leader
  • Prove you can make a measurable impact on your organisation through work-place based projects and assessment
  • Benchmark your managerial skills with a nationally recognised qualification
Impact for your employer

  • Build sustainable management practice that works for the long term
  • Benchmark managers’ knowledge and abilities
  • Encourage staff to  proactively manage their career progression for succession planning and to develop the talent pipeline
  • Close skills gaps – the broad range of optional units means you can customise this qualification to fit organisational development needs
Focus on the skills you need 

There are five mandatory units, covering the skills and knowledge you need to be effective at this level:

  • Thorough grounding in your role and responsibilities
  • Crucial soft skills – including communication, relationship-building
  • Develop your critical thinking abilities
  • Understand the financial concepts that inform management decisions
  • Use these concepts to make a financial case
  • Identify and analyse opportunities for improvement
  • Find and implement innovative solutions, lead through change

The optional units cover a broad range of core and specialist topics. Work with your employer or training provider to find the units that best fit your individual and organisational requirements.

Full qualification details

Diploma

We have different sizes of qualification in increasing order of size

Qualification level
Credit Value

The range of credits a learner must undertake to gain this qualification

37 -
Structure

Details of the qualification, learning time involved and criteria a learner must satisfy

The qualification is structured into 3 groups. At least 2 hours of induction and at least 9 hours of tutorial support are required. There are 5 mandatory units and a choice of optional units. Learners must attain a minimum of 37 credits (a maximum of 14 credits from group 3).

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Diploma

Level 5 Diploma in Principles of Leadership and Management (FPR)

  • Time commitment: minimum 88 hours of structured learning (depending on the units selected), plus self-study, project work and assignments
  • Five mandatory units
  • Wide range of optional units
  • Can include some units from Level 4 and Level 6
Select units for creation of specification
Jump to:
  • Group 1
  • Group 2
  • Group 3

Group 1

    Unit Title CV GLH Add
  • 8610-400 Level 4 Understanding the Management Role to Improve Management Performance 4 15
  • 8610-501 Level 5 Managing Improvement 3 8
  • 8610-502 Level 5 Making a Financial Case 3 14
  • 8610-503 Level 5 Developing Critical Thinking 4 18
  • 8610-504 Level 5 Leading Innovation and Change 5 24

Group 2

    Unit Title CV GLH Add
  • 8610-505 Level 5 Managing Individual Development 4 18
  • 8610-506 Level 5 Managing Stress and Conflict in the Organisation 3 8
  • 8610-507 Level 5 Understanding the Organisational Environment 5 24
  • 8610-508 Level 5 Understanding Organisational Culture and Ethics 3 12
  • 8610-509 Level 5 Managing Customer Relations 3 10
  • 8610-510 Level 5 Managing for Efficiency and Effectiveness 4 18
  • 8610-511 Level 5 Managing Projects in the Organisation 4 18
  • 8610-512 Level 5 Managing Resources 4 12
  • 8610-513 Level 5 Managing Information 4 12
  • 8610-514 Level 5 Managing Recruitment 5 24
  • 8610-515 Level 5 Managing Work Analysis 3 12
  • 8610-516 Level 5 Analysing and Interpreting Statistics to Inform Management Decisions 2 10
  • 8610-517 Level 5 Understanding the Management of Facilities 2 9
  • 8610-518 Level 5 Making Professional Presentations 2 9
  • 8610-519 Level 5 Developing and Leading Teams to Achieve Organisational Goals and Objectives 4 18
  • 8610-519 Level 5 Developing and Leading Teams to Achieve Organisational Objectives 4 18
  • 8610-520 Level 5 Assessing Your Own Leadership Capability and Performance 6 15
  • 8610-521 Level 5 Managing Own Continuing Professional Development 15 20
  • 8610-522 Level 5 Becoming and Effective Leader 5 9
  • 8610-523 Level 5 Preparing to Apply Lean Production and Improvement Methodologies to Operational Problems in Service Delivery 8 8
  • 8610-524 Level 5 Applying Lean Production and Improvement Methodologies to operational Problems in Service Delivery 11 12
  • 8610-525 Level 5 Improving and Maintaining the Organisation's Environmental Performance 5 14
  • 8610-526 Level 5 Managing Remote Workers 5 12
  • 8610-527 Level 5 Partnership Working 4 10
  • 8610-528 Level 5 Understanding Governance of Organisations 6 18
  • 8610-529 Level 5 Knowledge and Information Management 5 14
  • 8610-529 Level 5 Knowledge Information and Management 5 14
  • 8610-530 Level 5 Understanding the Skills, Principles and Practice of Effective Management Coaching and Mentoring 5 18

Group 3

    Unit Title CV GLH Add
  • 8610-401 Level 4 Planning and Leading a Complex Team Activity 4 6
  • 8610-402 Level 4 Managing Equality and Diversity in Own Area 4 12
  • 8610-403 Level 4 Managing Risk in the Workplace 3 6
  • 8610-404 Level 4 Delegating Authority in the Workplace 3 3
  • 8610-405 Level 4 Developing People in the Workplace 5 21
  • 8610-406 Level 4 Developing Your Leadership Styles 4 10
  • 8610-407 Level 4 Understanding Financial Management 3 12
  • 8610-408 Level 4 Management Communication 4 18
  • 8610-409 Level 4 Managing Personal Development 15 6
  • 8610-410 Level 4 Managing the Analysis of Secondary Data 4 15
  • 8610-411 Level 4 Managing a Healthy and Safe Environment 2 9
  • 8610-412 Level 4 Managing Meetings 3 15
  • 8610-413 Level 4 Managing Marketing Activities 3 15
  • 8610-414 Level 4 Data Collection and Analysis to Justify Management Decision Making 2 10
  • 8610-415 Level 4 Motivating People in the Workplace 2 6
  • 8610-416 Level 4 Solving Problems by Making Effective Decisions in the Workplace 3 14
  • 8610-417 Level 4 Managing and Implementing Change in the Workplace 6 24
  • 8610-418 Level 4 Understanding the Organisational Culture and Context 6 25
  • 8610-419 Level 4 Understanding Work in Contemporary Society 3 8
  • 8610-420 Level 4 Budgetary Planning and Control 3 6
  • 8610-421 Level 4 Interpreting Financial Statements to Assess Organisational Performance Using Financial Ratios 3 6
  • 8610-422 Level 4 Understanding the Importance of Marketing for an Organisation 4 6
  • 8610-423 Level 4 Using Quantitative Methods to Solve Management Problems 6 10
  • 8610-423 Level 4 Using Quantitive Methods to Solve Management Problems 6 10
  • 8610-424 Level 4 Understanding the Economics of the Marketplace 6 10
  • 8610-427 Level 4 Developing a Culture to Support Innovation and Improvement 3 12
  • 8610-601 Level 6 Managing Operations Research 3 10

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