ABE Level 5 Diploma in Business Management and Leadership
Develop a strategic understanding of business management combined with a dynamic and skills-focused approach to modern leadership.
Gain the skills you need to develop your leadership capability and to inspire others to achieve their full potential. This qualification has been developed with The Institute of Leadership to provide a winning combination of both business and leadership expertise.
Why choose the ABE Level 5 Diploma in Business Management and Leadership?
If you are interested in leadership, this qualification represents a great choice whether your immediate goals are career-based or academic, because:•
• It offers a unique combination of the latest in leadership thinking, underpinned by a strategic knowledge of business. This widens career choices giving qualification holders an enviable dual skill set.
• Certificates are dual branded featuring the logos of both ABE and The Institute of Leadership as well as UK qualifications regulator, Ofqual.
• It provides fast and affordable progression to the final year of a Bachelors degree.
• It comes with ABE’s added value – a comprehensive study guide for every unit, all assessments marked in the UK, and regulator recognition.
• Enrolment includes one year’s free studying membership of The Institute of Leadership (IoL) and a subsequent year at a reduced fee. This provides access to a host of career-enhancing benefits.
• Learners who achieve this qualification qualify for the prestigious IoL Member status, and can use the letters MIoL after their name.
Who would this qualification suit?
The qualification is ideal for:
• Junior or middle managers aspiring to move to a leadership role.
• Leaders who want to become better and more confident in their role.
• Employers who want to enhance the effectiveness of their organisation’s leaders.
• People wishing to specialise in leadership who are progressing from ABE Level 4.
Holders of other ABE Level 5 Diplomas from the current RQF syllabus can achieve this qualification by passing just two leadership units.
Qualification details
ABE Level 5 Diploma in Business Management and Leadership
Ofqual qualification number: 610/4744/2
Guided learning hours: 420
Credits: 120
Units: 6
Level 5 qualifications are at the same level as the second year of a Bachelors degree.
Core business management units:
• Managing Agile Organisations and People – assessed by assignment.
Modern organisations operate in an increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) environment. Succeeding in this complex marketplace requires organisations to be able to respond quickly. This unit addresses the challenge faced by the modern manager: how organisations can plan and anticipate an uncertain future.
Innovation and Business Performance – assessed by open book exam
This unit focuses upon identifying, developing and utilising appropriate forms of measurement for informed managerial decisions and for evaluating results. It also develops a holistic view of the drivers and effects of innovation on business enterprise, and awareness of the wider contexts in which it can be applied.
• Effective Financial Management – assessed by open book exam
This unit is to enable learners to understand the management of financial resources in a business. It covers the applied techniques that managers need in order to make informed financial decisions and also the critical and theoretical knowledge and skills that managers need in a financial role.
• International Business Economics and Markets – assessed by open book exam
This unit develops a strong understanding of economic theory and principles in the context of everchanging and dynamic international marketplaces. When a firm decides to engage in international trade they have a number of options to choose from, students consider the relevance of each method of entry through the analysis of case histories.
two:
• Authentic Leadership
This unit will provide theoretical, practical and technical knowledge, to develop the skills and behaviours required for authentic leadership. Authentic leadership is essential to building an organisation where individuals can achieve their full potential. The ability to be an authentic leader requires a comprehensive understanding of business ethics and values along with the skill to align these with your own personal values and behaviours.
• Leading
a Safe and Healthy Workplace Environment
A safe and healthy work environment is essential to the well-being and productivity of any organisation. This unit develops the ability to create and maintain such an environment through comprehensive understanding of health and safety requirements, employee well-being, psychological safety, and the effective management of diverse working models.
• Workplace Coaching and Mentoring
Coaching and mentoring can help a workforce achieve their goals and reach their full potential. This unit provides an understanding of the business benefits of coaching and mentoring in the workplace. On completion, you will be able to distinguish between different types and styles of coaching and mentoring and how they can be applied to benefit the personal growth of individuals, teams and organisations.
